| Description |
1 audio disc (76 min., 19 sec.) : CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011619 |
| Description |
digital optical |
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audio file CD audio |
| Medium of Performance |
soprano voice 1 vocal ensemble 1 violin 2 viola 1 cello 1 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
For vocal soloists, small chorus and string quartet. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Music by David Lang ; libretto by Mac Wellman. |
| Performer |
Beverly O'Regan Thiele, soprano ; supporting singers/speakers ; Harlem String Quartet (Melissa White, Ilmar Gavilan, violins ; Jaime Amador, viola ; Ismar Gomes (guest artist), cello). |
| Event |
Recorded Studio G Brooklyn Good Child Music Studios [Brooklyn]. |
| Note |
Based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce. |
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Libretto in English (25 unnumbered pages) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Opening (2:26) -- Scene [belladonna]: the first telling (8:40) -- Interlude 1--today is the day (1:40) -- Scene [monkshood]: the second telling (6:22) -- Interlude 2 (1:09) -- Scene [poison hemlock]: the third telling (10:48) -- Scene [poison ivy]: the fourth telling (12:01) -- Scene [loco weed]: the fifth telling (10:53) -- Interlude 3--the disappearance (2:22) -- Scene [black nightshade]: the sixth telling (5:00) -- Wordless prayer of thanks (1:09) -- Scene [foxglove]: the seventh telling (13:49). |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Wellman, Mac, lyricist.
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Thiele, Beverly O'Regan, singer.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?
Difficulty of crossing a field.
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Harlem String Quartet, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
713746310721 |
| Music No. |
CA21107 Cantaloupe Music |
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