Opening (2:26) -- Scene [belladonna]: the first telling (8:40) -- Interlude 1--today is the day (1:40) -- Scene [monkshood]: the second telling (6:22) -- Interlude 2 (1:09) -- Scene [poison hemlock]: the third telling (10:48) -- Scene [poison ivy]: the fourth telling (12:01) -- Scene [loco weed]: the fifth telling (10:53) -- Interlude 3--the disappearance (2:22) -- Scene [black nightshade]: the sixth telling (5:00) -- Wordless prayer of thanks (1:09) -- Scene [foxglove]: the seventh telling (13:49).
Note
Opera.
Music by David Lang; libretto by Mac Wellman.
Based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce.
Credits (note)
Produced by Beth Morrison.
Author
Lang, David (David A.), composer.
Title
The difficulty of crossing a field / David Lang, Mac Wellman.
Publisher
Brooklyn, NY : Cantaloupe Music, [2015]
Copyright date
℗2015
Playing time
011619
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Beverly O'Regan Thiele, Cree Carrico, sopranos ; Isaiah Robinson, tenor ; Jay O. Sanders, Daniel Zippi, actors ; Christopher Burchett, baritone ; supporting chorus singers ; Harlem String Quartet (Melissa White, Ilmar Gavilan, violins ; Jaime Amador, viola ; Ismar Gomes, cello) ; Douglas Kinney Frost, conductor.
Credits
Produced by Beth Morrison.
Event
Recorded Studio G, Good Child Music Studios, Brooklyn.