Emmeline / Tobias Picker.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Picker, Tobias, 1954-

Contributor:

Rossner, Judith, 1935-2005.

McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018., Librettist.

Racette, Patricia, 1967- Performer.

Peterson, Curt., Performer.

Ledbetter, Victor., Performer.

Owens, Anne-Marie., Performer.

Langan, Kevin., Performer.

Gayer, Josepha., Performer.

Sarakatsannis, Melanie., Performer.

Perry, Herbert., Performer.

Moore, Wright., Performer.

Bradley, Michelle., Performer.

Keil, Gregory., Performer.

Kania, Mary Jane., Performer.

Manahan, George., Conductor.

Santa Fe Opera.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Live sound recordings.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs (1 hr., 53 min., 7 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : Albany Recordings, ℗1998.

Language Note:

Sung in English.

Contents:

Compact disc 1 Act 1 : Scene 1 : Hannah : "The Lord has spared this child" (5:58)

Hannah : "Give her to me" (2:05) / Scene 2 : Hooker : "Next! Next! Next!" (3:50)

Maguire : "There now that's better" (2:34) / Scene 3 : Mrs Bass : "Patience ... Charity ... Prudence ... Lucy" (3:24)

Emmeline : "I've never seen my face before" (3:36 / Scene 4 : Maguire : "So you found the library" (4:06) / Scene 5 : Emmeline

Letter Aria : "Dearest mother and father" (4:23) / Scene 6 : Maguire : "Like a wood in Ireland this is" (4:11)

Emmeline : "Strange. From inside the house" (1:46) / Scene 7 : Girls

Work song : "To cheerfulness inclining" (2:48)

Hooker : "Sing, damn you, sing" (4:27) / Scene 8 : Emmeline

British scene : "Have they arrived?" (5:24).

Compact disc 2 Act 2 : Scene 1 : Emmeline : "I know nothing" (7:44)

Henry Mosher : "The railroad's pushing north" (1:37)

Emmeline : "I forgot my Bible" (4:42)

Emmeline : "No. No. No secrets" (4:46)

Henry Mosher : "I need to speak to Matthew" (4:46)

Emmeline

Love duet : "Matthew! If you love me" (5:24)

Wedding (4:54) / Scene 2 : Matthew : "I remember the cold" (3:38)

Emmeline : "I'm relieved to see you" (3:29) / Scene 3 : Pastor Avery

The Wake : "The lord is my shepherd" (3:04)

Hannah : "Matthew Gurney?" (2:27)

Emmeline : "The child was a girl" (1:52) / Scene 4 : Emmeline

Revelation : "Emmeline! Is it true?" (5:24)

Funeral procession (1:20) / Scene 5 : Women : "Sinner! Abomination! Whore!" (4:02)

Emmeline : "Matthew! Everything I want is gone" (6:42)

Emmeline : "Everything I want is gone" (2:49).

Participant:

Patricia Racette, Curt Peterson, Victor Ledbetter, Anne-Marie Owens, Kevin Langan, Josepha Gayer, Melanie Sarakatsannis, Herbert Perry, Wright Moore, Michelle Bradley, Gregory Keil, Mary Jane Kania ; Santa Fe Opera ; George Manahan, conductor.

Notes:

Opera in two acts.

Libretto by J.D. McClatchy; based on the novel by Judith Rossner.

"Recorded live July 27-31, 1996 at the Santa Fe Opera world premiere of Emmeline"--Insert.

Compact discs.

Program notes, synopsis, and libretto (68 p. : ill.)--inserted in container.

OCLC:

39186055

Publisher Number:

3406202842

TROY 284-85 Albany Recordings