Ballad of Baby Doe / Douglas Moore.

Author/creator Moore, Douglas
Format Audio (CD)
Publication Info[Rhode Island?] : Newport Classic, ℗1997.
Description2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorLatouche, John, 1914-1956 librettist.
Other author/creatorGrissom, Jan, performer.
Other author/creatorKrueger, Dana, performer.
Other author/creatorParis, Myrna, performer.
Other author/creatorSteele, Brian (Baritone), performer.
Other author/creatorFreiman, Mark, performer.
Other author/creatorMoriarty, John, 1930-2022 conductor.
Other author/creatorCentral City Opera House, performer.
Contents Disc 1. Opening (3:41) -- It's a bang-up job (5:14) -- Horace, what? (5:10) -- What a lovely (3:51) -- Willow song (3:13) -- Oh, Mr. Tabor! (1:13) -- Warm as (3:33) -- Now where (6:48) -- What are you (4:42) -- Why Mrs. Doe! (3:00) -- Dearest Mama (3:25) -- Excuse me (5:49) -- No! No! No! (2:12) -- What do you (4:33)-- Everything looks (4:18) -- Ah, enchanting! (2:51) -- Silver Aria (3:23) -- And I'll show (4:38)--
Contents Disc 2. Opening (2:54) -- It's so warm inside (1:15) -- The fine ladies (2:40) -- Mama, go inside! (6:10) -- Augusta, what (3:44) -- I'll raise ya (5:18) -- Turn tail (1:38) -- La, la, la (5:50) -- Good people (5:39) -- Extra, extra! (5:05) -- Augusta (5:05) -- Hey, Mister! (4:48) -- Good afternoon (3:37) -- Tabor owns (5:24) -- Horace! (2:29) -- Always through (3:52).
General noteOpera in 2 acts.
General noteLibretto by John Latouche.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteProgram notes by John Ostendorf, synopsis by Bestsy Schwarm, and libretto (46 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Performer Jan Grissom, soprano; Dana Krueger, Myrna Paris, mezzo-sopranos; Brian Steele, baritone; Mark Freiman, tenor ; supporting soloists ; chorus and orchestra of Central City Opera ; John Moriarty, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in Aug. 1996, Central City Opera House, Central City, Colo. (site of the opera's premiere in 1956).
LanguageSung in English.
Publisher numberNPD 85593/2 Newport Classic
Publisher numberNPD 85593/1--NPD85593/2 New port Classic

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