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CHAN 10197
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Dove: Flight
Running Time: 128:47
Release Date: April 2004
Composer (b. 1958)
Jonathan Dove
Jonathan Dove
Solo countertenor - Refugee
Christopher Robson
Christopher Robson
Solo soprano - Controller
Claron McFadden
Claron McFadden
Solo tenor - Bill
Richard Coxon
Richard Coxon
Solo soprano - Tina
Mary Plazas
Mary Plazas
Solo mezzo-soprano - Older Woman
Nuala Willis
Nuala Willis
Solo mezzo-soprano - Stewardess
Ann Taylor
Ann Taylor
Solo baritone - Steward
Garry Magee
Garry Magee
Solo bass-baritone - Minskman
Steven Page
Steven Page
Solo mezzo-soprano - Minskwoman
Anne Mason
Anne Mason
Solo bass-baritone - Immigration Officer
Richard van Allan
Richard van Allan
Choral
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
David Parry
David Parry
Producer
Channel 4 Television
Channel 4 Television
Producer
NVC Arts
NVC Arts
Venue
Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes
Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes
Genre:
Opera
Opera
Temporarily out of stock
Opera - Flight
JONATHAN DOVE
(b. 1958)Flight
129:12
An opera in three acts
Libretto by April De Angelis
live recording
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
1.
'Look! Up there'
4:25
Refugee, Controller
2.
'Darling!'
2:49
Bill, Tina, Refugee
3.
'Excuse me. Have you any English money?'
1:10
Refugee, Bill, Tina
4.
'Welcome travellers. Thank you for travelling Tri-Star'
0:55
Controller
5.
'Do I look conspicuous?'
2:27
Older Woman, Refugee, Controller
6.
'Welcome. We're always smiling as you can see'
3:02
Steward, Stewardess, Refugee, Older Woman
7.
'Down you go. Scurry down'
3:04
Controller
8.
'That's us.' 'Is that us?'
3:49
Minskman, Minskwoman, Controller, Older Woman
9.
'No! I don't seem able to go'
3:28
Minkswoman, Minskman, Controller, Refugee
10.
'What have I done?'
2:16
Minskwoman, Steward, Stewardess, Bill, Tina, Older Woman
11.
'What have I just done? Why couldn't I go?'
1:14
Minskwoman
12.
'Excuse me. Have you a hat or a scarf?'
3:07
Refugee, Older Woman, Stewardess, Steward, Tina, Bill, Controller
13.
'Look who's coming!'
3:05
Controller, Refugee, Minskwoman, Bill, Tina, Older Woman, Steward, Stewardess
14.
'Gone.' 'Time to be gone'
4:02
Refugee, Tina, Controller, Bill, Minskwoman, Older Woman, Steward, Stewardess
15.
'Disgusting.' 'Record lusting'
3:20
Controller, Bill, Tina, Older Woman, Minskwoman
16.
'Due to circumstances beyond our control'
1:47
Controller, Refugee
Act II
17.
'The storm is getting worse'
2:30
Controller
18.
'It's quiet'
7:00
Steward, Stewardess, Bill, Tina, Older Woman, Minskwoman
19.
'I know. We could do the business with our trolleys'
1:44
Stewardess, Older Woman, Minskwoman, Steward, Tina, Bill
20.
Orchestral interlude
1:10
21.
'Fierce night. Jagged light'
1:34
Controller
22.
'I bought this suitcase in New York'
5:36
Minskwoman, Steward, Stewardess, Bill, Refugee, Older Woman, Tina
23.
'The thing about people is'
1:08
Controller
64:55
COMPACT DISC TWO
1.
'About this stone. Is it true?'
5:59
Older Woman, Refugee, Tina, Bill, Minskwoman, Steward, Stewardess, Controller
2.
'A wish for me. I'm wishing for my brother'
1:33
Refugee, Bill, Steward
3.
'Excuse me, can I trouble you for some advice?'
1:49
Older Woman, Tina, Minskwoman, Stewardess, Bill
4.
'What's this for?' 'Let's see . . .'
1:09
Bill, Steward, Older Woman, Tina, Stewardess, Minskwoman
5.
'He's lucky'
1:39
Women, Refugee, Older Woman, Controller, Tina, Stewardess, Minskwoman
6.
'You have a stone?'
1:13
Women, Refugee
7.
'I believed in miracles'
3:36
Older Woman, Minskwoman, Stewardess, Tina, Refugee, Controller, Bill, Steward
Act II
8.
'What a dreadful night'
1:16
Women, Controller
9.
'A plane is coming!'
2:08
Controller, Older Woman
10.
'I flew back immediately. I'm not angry'
2:53
Minskman, Minskwoman, Tina, Bill, Steward
11.
'Oh my goodness!'
4:36
Bill, Tina, Steward, Stewardess
12.
'Oh look, he isn't moving'
0:42
Stewardess, Older Woman, Minskwoman, Steward
13.
'Ow!' 'What is it?'
3:06
Minskwoman, All
14.
'It's so small'
1:05
All, Minskwoman
15.
'New, wondrous, nothing so new as you'
7:14
Refugee, Tina, Stewardess, Older Woman, Controller, Minskwoman, Bill, Minskman
16.
'He's coming back! Get in the trunk!'
2:52
Controller, Refugee, Immigration Officer, Women, Men
17.
'Surely you can be magnanimous on such a day as this'
2:11
Minskman, Minskwoman, Immigration Officer, Tina, Steward, Stewardess
18.
'You can't fool rules'
1:40
Immigration Officer, Older Woman, Bill, Steward, Tina, Refugee, Controller
19.
'Dawn, still darkness . . .'
6:13
Refugee
20.
'But look at me now'
2:35
Refugee, Immigration Officer, Stewardess, Older Woman, Minskwoman, Minskman
21.
' . . .I can't do much for you . . .'
1:11
'Immigration Officer, Older Woman, Steward, Bill, Tina, Stewardess
22.
' . . .Flights to Minsk and places smarter . . .'
3:04
Controller, Older Woman, Minskman, Minskwoman, Bill, Tina, Steward, Stewardess, Refugee
23.
'A frozen man falling like a frozen star'
4:21
Refugee, Controller
64:17
Solo: Christopher Robson countertenor - Refugee
Solo: Claron McFadden soprano - Controller
Solo: Richard Coxon tenor - Bill
Solo: Mary Plazas soprano - Tina
Solo: Nuala Willis mezzo-soprano - Older Woman
Solo: Ann Taylor mezzo-soprano - Stewardess
Solo: Garry Magee baritone - Steward
Solo: Steven Page bass-baritone - Minskman
Solo: Anne Mason mezzo-soprano - Minskwoman
Solo: Richard van Allan bass-baritone - Immigration Officer
Choral: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
