| Description |
1 audio disc (81 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
012015 |
| Note |
Opera in 3 images; libretto by David Henry Hwang, translated in Spanish by the composer. |
| Performer |
Dawn Upshaw, Jessica Rivera, Anne Carolyn Bird, Sindhu Chandrasekaran, sopranos ; Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano ; Sean Mayer, Robb Asklof, tenors ; Jesús Montoya, baritone ; Eduardo Chama, bass-baritone ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ; Women of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus ; Robert Spano, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Nov. 2005, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes in English and libretto in Spanish and English in container. |
| Summary |
A stirring tale of political and artistic courage. Dawn Upshaw sings the role created for her as she reminisces about the martyred Spanish writer Federico Garcia Lorca in a series of flamenco-drenched dream-like flashbacks. |
| Credits |
Producers: Valerie Gross, Sid McLauchlan. |
| Contents |
Ainadamar (Fountain of tears), an opera in three images: Preludio de Aqua y Caballo (2:39) -- Primera Imagen: Mariana: Balada (4:47) - Mariana, tus ojos (to Dawn Upshaw) (8:16) - Bar Albor de Madrid (2:28) - Desde mi ventana (Aria a la estatua de Mariana) (7:27) - Muerte a Caballo (0:51) -- Segunda Imagen: Federico: Balada (1:43) - Quiero arrancarme los ojos (3:57) - A la Habana (3:28) - Quiero cantar entre las explosiones (5:19) - Arresto (4:34) - La Fuente de las Ĺágrimas (2:07) - Confesión (8:33) - Interludio de Balazos y Lamento por la Muerte de Federico (1:21) -- Tercen Imagen: Margarita: Balada (2:47) - De mi fuente tu emerges (2:33) - Tome su mano (1:43) - Crepúsculo delirante (3:40) - Doy mi sangre (4:08) - Yo soy la libertad (7:38). |
| Language |
Sung in Spanish. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936 -- Drama.
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Operas.
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| Added Author |
Hwang, David Henry, 1957- Librettist.
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Upshaw, Dawn. Performer.
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Rivera, Jessica (Soprano). Performer.
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Bird, Anne Carolyn. Performer.
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Chandrasekaran, Sindhu. Performer.
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O'Connor, Kelley. Performer.
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Mayer, Sean. Performer.
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Asklof, Robb. Performer.
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Montoya, Jesús (Baritone) Performer.
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Chama, José Eduardo. Performer.
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Spano, Robert. Conductor.
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Performer.
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Atlanta Symphony Chorus. Performer.
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| Note |
Parallel title on container: Fountain of tears |
| Standard No. |
028947761655 |
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00028947761655 gtin-14 |
| Music No. |
B0006429-02 Deutsche Grammophon |
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