| Description |
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
021700 |
| Description |
digital optical |
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audio file CD audio |
| Note |
Title from disc labels. |
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Opera in 2 acts. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Note |
Libretto by John Latouche. |
| Performer |
Jan Grissom (Baby Doe) ; Dana Krueger (Augusta Tabor) ; Myrna Paris (Mama McCourt) ; Brian Steele (Horace A. W. Tabor) ; Mark Freiman (W. J. Bryan) ; supporting soloists ; Chorus and Orchestra of Central City Opera ; John Moriarty, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1996 August, Central City Opera House, Central City, Colorado (site of the opera's premiere in 1956). |
| Note |
Program notes by Betsy Schwarm, synopsis, and libretto (46 pages : illustrations) laid in container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Opening (3:41) -- It's a bang-up job (5:14) -- Horace, what? (5:10) -- What a lovely (3:51) -- Willow song (3:13) -- Oh, Mr. Tabor! (1:13) -- Warm as (3:33) -- Now where (6:48) -- What are you (4:42) -- Why Mrs. Doe! (3:00) -- Dearest Mama (3:25) -- Excuse me (5:49) -- No! No! No! (2:12) -- What do you (4:33)-- Everything looks (4:18) -- Ah, enchanting! (2:51) -- Silver Aria (3:23) -- And I'll show (4:38). |
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Disc 2. Opening (2:54) -- It's so warm inside (1:15) -- The fine ladies (2:40) -- Mama, go inside! (6:10) -- Augusta, what (3:44) -- I'll raise ya (5:18) -- Turn tail (1:38) -- La, la, la (5:50) -- Good people (5:39) -- Extra, extra! (5:05) -- Augusta (5:05) -- Hey, Mister! (4:48) -- Good afternoon (3:37) -- Tabor owns (5:24) -- Horace! (2:29) -- Always through (3:52). |
| Subject |
Baby Doe, -1935 -- Drama.
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Operas.
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Baby Doe, -1935. |
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Compact discs.
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Drama.
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Operas.
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| Added Author |
Latouche, John, 1914-1956, librettist.
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Grissom, Jan, singer.
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Krueger, Dana, singer.
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Paris, Myrna, singer.
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Steele, Brian (Baritone), singer.
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Freiman, Mark, singer.
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Moriarty, John, 1930- conductor.
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Schwarm, Betsy, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969.
Ballad of Baby Doe.
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Container of (work): Latouche, John, 1914-1956.
Ballad of Baby Doe.
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Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.). Chorus, singer.
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Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.). Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Music No. |
NPD 85593/2 Newport Classic |
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NPD 85593/1--NPD 85593/2 Newport Classic |
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