Death of a Little Girl with Doves

Death of a Little Girl with Doves is an operatic soliloquy for soprano and orchestra based on the life of the French sculptor Camille Claudel (1864-1943). Hers is a story of Art, love, innocence betrayed, and the tragedy of a young woman's persecution for being imaginative and independent during a time when such characteristics were viewed as inappropriate and dangerous for women. Although created as a ca. 35-40 minute concert work, the subject matter also lends itself to being staged as a type of monodrama. Please note this is the chamber orchestra version of this composition.

"[Death of a Little Girl with Doves] is a deeply attractive and touching piece of writing which I recommend urgently for its imperious melodic confidence, fluent emotional command and yielding tenderness. ... Imaginative sopranos with good diction and adventurous and capable music directors should be seeking out this [work]. Do not delay." - Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International

[The audio clip is of the first movement only of the full orchestra version - the video offers a full performance of the full orchestra version]