| Description |
3 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| 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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digital recording |
| Note |
Opera in 3 acts. |
| Performer |
Various singers; Minnesota Opera Chorus; Minnesota Opera Orchestra; Grant Gershon, conductor. |
| Credits |
Recording produced by Steven Epstein ; orchestrations by Ricky Ian Gordon, Bruce Coughlin ; direction and dramaturgy by Eric Simonson. |
| Event |
Recorded live, Feb. 10-18, 2007, at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Wes Blomster, synopsis, biographical notes, and libretto (94 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container. |
| Summary |
The story of the Joad family and their migration to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Depression. |
| Contents |
Act one. -- Last time there was rain -- I keep my nose clean ; Where's ya' headin'? -- So long, Savior ; I baptized you ; A naked tree a-wastin' in the sun -- Gone ; Not my fault -- Who are you cleanin' for? -- Promise me, Tommy -- You can't keep a Joad in jail ; Not my fault -- Good machine -- Tricky old devil -- Us -- Soothing syrup -- Plenty road ; Okies ; Need some gas, Mister ; Okies ; Plenty road -- Handbills -- I can't tell you -- We'll find work -- Zephyr ; One star -- He don't understand -- A world for this old man -- Act one finale: Us (reprise) -- -- |
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Act two. -- Truck drivers -- Dry blue night ; We can be quiet ; Rest peaceful, Mama ; Septet: Dry blue night -- Inspection station -- Like they promised -- My plum tree ; No work here -- Fire in the orchard ; Ants on the highway -- Beg your pardon, Ma'am ; Nice, neighborly place we found here ; Hooverville? Where's Hooverville" -- Hooverville's anywhere -- No one is goin' -- I shoulda stayed back home ; Don't you fret none, little one -- Handbills ; into the back, Tom -- I can be a help -- Simple -- -- |
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Act three. -- People ; See ya' at the hoedown, Ladies -- Square dance -- Hold on, Deputy ; Handbills (reprise) -- Fried dough -- Join the line ; Damn! Them peaches -- A step up the ladder -- Dry blue night ; Evening stroll -- Things turn around ; A word for you, old friend -- Dios te salve -- That you, Ma? ; Promise me, Tommy (reprise) -- I'll be there -- Day the rain began -- We couldn't save it -- Little dead Moses -- Barn road ... night ; Gone (reprise) -- You own this barn? -- Take it, mister ; One star (reprise). |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Live sound recordings.
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Live sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Korie, Michael, librettist.
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Gershon, Grant, conductor.
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Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Grapes of wrath.
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Minnesota Opera, performer.
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| Standard No. |
803607086626 |
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00803607086626 |
| Music No. |
PS-866 PS Classics |
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