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3 unusual facts about Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio


Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio

Yo-Yo Ma performed Solo Cello on "Part I"; other performers include: The Pacific Chorale & Children's Chorus the Ngah-Khoi Vietnamese Children's Choir, Ann Panagulias and James Maddalena; it was conducted by Carl St. Clair.

Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio is a large scale orchestral oratorio composed by Elliot Goldenthal, commissioned by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in 1993 for the 20th Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

Sarah Crane

That year, Crane sang in the Australian premiere of Elliot Goldenthal's Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio.



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