Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers – Heggie: Great Scott (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers – Heggie: Great Scott (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:36:02 minutes | 2,89 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
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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 Walking and Moby 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:

01. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: Overtures to Great Scott and Rosa Dolorosa, Figlia di Pompei (Orchestra) (07:19)
02. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: Rehearsal, Part One (Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony, Wendell, Roane) (01:47)
03. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: The Wedding Procession from Rosa Dolorosa (Arden, Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony, Wendell, Roane, Chorus) (04:35)
04. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: “Vesuvio, il mio unico amico” (Arden, Winnie, Tatyana, Wendell) (05:05)
05. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: “Five years ago…” (Arden) (04:14)
06. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: Ensemble and Cabaletta (Arden, Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony, Wendell, Roane, Chorus) (04:57)
07. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: Break (Roane, Chorus) (01:05)
08. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: “Talk to me about Roane, Winnie” (Eric, Winnie, Roane) (03:56)
09. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: “The writing’s on the wall” (Roane, Eric) (02:51)
10. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: “What are the Grizzlies’ chances?” (Wendell, Anthony, Winnie) (02:03)
11. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: “I want to be America’s soprano” (Tatyana, Anthony, Wendell, Eric, Winnie) (05:12)
12. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: Duet Scene (Arden, Winnie) (05:57)
13. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: “Oh, Mrs. F” (Arden, Winnie) (03:35)
14. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: “Sorry Tommy’s late” (Sid, Arden, Tommy, Winnie, Roane) (10:43)
15. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: Rehearsal, Part Two (Roane, Wendell, Anthony, Eric, Tatyana, Arden, Tommy, Chorus) (05:11)
16. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: “I get scared, too, Tommy” (Arden, Tommy, Eric) (04:37)
17. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: The Fountain Dance (Chorus) (01:37)
18. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 1: “It’s a disaster” (Eric, Winnie, Wendell, Arden, Tatyana, Anthony, Chorus) (03:46)
19. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: Prelude (Chorus) (01:58)
20. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “The Starry-Spangled Banner” (Tatyana, Chorus) (04:08)
21. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “Arden, you have seen the future” (Arden, Winnie, Eric, Roane, Wendell, Anthony) (04:04)
22. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: Rosa Dolorosa, Act One (Arden, Wendell, Anthony, Tatyana, Tommy, Chorus) (06:32)
23. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “I thought that went extremely well” (Anthony, Arden, Wendell, Tommy, Eric, Tatyana) (02:01)
24. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: Sid and Arden (Arden, Sid, Roane) (07:02)
25. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “I don’t care how good ‘what’ was” (Roane, Arden, Eric, Anthony, Wendell) (04:21)
26. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “You’ll never be her” (Arden) (02:48)
27. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “Buona sera, Rosa” (Arden, Bazzetti) (01:48)
28. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “Look for me, I’m there” (Arden, Bazzetti) (06:21)
29. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “All that you leave behind” (Arden, Bazzetti) (03:30)
30. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “Arden! You’re not dressed for the mad scene!” (Roane, Arden) (01:02)
31. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: In the Wings (Anthony, Wendell) (01:03)
32. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: Rosa’s Mad Scene (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Chorus) (04:06)
33. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: Rosa’s Prayer (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Tommy, Chorus) (03:12)
34. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “Io sola posso salvare Pompei” (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Chorus) (04:37)
35. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: Curtain Calls (Arden, Winnie) (01:41)
36. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “Thank you for your wonderful support” (Winnie, Arden) (03:14)
37. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: “Triumph for American Opera!” (Eric, Winnie, Roane, Arden, Anthony, Wendell, Tatyana) (04:55)
38. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: Quartet (Arden, Tatyana, Winnie, Roane) (04:10)
39. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: Center Stage (Arden, Sid, Tommy) (02:17)
40. Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Orchestra & Patrick Summers – Great Scott, Act 2: Finale (Orchestra) (02:25)

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