Le dernier sorcier = The last sorcerer : a chamber opera in two acts / Pauline García Viardot ; libretto by Ivan Turgenev.

Author/creator Viardot-García, Pauline composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationNew Rochelle, NY : Bridge, [2018]
Copyright Date℗2018
Description1 audio disc (66 min., 39 sec.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorTurgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883, librettist.
Other author/creatorStyler, Trudie, narrator.
Other author/creatorZamora, Camille, performer, author.
Other author/creatorBrailey, Sarah, performer.
Other author/creatorBarton, Jamie, performer.
Other author/creatorZabala, Adriana, performer.
Other author/creatorSlattery, Michael (Tenor), performer.
Other author/creatorOwens, Eric, 1970- performer.
Other author/creatorHarron, Liana Pailodze, performer.
Other author/creatorHuang, Myra, performer.
Other author/creatorOesterle, Michelle, conductor.
Other author/creatorManhattan Girls Chorus, performer.
Uniform titleDernier sorcier
Parallel title Last sorcerer
Physical medium4 3/4 in.
Contents Overture (3:05) -- Narration (2:07) -- Act I. Introduction ("Par ici") (5:04) -- Narration (0:31) -- Chanson de Lelio ("Dans le bois frais et sombre") (2:54) -- Narration (0:23) -- Romance de la Reine ("Ramasse cette rose") (1:41) -- Narration (0:21) -- Air de Krakamiche ("Ah, la sotte existence") (4:05) -- Narration (0:38) -- Chanson de Stella ("Coulez, coulez, gouttes fines") (2:48) -- Narration (0:16) -- Romance de la Reine ("Sur les yeux de ton père") (0:57) -- Narration (0:20) -- Chanson de Perlimpinpin ("Quand j'étais un géant") (2:01) -- Narration (0:32) -- Marche (1:23) -- Narration (0:21) -- Ronde des lutins ("Tourne, tourne comme un tonton") (2:29) -- Narration (0:18) -- Ronde Finale ("Compagnes ailées") (5:33) -- Narration (0:15) -- Act II. Stornello de Lelio ("Pourrais-je jamais aimer") (2:34) -- Narration (0:24) -- Mélodrame (1:03) -- Narration (0:59) -- Duo de Krakamiche et Stella ("Si tu ne sais pas") (5:48) -- Narration (0:26) -- Couplets du rouet ("Quand vient la saison fleurie") (2:03) -- Narration (0:17) -- Duo de la rose ("C'est moi, ne craignez rien") (3:26) -- Narration (0:28) -- Exorcisme ("Loupprola, Schibbola, Trix" (1:20) -- Narration (1:20) -- Quatuor ("Adieu, témoins de ma misère") (2:41) -- Narration (0:17) -- Marche ("O bienfaisante fée") (1:15) -- Narration (0:34) -- Choeur Final ("Salut! Salut! O forêt bien aimée!") (2:42).
Abstract This previously lost opera was premiered in 1869.
General noteProgram notes by Camille Zamora, synopsis, and biographical notes on the performers in English, and libretto in French and English (39 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
General noteCompact disc.
Performer Trudie Styler, narrator ; Camille Zamora, Sarah Brailey, sopranos ; Jamie Barton, Adriana Zabala, mezzo-sopranos ; Michael Slattery, tenor ; Eric Owens, bass-baritone ; Liana Pailodze Harron, Myra Huang, piano ; Manhattan Girls Chorus ; Michelle Oesterle, director.
LanguageSung in French, with English narration by Camille Zamora based on Ivan Turgenev's original synopsis.
Genre/formChamber operas.
UPC 090404951527
Publisher numberBRIDGE 9515 Bridge
Publisher numberBCD9515 Bridge
Publisher number9515 Bridge