RITESOFPASSAGE
Rites of Passage
Rites of Passage is a music theatre work written by the Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe in 1972-73. It is often categorised as an opera, but it does not conform to the traditional concept of opera. It is written for dancers depicting the ritual of initiation of the Arrernte people, an indigenous tribe; double SATB chorus singing words from Boethius and others; three percussionists, two tubas, piano, six cellos and four double basses; but no parts for individual singers. Sculthorpe drew on the approach espoused by Jean-Baptiste Lully, in which dance, drama and music are not separated.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Rites of Passage (Sculthorpe)
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