| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Contents |
Act I : Hello? Ritchie? Doctor Ritchie, are you there? -- Kendall, how do you do? -- You know, I am certain, how my mother country suffers -- In Scotland there is hope -- Cometh the woman -- Der kleine Hund -- This analysis is exemplary . Act II : The evening light -- To live is to regret -- Doctor Hempel, what progress? -- Breathe freely. A persistent illusion : trio for clarinet, cello and piano : I, II, III |
| Summary |
Breathe Freely is a new opera by contemporary Scottish composer Julian Wagstaff. Written for three singers and piano trio, it is a chamber opera in two acts set in 1943 against the backdrop of the Second World War |
| Notes |
Chamber opera in two short acts |
| Performer |
Laura Margaret Smith, mezzo-soprano ; Paul Curievici, tenor ; Phil Gault, baritone ; Peter Furniss, clarinet ; Mark Bailey, cello ; Andrew Johnston, piano ; Derek Clark, conductor |
| Event |
Recorded 2014 June 9-12 Production studios of Scottish Opera, Glasgow, UK |
| Notes |
Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Operas.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Songs and music.
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Operas.
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| Genre/Form |
Streaming audio
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Songs and music.
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Smith, Laura Margaret Smith, singer
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Curievici, Paul, singer
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Gault, Phil, instrumentalist
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Furniss, Peter, instrumentalist.
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Bailey, Mark (Cellist), instrumentalist.
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Johnston, Andrew, instrumentalist
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Clark, Derek, conductor
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Container of (work): Wagstaff, Julian.
Breathe freely.
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Container of (work): Wagstaff, Julian.
Persistent illusion.
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