Description
The Dallas Opera Presents Jake Heggie & Terrence McNally - Great Scott / Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Pérez, Frederica von Stade, Nathan Gunn, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra And Chorus / Erato 2x Audio CD 2017
UPC 0190295940782
Life meets art Joyce DiDonato stars in a live world-premiere recording of an opera written for her: Great Scott by Jake Heggie In Great Scott, the Kansas-born mezzo-soprano, one of today’s best-loved classical singers, creates a role conceived specifically with her in mind. The character she plays, Arden Scott, just happens to be an opera star, and she is the lynchpin of what Fred Plotkin of WQXR, the USA’s leading classical music radio station, welcomed as a “deeply moving and musically brilliant work” that “should enter the standard repertory just as Heggie’s two previous masterpieces – Dead Man WalkingandMoby-Dick – already have”. Jake Heggie, who has been described as US opera’s most successful composer, chose the celebrated playwright Terence McNally as his librettist for Great Scott. The two previously collaborated on the gripping Dead Man Walking, which has become something of a modern classic since its premiere in 2000. Joyce DiDonato first performed its central role, Sister Helen Prejean, at New York City Opera in 2002 and will do so again in concert stagings in London and Madrid in January/February 2018 coinciding with the album release of Great Scott.
Tracklist:
| Great Scott, Opera | ||
| Act One | ||
| 1-1 | Overtures To Great Scott And Rosa Dolorosa, Figlia di Pompei | |
| 1-2 | Rehearsal, Part One | |
| 1-3 | The Wedding Procession From Rosa Dolorosa | |
| 1-4 | Vesuvio, Il Mio Unico Amico | |
| 1-5 | Five Years Ago... | |
| 1-6 | Ensemble And Cabaletta | |
| 1-7 | Break | |
| 1-8 | Talk To Me About Roane, Winnie | |
| 1-9 | The Writing's On The Wall | |
| 1-10 | What Are The Grizzlies' Chances? | |
| 1-11 | I Want To Be America's Soprano | |
| 1-12 | Duet Scene | |
| 1-13 | Oh, Mrs. F | |
| 1-14 | Sorry Tommy's Late | |
| 1-15 | Rehearsal, Part Two | |
| 1-16 | I Get Scared Too, Tommy | |
| 1-17 | The Fountain Dance | |
| 1-18 | It's A Disaster | |
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Act Two |
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| 2-1 | Prelude | |
| 2-2 | The Starry Spangled Banner, Ladies And Gentlemen | |
| 2-3 | Backstage: Arden, You Have Seen The Future | |
| 2-4 | Rosa Dolorosa, Act One: Ah! Tremo! | |
| 2-5 | Backstage: I Thought That Went Extremely Well | |
| 2-6 | Arden's Dressing Room: It's Open, Roane | |
| 2-7 | I Don't Care How Good What Was | |
| 2-8 | You'll Never Be Her | |
| 2-9 | Maestro Bazzetti, Are You There? | |
| 2-10 |
Look For Me, I'm There On Every Page | |
| 2-11 | All That You Leave Behind | |
| 2-12 | Arden. Arden! You're Not Dressed For The Mad Scene! | |
| 2-13 | No Man Over Twenty Should Be Asked To Wear A Toga | |
| 2-14 | Rosa Dolorosa: La Bellissima Agrippina | |
| 2-15 | Padre Divino (Rosa's Prayer) | |
| 2-16 | Io Sola Posso Salvare Pompei (Finale) | |
| 2-17 | Curtain Calls: Applause / Mrs. Flato, I'm So Sorry About The Grizzlies | |
| 2-18 | Thank You For Your Wonderful Support | |
| 2-19 | Arden's Dressing Room: Look At The Chat Boards | |
| 2-20 | It's Always The Song, Not The Singer | |
| 2-21 | Center Stage: Wow, You're Beautiful | |
| 2-22 | The Empty Theater | |
- Baritone Vocals [Sid Taylor] – Nathan Gunn
- Baritone Vocals [Wendell Swann] – Michael Mayes
- Bass Vocals [Eric Gold/Vittorio Bazzetti] – Kevin Burdette (2)
- Choreography – John de Los Santos
- Chorus – Chorus Of The Dallas Opera
- Chorus Master – Alexander Rom
- Conductor – Patrick Summers
- Conductor [Assistant] – Keith Chambers (4)
- Conductor [Associate] – Nicole Palement
- Consultant [Language] – Valentina Simi
- Copyist [Music Preparation] – Kirk Severtson, Robert Mollicone
- Countertenor Vocals [Roane Heckle] – Anthony Roth Costanzo
- Cover – Catherine Pisaroni
- Design [Costume] – Bob Crowley
- Design [Lighting] – Brian MacDevitt
- Design [Makeup], Design [Wigs] – David Zimmerman (9)
- Director Of Photography [Assistant] – J. Knighten Smit
- Engineer – David Williams (10)
- Engineer [Assistant] – Brandon Johnson (14)
- Engineer [Balance] – Mark Donahue
- Liner Notes [Translation] – Michel Roubinet
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Winnie Flato] – Frederica von Stade
- Music By – Jake Heggie
- Orchestra – Orchestra Of The Dallas Opera
- Other [Projection] – Elaine J. McCarthy
- Photography By – Karen Almond
- Producer – Blanton Alspaugh
- Producer [Production Assistant] – Caitlin Stoddard
- Programmed By – Paul Vershbow
- Soprano Vocals [Arden Scott] – Joyce DiDonato
- Soprano Vocals [Tatyana Bakst] – Ailyn Pérez
- Sound Designer – Rabyn Taylor
- Stage Manager – Bethany Morales, Hally Albers, Jack O'Brien (8), Miranda Wilson (2)
- Tenor Vocals [Anthony Candolino] – Rodell Rosel
- Text By [Story], Libretto By, Liner Notes – Terrence McNally (2)
- Vocals – Mark Hancock (5)
