| Description |
1 audio disc (79 min., 59 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011659 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Opera in 3 images; libretto by David Henry Hwang, translated into Spanish by Osvaldo Golijov. |
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First performance: Tanglewood festival, August 10, 2003--Booklet, page 4. |
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First performance of the revised version: Snta Fe Opera, July 30, 2005--Booklet, page 4. |
| Language |
Sung in Spanish. |
| Performer |
Dawn Upshaw (Margarita) ; Kelley O'Connor (Federico García Lorca) ; Jessica Rivera (Nuria) ; Jesús Montoya (Ruiz Alonso) ; Eduardo Chama (José Tripaldi) ; Sean Mayer (Maestro) ; Robb Asklof (Torero) ; Anne-Carolyn Bird, Sindhu Chandrasekaran (Voices of the fountain) ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ; Women of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus ; Robert Spano, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 2005 November Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta. |
| Note |
Program notes by Alex Ross and synopsis by Peter Sellars in English, and libretto in Spanish and English (30 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Summary |
A stirring tale of political and artistic courage. Dawn Upshaw sings the role created for her as she reminisces about the martyred Spanish writer Federico Garcia Lorca in a series of flamenco-drenched dream-like flashbacks. |
| Subject |
García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936 -- Drama.
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Operas.
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Operas -- Librettos.
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García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936. |
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García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936. |
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Drama.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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| Added Author |
Hwang, David Henry, 1957- librettist.
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Upshaw, Dawn, singer.
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Rivera, Jessica (Soprano), singer.
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Bird, Anne Carolyn, singer.
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Chandrasekaran, Sindhu, singer.
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O'Connor, Kelley, singer.
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Mayer, Sean, singer.
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Asklof, Robb, singer.
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Montoya, Jesús (Baritone), singer.
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Chama, José Eduardo, singer.
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Spano, Robert, conductor.
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Ross, Alex, 1968- writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Golijov, Osvaldo, 1960-
Ainadamar.
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Container of (work): Hwang, David Henry, 1957-
Ainadamar.
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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Atlanta Symphony Chorus, singer.
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| Note |
Parallel title on container: Fountain of tears |
| Standard No. |
028947761655 |
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00028947761655 |
| Music No. |
B0006429-02 Deutsche Grammophon |
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