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A flowering tree : an opera in two acts /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, John, 1947-
Corporate Authors: London Symphony Orchestra (Performer), Schola Cantorum de Caracas (Performer)
Other Authors: Sellars, Peter (Librettist), Ramanujan, A. K., 1929-1993 (Translator), Rivera, Jessica (Performer), Thomas, Russell (Tenor) (Performer), Owens, Eric, 1970- (Performer)
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Language Notes:Sung in English.
Published: New York, NY : Nonesuch, 2008.
Subjects:
Operas.
Table of Contents:
  • Act I scene I (3:52)
  • One morning-- (8:41)
  • Kumudha's prayer (6:40)
  • Scene 2: Flores chorus (2:44)
  • Kumudha and her sister-- (8:53)
  • Scene 3: Audience with the king (2:25)
  • Mama mama, por que nos pegas? (4:43)
  • Scene 4: The wedding (3:50)
  • They brought her to me (5:38)
  • Bride and groom (6:24)
  • The bride sunk her face (5:45)
  • Act II Scene I: Orchestral prelude (6:59)
  • 'You are cruel' (3:50)
  • 'Kumudha once more-- ' (5:45)
  • 'Days passed-- ' (5:12)
  • Scene 3: Before I laughed with him nightly (6:31)
  • Scene 4: Kumudha and the beggar minstrels (10:03)
  • We had all but forgotten you, prince (5:43)
  • The prince recognizes Kumudha (5:41)
  • Kumudha's final transformation (3:15).