Sarah Shafer - Poul Ruders: The Thirteenth Child (2019)
Sarah Shafer - Poul Ruders: The Thirteenth Child (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 352 MB | Tracks: 27 | 77:49 min
Style: Classical | Label: Bridge Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 352 MB | Tracks: 27 | 77:49 min
Style: Classical | Label: Bridge Records
The Thirteenth Child is a new opera in two acts, with music by Poul Ruders to a libretto by Becky & David Starobin. Commissioned by The Santa Fe Opera and the Odense Symfoniorkester, the libretto is an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm story, "The Twelve Brothers". The recording, made in Denmark and the USA, brings Ruders's gripping 80-minute score vividly to life, and is being released by Bridge Records in tandem with the world premiere staging of The Thirteenth Child by the Santa Fe Opera in July and August of 2019. The recording features soprano Sarah Shafer as Princess Lyra; mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford as Queen Gertrude (Ms. Mumford will also create the role for The Santa Fe Opera production); bass-baritone Ashraf Sewailam as Drokan; bass Matt Boehler as King Hjarne; tenor David Portillo as Benjamin; tenor Alasdair Kent as Prince Frederic and Toke, and bass Alex Rosen as Corbin. The Odense Symfoniorkester and the Bridge Academy Singers are conducted by David Starobin and Benjamin Shwartz, with Amber Evans, chorus master. The Thirteenth Child is Poul Ruders's fifth opera. The 70 year old Danish composer is well known for his gripping dystopian opera, The Handmaid's Tale. The Thirteenth Child shares some of the dark world of The Handmaid's Tale, but also gives the listener a fairytale, full of romance, magic and transformation.
"Fairy tales advance by surprising, generally magical events, and Ruders has invented captivating music for each. Ruders and his librettists have created an enchanting work in the genre of the fairy-tale opera, replete with spells, magic gardens, a quest to find 12 long-lost brothers, and a princess (the 13th child of the title) fated to undergo ill and happy adventures before she rescues her brothers and weds her prince…"
Tracklist:
01. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: Drokan's Warning
02. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: Our House Endures
03. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: The Softest Spoken
04. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: What Is This Madness:
05. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: Lilies, Red as Blood
06. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: The Night Air Groans
07. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: The Trembling of the Earth
08. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: Interlude I
09. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: Hjarne's Funeral
10. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: Interlude II
11. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: 12 Brothers
12. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: The Lilies of Frohagord
13. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: Interlude III
14. The Thirteenth Child, Act I: Oh, Mother
15. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: The Forest
16. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: Food Song
17. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: A Riddle
18. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: My Secret
19. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: The Spell
20. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: Interlude IV
21. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: Light & Shadows
22. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: Frederic's Return
23. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: Keep My Beloved Safe
24. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: Fierce Winds of Change
25. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: The Lilies Bloom
26. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: The Shadows Lift
27. The Thirteenth Child, Act II: Together We Will Heal
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