SOMTOW SUCHARITKUL: Madana: Excerpts from the opera

SOMTOW SUCHARITKUL

Madana: Excerpts from the opera

© 2003 Somtow Sucharitkul (643157206323)

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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.

tracks

1 Intermezzo and O Moon
2 Then it is destiny
3 Love Duet
4 Avatar - ballet music from Act II
5 Arali's Lullaby
6 But soft - Chanti's aria
7 Chanti spies on Jayasena and Madana
8 Chanti demands revenge
9 Madana's arrest
10 My karma - Madana's Act III aria
11 I dream the world - Sudeva's aria
12 Trio
13 More powerful than death

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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