The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (opera)

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a chamber opera based on Oliver Sacks’s case study about a man with visual agnosia, noted for its minimalist score and psychologically focused narrative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber opera ⓘ
basedOn The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (case study) ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Oliver Sacks ⓘ
composer Michael Nyman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
exploresTheme identity ⓘ
perception ⓘ
relationship between music and cognition ⓘ
firstRecordingYear 1987 ⓘ
genre minimalist opera ⓘ
hasAdaptation television film adaptation ⓘ
hasInstrumentation cello ⓘ
harpsichord ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
piano ⓘ
violin ⓘ
hasLibrettoSource Oliver Sacks’s clinical case study ⓘ
hasRecording The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1987 recording) ⓘ
intendedVenueType chamber opera space ⓘ
small theatre ⓘ
language English ⓘ
librettist Christopher Rawlence ⓘ
mainCharacter Dr P ⓘ
Mrs P ⓘ
The Doctor ⓘ
musicStyle repetitive structures ⓘ
tonal minimalism ⓘ
notableCharacteristic minimalist score ⓘ
psychologically focused narrative ⓘ
numberOfActs 1 ⓘ
originalMedium stage work ⓘ
partOf Michael Nyman’s stage works ⓘ
premiereCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
premiereCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
premiereDate 1986-10-27 ⓘ
premiereLocation Institute of Contemporary Arts, London ⓘ
publisher Chester Music ⓘ
scoring chamber ensemble ⓘ
three singers ⓘ
setting neurologist’s consulting room ⓘ
structure series of clinical interviews ⓘ
style contemporary classical music ⓘ
subjectMatter neurological disorder ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
visual agnosia ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition 1985–1986 ⓘ

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Michael Nyman → notableWork → The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (opera) ⓘ
Michael Nyman → notableWork → opera "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" ⓘ
subject linked to: Nyman
linked to: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (opera)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (opera) → basedOn → The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (case study) ⓘ
linked to: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (opera)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (opera) → hasRecording → The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1987 recording) ⓘ
linked to: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (opera)
Oliver Sacks → notableWork → The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat ⓘ
linked to: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (opera)