FANNY ROBIN - an opera by Edward Harper - Jane Manning - Nigel Waugh - Roderick Horn - Scottish Opera Chours

ID: MSVCD92015 (EAN: 0809730201523)  | 1 CD | AAD
Released in: 1979

LABEL:

METIER

Collection:

Opera Collection

Subcollection:

Voices and Orchestra

Composers:

HARPER, Edward

Interprets:

MANNING, Jane (soprano)

Ensembles:

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Conductors:

HARPER, Edward

Other info:

JANE MANNING, NIGEL WAUGH, RODERICK HORN, Scottish Opera Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, cond. Edward Harper

A lovely little one-act opera based on scenes from Thomas Hardy novels, the titel role was written for Jane Manning who sings here. Musically it is a companion piece to Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with fragments of Purcell's mucic quoted in the epilogue and alluded to throughout.

Tracks:
01. Flourish02. Ensemble I - The Courtship 03. Dialogue I - By the Churchyard04. Arioso I - I go to my Love05. Ensemble II - At the Malthouse06. Dialogue II - Outside the Barracks07. Arioso II - Good Night08. Interlude: The Letter09. Ensemble III - In Church10. DialogueIII - At the Church Door11. Arioso III - O Frank12. Ensemble IV - The Wedding13. Epilogue

“In the still undervalued genre of chamber opera, Fanny Robin deserves more frequent performances. Scottish Opera's production is captured to telling spatial effect.” - Richard Whitehouse (Gramophone)