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Crescent City : a hyperopera

Title
Crescent City : a hyperopera / Anne LeBaron, music ; Douglas Kearney, libretto.
Author
LeBaron, Anne
Publication
  • [St. Paul, Minnesota] : Innova, [2014]
  • ©2014

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  • Kearney, Douglas
  • Sharon, Yuval
  • Mack, Jonathan
  • Faatoalia, Ashley
  • Brown, Gwendolyn
  • Lowenstein, Marc
  • Altany, Maria Elena
  • Yang, Ji Young, 1976-
  • Bekbosunov, Timur, 1983-
  • Berry, Cedric
  • Sengpiehl, Lillian
  • Kearney, Douglas.
Description
2 audio discs; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
"Marie Laveau, emerging from her tomb when a final disaster threatens her beloved city, pleads with the pantheon of vodou gods and goddesses (the Loa) to help save her city from impending destruction. They reluctantly agree to come to her aid, but only if they can locate one good person, among the cops, nurses, entertainers, and other denizens. In their quest, they disperse, overtaking the souls and bodies of the city's inhabitants. One of the Loa, the dreaded Baron Carrefour, thwarts their collective mission to try and help Marie. A showdown between Carrefour and Marie leads to the demise of Crescent City."--Container
Subject
Operas
Note
  • Title from container.
  • Opera.
  • Program notes by Yuval Sharon, Douglas Kearney and Nicole V. Gagné inserted in container.
Credits (note)
  • Directed by Yuval Sharon ; produced by The Industry.
Language (note)
  • English words.
Contents
CD 1: Act I. Sunset on Crescent City (5:13) -- An ill wind blows (2:48) -- Marie Laveau emerges from her tomb (4:42) -- The Bound Ghost (4:38) -- Marie invokes the Loa (11:49) -- Cop discovers Marie's body (3:20) -- Deadly Belle's first turn (5:04) -- The Good Man's song (4:45) -- Nurses in hospital with Marie (5:08) -- Nurses on helipad (6:46) -- Homesick Woman's aria (5:18) -- Carrefour on the move (3:37) -- CD 2: Act II. Marie and Baron Samedi (5:56) -- Samedi and the Cop (5:24) -- Erzulie inhabits Deadly Belle (11:03) -- Report from the Marassa Jumeaux (2:28) -- The catastrophe (9:34) -- Judgment at the swamp (16:07) -- Party at the end of the world (5:39).
LCCN
726708687823
OCLC
  • ocn891196123
  • 891196123
  • SCSB-13637435
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries