Composer: Jake Heggie
Performer: Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Pérez, Frederica von Stade, Nathan Gunn, Anthony Roth Costanzo
Orchestra: Dallas Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Erato
Catalogue: 9029594078
Release: 2018
Size: 5.48 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Great Scott
Act 1
01. Overtures to Great Scott and Rosa Dolorosa, Figlia di Pompei (Orchestra)
02. Rehearsal, Part One (Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony, Wendell, Roane)
03. The Wedding Procession from Rosa Dolorosa (Arden, Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony, Wendell, Roane, Chorus)
04. “Vesuvio, il mio unico amico” (Arden, Winnie, Tatyana, Wendell)
05. “Five years ago…” (Arden)
06. Ensemble and Cabaletta (Arden, Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony, Wendell, Roane, Chorus)
07. Break (Roane, Chorus)
08. “Talk to me about Roane, Winnie” (Eric, Winnie, Roane)
09. “The writing’s on the wall” (Roane, Eric)
10. “What are the Grizzlies’ chances?” (Wendell, Anthony, Winnie)
11. “I want to be America’s soprano” (Tatyana, Anthony, Wendell, Eric, Winnie)
12. Duet Scene (Arden, Winnie)
13. “Oh, Mrs. F” (Arden, Winnie)
14. “Sorry Tommy’s late” (Sid, Arden, Tommy, Winnie, Roane)
15. Rehearsal, Part Two (Roane, Wendell, Anthony, Eric, Tatyana, Arden, Tommy, Chorus)
16. “I get scared, too, Tommy” (Arden, Tommy, Eric)
17. The Fountain Dance (Chorus)
18. “It’s a disaster” (Eric, Winnie, Wendell, Arden, Tatyana, Anthony, Chorus)
Act 2
19. Prelude (Chorus)
20. “The Starry-Spangled Banner” (Tatyana, Chorus)
21. “Arden, you have seen the future” (Arden, Winnie, Eric, Roane, Wendell, Anthony)
22. Rosa Dolorosa, Act One (Arden, Wendell, Anthony, Tatyana, Tommy, Chorus)
23. “I thought that went extremely well” (Anthony, Arden, Wendell, Tommy, Eric, Tatyana)
24. Sid and Arden (Arden, Sid, Roane)
25. “I don’t care how good ‘what’ was” (Roane, Arden, Eric, Anthony, Wendell)
26. “You’ll never be her” (Arden)
27. “Buona sera, Rosa” (Arden, Bazzetti)
28. “Look for me, I’m there” (Arden, Bazzetti)
29. “All that you leave behind” (Arden, Bazzetti)
30. “Arden ! You’re not dressed for the mad scene!” (Roane, Arden)
31. In the Wings (Anthony, Wendell)
32. Rosa’s Mad Scene (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Chorus)
33. Rosa’s Prayer (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Tommy, Chorus)
34. “Io sola posso salvare Pompei” (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Chorus)
35. Curtain Calls (Arden, Winnie)
36. “Thank yu for your wonderful support” (Winnie, Arden)
37. “Triumph for American Opera !” (Eric, Winnie, Roane, Arden, Anthony, Wendell, Tatyana)
38. Quartet (Arden, Tatyana, Winnie, Roane)
39. Center Stage (Arden, Sid, Tommy)
40. Finale (Orchestra)
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.
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.