Libretto suggested by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais's La mère coupable.
Language (note)
Sung chiefly in English, with some French.
Awards (note)
Grammy, Best Opera Recording; Best Engineered Album, 2016
Author
Corigliano, John, 1938- composer.
Title
The ghosts of Versailles : a grand opera buffa in two acts / John Corigliano and William M. Hoffman.
Publisher
[Netherlands] : PentaTone, [2016]
Copyright date
℗2016
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Series
Pentatone American operas
Pentatone American operas.
Performer
Guanqun Yu, Patricia Racette, Stacey Tappan, sopranos ; Lucy Schaufer, Victoria Livengood, Renée Rapier, Patti LuPone, mezzo-sopranos ; Joshua Guerrera, Brenton Ryan, Scott Scully, Robert Brubaker, Joel Sorensen, tenors ; Lucas Meachem, Christopher Maltman, Museop Kim, baritones ; Kristinn Sigmundsson, Philip Cokorinos, basses ; with various other performers ; LA Opera ; James Conlon, conductor.
Event
Recorded live, 2015 February and March Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Music Center, Calif.
Language
Sung chiefly in English, with some French.
Awards
Grammy, Best Opera Recording; Best Engineered Album, 2016