An oratorio in two parts. Libretto based on original sources arranged by Peter Sellars and John Adams. "Libretto adapted from poems by Rosario Castellanos, Gabriela Mistral, Hildegard von Bingen, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Rubén Darío, Vicente Huidobro, Martin Luther and texts from the King James Bible, the Wakefield Mystery plays, and gnostic gospels."--p. [ii] Duration: ca. 1:50:00.
Contents:
Part One. I sing of a maiden -- Hail Mary, gracious -- La anunciación -- For with God no thing shall be impossible -- The babe leaped in her womb -- Magnificat -- Now she was sixteen years old -- Joseph's dream -- Shake the heavens -- Se habla de Gabriel -- The Christmas star. Part Two. Pues mi dios ha nacido -- When Herod heard -- Woe unto them that call evil good -- And the star went before them -- The three kings -- And when they were departed -- Dawn air -- And he slew all the children -- Memorial de Tlatelolco -- In the day of the great slaughter -- Pues está tiritando -- Jesus and the dragons -- A palm tree.
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