Title from disc label. "World premiere, February, 2013"--Container. Adapted from the novel The Perfect American by Peter Stephan Jungk. Christopher Purves (Walt Disney) ; David Pittsinger (Roy Disney) ; Donald Kaasch (Dantine) ; Janis Kelly (Hazel Disney) ; Marie McLaughlin (Lillian Disney) ; Sarah Tynan (Sharon) ; Nazan Fikret (Diane) ; Rosie Lomas (Lucy/Josh) ; Zachary James (Abraham Lincoln/Funerary worker) ; John Easterlin (Andy Warhol) ; Juan Noval-Moro (Chuck/Doctor) ; Beatriz de Gálvez (Secretary) ; Noelia Buñuel (Nurse) ; Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real Madrid ; conducted by Dennis Russell Davies ; chorus master, Andrés Máspero. Recorded live performance at the Teatro Real, Madrid, February 2013. Booklet with libretto in English (25 pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
(2:31). Epilogue (4:46) -- Scene 1 (13:40) -- Scene 2 (13:25) -- Scene 3 (10:26) -- Scene 4 (6:29) -- Scene 5 (10:32) -- Disc 2, Act Two. Scene 1 (4:38) -- Scene 2 (13;06) -- Scene 3 (5:44) -- Scene 4 (4:34) -- Scene 5 (6:00) -- Scene 6 (7:40) -- Epilogue (2:31).
Summary:
The last days of the American icon Walt Disney form a powerful and poignant subject for Philip Glass's latest opera.
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