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The ghosts of Versailles : a grand opera buffa in two acts
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- Creator
- John Corigliano and William M. Hoffman
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
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- Hoffman, William M. (William Moses), 1939-2017, librettist
- Yu, Guanqun, singer
- Racette, Patricia, 1967- singer
- Tappan, Stacey, singer
- Schaufer, Lucy, singer
- Livengood, Victoria, 1961- singer
- Rapier, Renée, singer
- LuPone, Patti, singer
- Guerrero, Joshua, singer
- Ryan, Brenton, singer
- Scully, Scott, singer
- Brubaker, Robert, 1963- singer
- Sorensen, Joel, singer
- Meachem, Lucas, singer
- Maltman, Christopher, singer
- Kim, Museop, singer
- Kristinn Sigmundsson, 1951- singer
- Cokorinos, Philip, singer
- Conlon, James, 1950- conductor
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mère coupable
- Los Angeles Opera
- Publication
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- [Netherlands] : Pentatone Music, [2016]
- ℗2016
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 2 audio discs (approximately 155 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
- digital optical stereo surround
- audio file
- SACD
- OCLC
- ocn945360069, ocn990269359
- Credits
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- Guanqun Yu (Rosina), Patricia Racette (Marie Antoinette), Stacey Tappan (Florestine), sopranos ; Lucy Schaufer (Susanna), Victoria Livengood (Woman with hat), Renée Rapier (Cherubino), Patti LuPone (Samira), mezzo-sopranos ; Joshua Guerrera (Count Almaviva), Brenton Ryan (Léon), Scott Scully (Marquis), Robert Brubaker (Bégearss), Joel Sorensen (Wilhelm), tenors ; Lucas Meachem (Figaro), Christopher Maltman (Beaumarchais), Museop Kim (Ambassador), baritones ; Kristinn Sigmundsson (Louis XVI), Philip Cokorinos (Suleyman Pasha), basses ; with various other performers ; LA Opera ; James Conlon, conductor
- A grand opera buffa in two acts.
- Title from disc label.
- Libretto suggested by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais's La mère coupable.
- Super audio compact discs (hybrid multichannel).
- Program notes and libretto (131 pages : illustrations) in container.
- Recorded live, February and March 2015, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Music Center, Calif.
- "This SA-CD can also be played on a regular CD player though only in stereo"--Container
- Sung chiefly in English, with some French.
- Disc 1 : "Mon coursier hors" (7:11) ; "All-powerful Queen" (1:44) ; "They are always" (8:09) ; "My wife was always" (2:17) ; "Oh no. Here we go" (1:39) ; "They wish they could" (8:43) ; "Bravo, Beaumarchais!" (2:12) ; "Magic! It is Paris" (2:52) ; "And, with the one" (3:51) ; "Fool! Idiot! Moron!" (1:12) ; "I can't wait to betray" (2:20) ; "Oh, the lion may roar" (3:58) ; "I remember, Master" (1:18) ; "Poor, Florestine, I pity her" (1:59) ; "New scene : Rosina's" (2:09) ; "Now we go back in time" (:48) ; "Look at the green here" (7:33) ; "No, I've had enough" (2:26) ; "Selamüaleyküm" (4:02) ; "His Excellency, the" (2:36) ; "I am in a valley and" (3:37) ; "Ya omri, Limatha" (3:00) ; "Tafaddaloo marhabun" (5:07)
- Disc 2 : "Hurry, hurry ... It's late!" (3:01) ; "Watch. Now Figaro" (2:21) ; "Wait! ... Figaro was" (5:12) ; "Damn that Figaro" (1:36) ; "As summer brings a" (3:05) ; "And now I must go" (1:24) ; "What is happening?" (1:55) ; "Antoinette, we want" (:54) ; "Marie Antoinette of" (6:38) ; "Monarchy, Revolution" (5:46) ; "Welcome, Madeleine" (3:09) ; "Remember the" (3:03) ; "I hope I'm not too late" (5:20) ; Interlude "I am very well, my dear" (4:05) ; "O God of love, O Lord" (7:06) ; "We are finished" "Look, her breathing is" (3:12) ; "Goodbye, Figaro" (1:59) ; "No, Beaumarchais" (5:01) ; "Come, Antonia" (3:29)