| Description |
2 audio discs (2 hr., 26 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
022600 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Musical drama in 3 acts; libretto by the composer, based on the novel Cold Sassy tree by Olive Ann Burns. |
| Performer |
Patricia Racette (Love Simpson) ; Dean Peterson (Rucker Lattimore) ; John McVeigh (Will Tweedy) ; Margaret Lloyd (Lightfoot McClendon) ; Diane Alexander (Mary Willis Tweedy) ; Beth Clayton (Loma Williams) ; Judith Christin (Effie Belle Tate) ; Joseph Evans (Camp Williams) ; Christopher Schaldenbrand (Clayton McCallister) ; supporting soloists ; Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Patrick Summers, conductor. |
| Note |
Ed recorded: Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. |
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"World premiere recording"--Container. |
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Program notes by Alan Rich, Daniel Webster, and the composer, synopsis, and libretto (100 unnumbered pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
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Title from disc label. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Racette, Patricia, 1967- singer.
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Lloyd, Margaret (Soprano), singer.
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Alexander, Diane (Soprano), singer.
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Clayton, Beth, singer.
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Christin, Judith, singer.
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McVeigh, John, singer.
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Evans, Joseph, 1945- singer.
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Schaldenbrand, Christopher, singer.
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Peterson, Dean, singer.
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Summers, Patrick, conductor.
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Rich, Alan, writer of added commentary.
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Webster, Daniel, 1932- writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Burns, Olive Ann.
Cold Sassy tree.
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Container of (work): Floyd, Carlisle.
Cold Sassy Tree.
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Container of (work): Floyd, Carlisle.
Cold Sassy tree (Libretto)
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Houston Grand Opera. Chorus, singer.
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Houston Grand Opera. Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
034061075820 |
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00034061075820 |
| Music No. |
TROY 758/59 Albany Records |
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