KERRY: Media
Catalog Number: ABC4761927
Label: ABC Classics
Format: CD
Categories: Opera
Classical Periods: 20th Century
Composers: Gordon Kerry
Directors: Mark Summerbell
Performers: Angela Giblin, David Lemke, Merlyn Quaife, Michael C. Smith
Available: 6
Price: $15.99
Label: ABC Classics
Format: CD
Categories: Opera
Classical Periods: 20th Century
Composers: Gordon Kerry
Directors: Mark Summerbell
Performers: Angela Giblin, David Lemke, Merlyn Quaife, Michael C. Smith
Available: 6
Price: $15.99
Gordon Kerry (1961-)
Medea - A chamber opera in five scenes
Libretto by Justin Macdonnell after Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Medea Merlyn Quaife, soprano
Nurse/Chorus Angela Giblin, mezzo-soprano
Jason/Chorus Michael C. Smith, tenor
Creon/Chorus David Lemke, baritone
Ensemble:
Elizabeth Barcan, flutes
Denise Papaluca, piano, keyboard
Peter Neville, percussion
Rosanne Hunt, cello
Mark Summerbell, conductor
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scene 1 | |||
| 1 | The Gods of wedlock are the gods of death Medea, Chorus | 8:06 | |
| 2 | Be cunning, lady Nurse, Medea | 2:01 | |
| 3 | But see now,Creon comes Nurse, Creon, Medea | 2:09 | |
| 4 | You go, alone Creon, Medea | 4:05 | |
| 5 | I am no tyrant Creon, Medea | 4:38 | |
| Scene 2 | |||
| 6 | If you seek, poor little heart Medea, Nurse, Chorus | 1:55 | |
| 7 | Candida nostri saecula patres Chorus, Medea | 3:49 | |
| Scene 3 | |||
| 8 | Fate is hard Jason | 3:35 | |
| 9 | The dreaming sea Medea | 3:22 | |
| 10 | When Creon would have killed you Jason, Medea | 8:08 | |
| 11 | I have a robe, a gift of heaven Medea | 2:40 | |
| Scene 4 | |||
| 12 | Nulla vis flammae tumidive venti Chorus | 3:51 | |
| 13 | Tu nunc vestes tinge Creusae Medea | 2:12 | |
| 14 | O Horror! Disaster comes Nurse, Medea | 2:42 | |
| Scene 5 | |||
| 15 | It is done. Father and daughter lie in the ruins of their house Nurse, Chorus | 1:13 | |
| 16 | Go now, Medea, while you still have time Nurse, Medea | 5:17 | |
| 17 | Assist me, citizens, to avenge your princes' death Jason, Medea, Nurse | 3:58 | |
| 18 | Per alta vade spatia sublimi aethere Chorus, Jason | 3:41 | |
| Total Playing Time 67:31 |
