| Description |
1 audio disc (1:19:32) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011932 |
| Description |
digital optical stereo |
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audio file CD audio |
| Note |
Libretto based on the play of the same name by Horton Foote. |
| Language |
Sung and spoken in English. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
| Performer |
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano (Myrtle Bledsoe) ; David Matranga (Hunter Bledsoe) ; Carolyn Johnson (Elsie/Clerk) ; Cecilia Duarte (Jessie Lydell) ; Adam Noble (Captain Lawson) ; gospel chorus (Cheryl D. Clansy, soprano ; Laura Elizabeth Patterson, alto ; James M. Winslow, tenor ; Jawan CM Jenkins, bass) ; ensemble conducted by Timothy Myers. |
| Credits |
Leonard Foglia, director ; Marlan Barry, producer and recording engineer ; Robert Boldin, supervising producer. |
| Event |
Recorded live 2014 March 14, 16, 21 Houston Grand Opera. |
| Note |
Program and biographical notes and libretto in English (34 unnumbered pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
It was him or me (6:02) -- The mulatto (3:22) -- In Algiers (8:47) -- The open prairie (4:25) -- Lois and Lorena (6:30) -- Captain Lawson (5:28) -- Trees/If I can only get it told (10:30) -- A coffin in Egypt (8:24) -- Little Brother (6:31) -- Iris : (Red) (4:51) -- Zechariah (6:30) -- I live on (8:11). |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Live sound recordings.
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Live sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Foglia, Leonard, librettist, director.
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Von Stade, Frederica, singer.
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Matranga, David, actor.
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Johnson, Carolyn (Actress), actor.
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Duarte, Cecilia, actor.
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Noble, Adam, actor.
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Myers, Timothy A., 1975- conductor.
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Libretto based on (work): Foote, Horton.
Coffin in Egypt.
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| Standard No. |
034061150022 |
| Music No. |
TROY1500 Albany Records |
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1500 Albany Records |
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