Roger Steptoe (b. 1953)

As You Like It

Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra

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Details
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Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Product Type
Piano reduction
Author / Composer
Roger Steptoe
Product number
1861782
Lyrics
Lesley Fernández-Armesto
Publisher
Editions Bim & The Brass Press
Description

This opera As You Like It was commissioned by Opera Notre Dame for the University of Notre Dame, Indiana (USA), with funds provided by the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Fund. It is dedicated to the memory of Father Theodore Hesburgh (1917-2015), the 15th Presid

Content

Act 1

Sir Rowland de Boys has recently died and the vast majority of his estate has passed into the possession of his eldest son, Oliver. Although Sir Rowland has instructed Oliver to take good care of his brother, Orlando, Oliver refuses to do so. Out of pure spite, he denies Orlando the education, training, and property befitting a gentleman. Charles, a wrestler from the court of Duke Frederick, arrives to warn Oliver of a rumour that Orlando will challenge Charles to a fight on the followi...