The Happy Prince is an hour-long, semi-staged chamber opera for two singers and orchestra, based on the Oscar Wilde story of the same name. I have orcestrated it both for full orchestra and for a reduced chamber ensemble.

Story

Here's a PDF of the original story. The opera follows the text of the story closely, but with a few changes. In particular, the section in grey in the PDF has been cut, mainly for reasons of length.

Listen

My sister Diane and my friend Ching Chang have graciously helped me create a recording of the piece, singing along with my synthesizers. You can listen below; the piece is divided into 17 sections (click on a section name to see the full score). To cut to the big climax, start with "Then The Snow Came".

1. Overture
2. High Above The City
3. One Night There Flew
4. He Had Met Her
5. All Day Long He Flew
6. When I Was Alive
7. The Poor House
8. He Passed By
9. The Distinguished Stranger March
10. The Second Cataract
11. The Garret
12. The Harbour
13. The Match-Girl
14. Please Use Temporary Walkway
15. Then The Snow Came
16. The Mayor
17. Two Most Precious Things

For files in additional formats, including sheet music for the chamber version and the piano/vocal reduction, and zip files of all movements, see this page.