Beth Anderson
Queen Christina
Year: 1973
Duration (in minutes): 60
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: opera
Instruments: baritone voice, flute, mezzo soprano, tape, violin
Publisher: available from the composer
Publisher website: www.beand.com
Description: Premiered Mills College, Opera. Tape, Video, Dancers, A mezzo, a soprano and a baritone with a small orchestra that used accordion to fill in the middle voices. About the Swedish queen, 1626-1689, her lady in waiting, Bella, and Descarte, who spent 1949-1950 in her court. The opera deals with her birth, coronation, and abdication.