PC Godfrey - Blithe Spirit
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Label: Prima Facie
Cat No: PFCD222
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 24th November 2023
Contents
Artists
Rosie HayEmma Mary Llewellyn
Julian Boyce
Simon Crosby Buttle
Stella Woodman
Helen Greenaway
Helen Jarmany
Volante Opera Productions
Works
Blithe SpiritArtists
Rosie HayEmma Mary Llewellyn
Julian Boyce
Simon Crosby Buttle
Stella Woodman
Helen Greenaway
Helen Jarmany
Volante Opera Productions
About
The text as set is very nearly entirely Coward's own following his 1941 script for the play as first presented and published, merely subjected by Julian Boyce and the composer to abridgement rather than any alteration or additions.
This recording, like our earlier releases of music by Paul Corfield Godfrey, features soloists from Welsh National Opera, together with an orchestra drawn from live sampled performances which have been carefully balanced and adjusted in collaboration with the composer to obtain as close a result to the sound of an actual orchestra as possible, with results that Brian Wilson writing for MusicWeb International described as "completely convincing".
The work was largely written during the pandemic, and this recording represents its first performance.
Reviews of previous Volante Opera recordings of the music of Paul Corfield Godfrey have continued to garner ecstatic reviews from critics, including the following in Fanfare from Marc Medwin: "...heretofore, I have been entirely ignorant of Paul Corfield Godfrey's work. More's the pity..."
Cast:
- Ruth Condomine: Rosie Hay
- Edith: Emma Mary Llewellyn
- Charles Condomine: Julian Boyce
- Dr Bradman: Simon Crosby Buttle
- Mrs Bradman: Stella Woodman
- Madame Arcati: Helen Greenaway
- Elvira: Helen Jarmany
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