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SOMTOW SUCHARITKUL : Madana: Excerpts from the opera
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Highlights from Somtow's post-romantic opera "Madana" based on Thai mythology, about a rose who becomes a woman in the light of the full moon, falls in love, and destroys two cities.
Genre: Classical: Orchestral
Release Date: 2003
Madana: Excerpts from the opera Record Label: Orpheus Music
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Intermezzo and O Moon 10:41 $0.99
Then it is destiny 3:46 $0.99
Love Duet 6:49 $0.99
Avatar - ballet music from Act II 9:25 $0.99
Arali's Lullaby 3:34 $0.99
But soft - Chanti's aria 2:30 $0.99
Chanti spies on Jayasena and Madana 3:31 $0.99
Chanti demands revenge 4:14 $0.99
Madana's arrest 4:06 $0.99
My karma - Madana's Act III aria 4:00 $0.99
I dream the world - Sudeva's aria 5:32 $0.99
Trio 4:43 $0.99
More powerful than death 6:17 $0.99
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Album Notes

Somtow Sucharitkul's opera MADANA (2001) was the first full-length grand opera by a Thai composer to be produced. This CD features live excerpts from the premiere production, starring a young and very virtuoso coloratura soprano, Stacey Tappan (now with the Chicago Lyric Opera) as a rose magically transformed into a beautiful woman, who wins the love of a king and the undying enmity of his jealous wife.

The production comes from the Bangkok Opera. The large cast is backed by the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the composer.

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