Dead Man Walking (CD)

Niezwykła współczesna opera i jedna z najciekawszych propozycji operowych ostatnich lat!

Opera jak w kinie? Dead Man Walking to niezwykłe dzieło. Podobnie jak film Tima Robbinsa z 1995, zabiera nas w podróż po świecie skazanych na karę śmierci więźniów, opisanym przez siostrę Helen Prejean w jej głośnej książce. Jest to zatem jedno z nielicznych znanych dzieł operowych, które traktują o czasach nam współczesnych. Dead Man Walking, to pierwsza opera Jake’a Heggie’go. Libretto powstało na podstawie książki Sister Helen Prejean o tym samym tytule, a jego autorką jest Terrence McNally. Premiera miała miejsce w 2000 roku w War Memorial Opera House w San Francisco.

Interesująca tematyka, to nie jedyny atut tej płyty. W rolę siostry Helen wciela się porywająca Joyce DiDonato. Popularność tej artystki stale rośnie, prawdopodobnie za sprawą znakomitej techniki, intrygującej barwy głosu, a przede wszystkim niesamowitej ekspresji i charyzmy, jaką dysponuje DiDonato. Obok niej występują także inni niezwykli artyści: Philip Cutlip, Frederica von Stade, a także Houston Grand Opera & Chorus pod dyrekcją Patricka Summersa.

O swojej roli w Dead Man Walking Joyce DiDonato mówi dla New York Times: “I first did Sister Helen at New York City Opera in 2002. It was extraordinary as a young American to be involved in something that so directly reflects things our society is going through. Dead Man Walking poses questions directly applicable to our society today … I’ve never felt a piece hit an audience so hard. There was an electricity in the theatre.”

CD Album

Component ICPN: 5099960246424

Side: 1

Session: Audio
1. Dead Man Walking: Dead Man Walking: Prelude - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera 2:51

2. Dead Man Walking: Dead Man Walking: Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Heather Sanders/Matt Hune/Philip Cutlip/Brian P. Hamlin 4:10

3. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 1 - Hope House: He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Richard Bado/Measha Brueggergosman/Chorus of Houston Grand Opera 4:05

4. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 1 - Hope House: Heavens! Look at the time (Sister Rose, First mother, Sister Lillianne, Sister Catherine, Jimmy Charlton, Mrs Charlton, Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Measha Brueggergosman/Kathleen Manley/Brittany Wheeler/Kiri Deonarine/Zander Shepeard/Laurelle Gowing 3:51

5. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: "Be careful," people have always told me (Sister Helen, Motor cop) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Michael Sumuel 8:14

6. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: This journey (Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato 2:54

7. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 3 - Outside of Angola State Penitentiary: Sister Helen? I've been waiting for you (Father Grenville, Sister Helen, Inmates) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Beau Gibson/Carey Michael O'Rarden/Bradley Blunt/Wesley Landry/James R. Jennings/Leslie Biffle/Rahki DeShon Marcelous 2:37

8. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Beau Gibson 3:18

9. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: I don't like that man (Sister Helen, Warden) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Hector Vásquez 3:28

10. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row: Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Michael Sumuel/Hector Vásquez/Boris Dyakov/Carey Michael O'Rarden/Bradley Blunt/Wesley Landry/James R. Jennings/Leslie Biffle/Rahki DeShon Marcelous 2:52

11. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Hector Vásquez/Carey Michael O'Rarden/Bradley Blunt/Wesley Landry/James R. Jennings/Leslie Biffle/Rahki DeShon Marcelous 3:40

12. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip 1:45

13. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: You ever been with a man? (Joseph, Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip 2:44

14. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Michael Sumuel 2:46

15. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: The defendant's mother, Mrs Patrick De Rocher (Paralegal, Older brother, Joseph's mother) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Nancy Hall/Frederica von Stade/Austin Dean 2:37

16. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: Joe, my Joe, is not a bad boy (Joseph's mother, Owen Hart) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Frederica von Stade/John Packard 1:56

17. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: What you all say my Joe did is so terrible (Joseph's mother) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Frederica von Stade 4:47

18. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 8 - The parking lot outside the courthouse: It's a good sign when they take so long to decide (Sister Rose, Sister Helen, Owen Hart, Jade Boucher, Kitty Hart, Howard Boucher) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Measha Brueggergosman/Brittany Wheeler/Kiri Deonarine/Frederica von Stade/John Packard/Cheryl Parrish/Susanne Mentzer/Jon Kolbet 2:04

19. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 8 - The parking lot outside the courthouse: You don't know what it's like to bear a child (Jade Boucher, Kitty Hart, Sister Helen, Howard Boucher, Owen Hart, Joseph's mother) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Frederica von Stade/John Packard/Cheryl Parrish/Susanne Mentzer/Jon Kolbet 3:01

20. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 8 - The parking lot outside the courthouse: I'm sorry. So sorry (Sister Helen, Owen Hart, Jade Boucher, Howard Boucher, Kitty Hart, Paralegal, Sister Rose) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Measha Brueggergosman/Nancy Hall/John Packard/Cheryl Parrish/Susanne Mentzer/Jon Kolbet 3:27

21. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: Guess your nun ain't comin' back, De Rocher (First guard, Sister Helen, Joseph) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Michael Sumuel 1:25

22. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip 3:13

23. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: The Bible says "the truth will set you free." (Sister Helen, Joseph, Warden) - Scene 10 - The waiting room: Excuse me. Do you have any change? (Sister Helen, First guard) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Michael Sumuel/Hector Vásquez 1:42

24. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 10 - The waiting room: He will gather us around (Children, Sister Rose, Inmates, Sister Helen, Joseph, Motor cop, Joseph's mother, Kitty and Owen Hart, Jade and Howard Boucher, Father Grenville) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Michael Sumuel/Beau Gibson/Richard Bado/Frederica von Stade/Austin Dean/Cullen King/John Packard/Measha Brueggergosman/Cheryl Parrish/Susanne Mentzer/Jon Kolbet/Carey Michael O' 2:16

25. Dead Man Walking, Act I: Dead Man Walking, Act I: Scene 10 - The waiting room: What happened? (Sister Helen, Warden, Sisters, Children, Joseph, Kitty and Owen Hart, Jade and Howard Boucher, Joseph's mother, Inmates, Motor cop, Father Grenville) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Measha Brueggergosman/Brittany Wheeler/Kiri Deonarine/Michael Sumuel/Beau Gibson/Hector Vásquez/Frederica von Stade/John Packard/Cheryl Parrish/Richard Bado/Susanne Mentzer/Jon 1:29

CD Album

Component ICPN: 5099960246523

Side: 1

Session: Audio

1. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Prelude - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera 0:18

2. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Philip Cutlip/Hector Vásquez/Jimmy Demers/Tollak Ollestad/Mike Thompson/Larry Kimpel/Todd Sucherman 1:12

3. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Carey Michael O'Rarden/Bradley Blunt/Philip Cutlip/Wesley Landry/James R. Jennings/Leslie Biffle/Rahki DeShon Marcelous/Hector Vásquez 5:39

4. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: The girl. I remember the girl (Joseph) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Philip Cutlip 1:21

5. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 2 - Sister Helen's bedroom: Oh! ... Now and at the hour of our death. Amen (Sister Helen, Sister Rose) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Measha Brueggergosman 4:22

6. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 2 - Sister Helen's bedroom: God's love and forgiveness (Sister Rose, Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Measha Brueggergosman 6:57

7. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: Well? Well? (Inmates) - What time is it? (Joseph, Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Carey Michael O'Rarden/Bradley Blunt/Wesley Landry/James R. Jennings/Leslie Biffle/Rahki DeShon Marcelous 2:56

8. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Michael Sumuel 2:50

9. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 4 - The visiting room: The new Ford Mustangs are so cool (Joseph's brothers, Joseph, Joseph's mother, Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Frederica von Stade/Austin Dean/Cullen King 1:53

10. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 4 - The visiting room: All those people out there (Joseph's mother, Sister Helen, First guard, Joseph, Second guard, Younger brother, Warden) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Michael Sumuel/Hector Vásquez/Boris Dyakov/Frederica von Stade/Cullen King 4:40
11. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Frederica von Stade 5:35

12. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 4 - The visiting room: Who will walk with me? (Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato 2:13

13. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: Good evening (Sister Helen, Howard and Jade Boucher, Kitty and Owen Hart, Second guard) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Boris Dyakov/John Packard/Cheryl Parrish/Susanne Mentzer/Jon Kolbet 2:33

14. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/John Packard 2:37

15. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Michael Sumuel/Boris Dyakov/Carey Michael O'Rarden/Bradley Blunt/Wesley Landry/James R. Jennings/Leslie Biffle/Rahki DeShon Marcelous 1:14

16. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Carey Michael O'Rarden/Bradley Blunt/Wesley Landry/James R. Jennings/Leslie Biffle/Rahki DeShon Marcelous 3:01

17. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 7 - The Confession: We'd been drinkin' and smokin' weed at the road house (Joseph, Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip 2:25

18. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 7 - The Confession: I killed her (Joseph, Sister Helen, Warden, Father Grenville) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Beau Gibson/Hector Vásquez 4:39

19. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 8 - The Execution: Dead Man Walking! (Warden, Father Grenville, Joseph, Sister Helen, Kitty and Owen Hart, Jade and Howard Boucher, Guards, Sisters and Mothers of the prayer vigil outside the prison, Inmates) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato/Philip Cutlip/Michael Sumuel/Beau Gibson/Hector Vásquez/Boris Dyakov/Richard Bado/John Packard/Cheryl Parrish/Susanne Mentzer/Jon Kolbet/Carey Michael O'Rarden/Bradley Blunt/Wesley Landry/Jam 6:02

20. Dead Man Walking, Act II: Dead Man Walking, Act II: Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen) - Patrick Summers/Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera/Joyce DiDonato 1:48

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