OM DENNE EPISODE
This week, Cedille Chicago Presents the label’s two full-length opera recordings, both featuring the forces of Chicago Opera Theater— the first CD recording of Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium and the world premiere recording of Robert Kurka’s The Good Soldier Schweik — with extensive excerpts from each.
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Playlist for May 22, 2013
Opera on Cedille
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI (1911–2007)
The Medium
Act I (excerpt) (18:30)
From Menotti: The Medium
Cedille Records CDR 90000 034 (Tracks 10–22)
Joyce Castle, mezzo-soprano
Patrice Michaels, soprano
Diane Ragains, soprano
Peter Van De Graaf, bass-baritone
Barbara Landis, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Opera Theater
Lawrence Rapchak, conductor
ROBERT KURKA (1921–1957)
The Good Soldier Schweik
Act 1, Scene 1: Schweik’s Flat in Prague (3:33)
From Robert Kurka: The Good Soldier Schweik
Cedille Records CDR 90000 062 (Disc 1 track 3)
Jason Collins, tenor
Kelli Harrington, soprano
Chicago Opera Theater
Alexander Platt, conductor
ROBERT KURKA
The Good Soldier Schweik
Act 1, Scene 6: The Insane Asylum (Schweik: “I never felt so good before . . .”) (2:22)
From Robert Kurka: The Good Soldier Schweik
Cedille Records CDR 90000 062 (Disc 1 track 11)
Jason Collins, tenor
Chicago Opera Theater
Alexander Platt, conductor
ROBERT KURKA
The Good Soldier Schweik
Act 1, Scene 7: Part 1: Schweik’s flat, Part 2: The street below (4:29)
From Robert Kurka: The Good Soldier Schweik
Cedille Records CDR 90000 062 (Disc 1 Tracks 16–18)
Jason Collins, tenor
Kelli Harrington, soprano
Chicago Opera Theater
Alexander Platt, conductor
ROBERT KURKA
The Good Soldier Schweik
Act 2, Scene 1: Army infirmary (6:11)
From Robert Kurka: The Good Soldier Schweik
Cedille Records CDR 90000 062 (Disc 2 Tracks 3–5)
Marc Embree, baritone
Jason Collins, tenor
Wayne Alan Behr, tenor
Christian Elser, baritone
Robert Boldin, tenor
Alvaro Ramirez, bass
Stephen Noon, tenor
Timothy Sharp, baritone
Chicago Opera Theater
Alexander Platt, conductor
ROBERT KURKA
The Good Soldier Schweik
Act 2, Scene 3: Lieutenant Lukash’s flat (7:58)
From Robert Kurka: The Good Soldier Schweik
Cedille Records CDR 90000 062 (Disc 2 Tracks 10–12)
Jason Collins, tenor
Marc Embree, baritone
Kelli Harrington, soprano
Robert Boldin, tenor
Alvaro Ramirez, bass
Stephen Noon, tenor
Chicago Opera Theater
Alexander Platt, conductor
