Act 1 : Scene 1 : Hannah : "The Lord has spared this child" (5:58) -- Hannah : "Give her to me" (2:05) / Scene 2 : Hooker : "Next! Next! Next!" (3:50) -- Maguire : "There now that's better" (2:34) / Scene 3 : Mrs Bass : "Patience...Charity...Prudence...Lucy" (3:24) -- Emmeline : "I've never seen my face before" (3:36 / Scene 4 : Maguire : "So you found the library" (4:06) / Scene 5 : Emmeline - Letter Aria : "Dearest mother and father" (4:23) / Scene 6 : Maguire : "Like a wood in Ireland this is" (4:11) -- Emmeline : "Strange. From inside the house" (1:46) / Scene 7 : Girls - Work song : "To cheerfulness inclining" (2:48) -- Hooker : "Sing, damn you, sing" (4:27) / Scene 8 : Emmeline - British scene : "Have they arrived?" (5:24) --
Act 2 : Scene 1 : Emmeline : "I know nothing" (7:44) -- Henry Mosher : "The railroad's pushing north" (1:37) -- Emmeline : "I forgot my Bible" (4:42) -- Emmeline : "No. No. No secrets" (4:46) -- Henry Mosher : "I need to speak to Matthew" (4:46) -- Emmeline - Love duet : "Matthew! If you love me" (5:24) -- Wedding (4:54) / Scene 2 : Matthew : "I remember the cold" (3:38) -- Emmeline : "I'm relieved to see you" (3:29) / Scene 3 : Pastor Avery - The Wake : "The lord is my shepherd" (3:04) -- Hannah : "Matthew Gurney?" (2:27) -- Emmeline : "The child was a girl" (1:52) / Scene 4 : Emmeline - Revelation : "Emmeline! Is it true?" (5:24) -- Funeral procession (1:20) / Scene 5 : Women : "Sinner! Abomination! Whore!" (4:02) -- Emmeline : "Matthew! Everything I want is gone" (6:42) -- Emmeline : "Everything I want is gone" (2:49)
Note
Opera in two acts.
Libretto by J.D. McClatchy; based on the novel by Judith Rossner.
Event (note)
Recorded live July 27-31, 1996 at the Santa Fe Opera world premiere of Emmeline.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Picker, Tobias, 1954-
Title
Emmeline [electronic resource] / Tobias Picker.
Imprint
Albany, NY : Albany Recordings, p1998.
Playing time
015307
Performer
Patricia Racette, Curt Peterson, Victor Ledbetter, Anne-Marie Owens, Kevin Langan, Josepha Gayer, Melanie Sarakatsannis, Herbert Perry, Wright Moore, Michelle Bradley, Gregory Keil, Mary Jane Kania ; Santa Fe Opera ; George Manahan, conductor.
Event
Recorded live July 27-31, 1996 at the Santa Fe Opera world premiere of Emmeline.