Daron Hagen - Shining Brow | Naxos - Opera 866902021

Daron Hagen - Shining Brow

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Label: Naxos - Opera

Cat No: 866902021

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 2nd March 2009

Contents

Artists

Robert Orth (baritone)
Brenda Harris (soprano)
Robert Frankenberry (tenor)
Matthew Curran (bass-baritone)
Elaine Valby (mezzo-soprano)
Gilda Lyons (soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Joann Falletta

Works

Hagen, Daron

Shining Brow

Artists

Robert Orth (baritone)
Brenda Harris (soprano)
Robert Frankenberry (tenor)
Matthew Curran (bass-baritone)
Elaine Valby (mezzo-soprano)
Gilda Lyons (soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Joann Falletta

About

Daron Hagen and Paul Muldoon’s first, and highly successful, opera is based on the life of the great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin (Welsh for ‘Shining Brow’), the home he built for himself in Wisconsin.

Popular with audiences and critics alike, Shining Brow has been hailed as a masterpiece full of fresh ideas, and is frequently performed.

Hagen has a gift for the big tune, and he serves up some beauties” - New York Times

Its libretto is unusually inventive and poetic” - Capital Times

Cast:
- Frank Lloyd Wright: Robert Orth (baritone)
- Mamah Cheney: Brenda Harris (soprano)
- Louis Sullivan: Robert Frankenberry (tenor)
- Edwin Cheney: Matthew Curran (bass-baritone)
- Catherine Wright: Elaine Valby (mezzo-soprano)
- Maid / Townswoman 3: Gilda Lyons (soprano)

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