Atlas of the Sky

Opera by Liza Lim (b. 1966)

1. Crowd of the dead
 (Sung text)

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The stars: what are they? They are chunks of ice
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2. Military crowds (the orchestra,

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3. Surveillance

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4. Protest

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5. Crowds of the living
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When I whet the knife with dawn’s faint light
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6. Communion between the living and the dead
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Debasement is the password of the base
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Total word count: 500