TOBIAS PICKER
(b. 1954)
world premiere performance
An opera in two acts
Libretto by Gene Scheer, after the novel by Émile Zola
2.
Madame: 'Thérèse. Thérèse. Thérèse'
2:30
3.
Camille: 'Thérèse needs a change of scenery'
3:54
4.
Laurent: 'Like a ghost he stood before us'
0:59
5.
Laurent: 'She watched me painting along the Seine'
5:47
6.
Laurent: 'Be careful! Madame Raquin will hear us'
2:22
7.
Thérèse: 'When we were little children'
4:23
8.
Madame: 'Thank-you, thank-you, Suzanne'
3:00
9.
Suzanne and Madame: 'I remember'
2:33
10.
Olivier: 'Good evening, Madame Raquin'
0:50
11.
Grivet: 'Good evening. Good evening'
1:15
12.
Grivet: 'At half past five'
1:32
13.
Olivier: 'Once there was a servant girl'
3:16
14.
Madame: 'We'll recall when years have passed'
4:05
15.
All: 'Let the game begin' [Interlude]
1:19
16.
Camille: 'We must have walked three hours or more'
2:59
17.
Thérèse: 'You were with me'
6:37
18.
Camille: 'Come on, wake up'
3:05
1.
Eleven months later. [Introduction]
0:54
2.
Laurent: 'Olivier! Monsieur Grivet!'
1:32
3.
Laurent: Poor Thérèse'
3:46
4.
Lights fade. [Interlude]
1:19
5.
Thérèse: 'No! No! Drowning . . .'
1:00
6.
Thérèse: 'Am I dreaming?'
3:58
8.
Suzanne: 'My dear! Monsieur Grivet!'
2:10
9.
Olivier and Grivet: 'Good night'
1:31
10.
Thérèse: 'You should not have bought so many flowers'
1:39
11.
Thérèse: 'The white dove sat in the corner of the ark'
4:48
12.
The bedrom. [Introduction]
0:40
13.
Laurent: 'Roses remind me of Vernon'
1:00
14.
Laurent: 'My poor angel'
2:24
15.
Laurent: 'You shall drive me mad!'
3:13
16.
Thérèse: 'You saw him at the morgue'
2:14
17.
Camile's ghost: 'Betrayed. Betrayed by those we loved'
5:02
18.
Madame: 'Camille! Camille!'
2:22
19.
Laurent: 'She'll never make it through the night!' [Interlude]
1:45
20.
Laurent: 'Five months. . . five months. . .'
2:39
21.
Olivier: 'What is she doing?'
3:29
22.
Thérèse: 'You can never forgive me'
1:37
23.
Laurent: 'Get off your knees'
2:03
24.
Thérèse: 'Never forgive me'
3:34
25.
Thérèse: 'It is too much not to be punished'
1:29
Solo: Diana Soviero soprano - Madame Lisette Raquin
Solo: Sara Fulgoni mezzo-soprano - Thérèse Raquin
Solo: Gordon Gietz tenor - Camille Raquin
Solo: Richard Bernstein bass-baritone - Laurent
Solo: Sheryl Woods soprano - Suzanne Michaud
Solo: Gabor Andrasy bass - Olivier Michaud
Solo: Peter Kazaras tenor - Monsieur Grivet
Orchestra: Dallas Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins