Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
Paul Bunyan (1941)
Paul Bunyan is an operetta in two acts and a prologue composed by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by W. H. Auden. It premiered at Columbia University on 5 May 1941, to largely negative reviews, and Britten revised it in 1976. The story is based on the folkloric American lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, with the music incorporating a variety of American styles, including folk songs, blues and hymns.
Paul Bunyan (1941)
Paul Bunyan is an operetta in two acts and a prologue composed by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by W. H. Auden. It premiered at Columbia University on 5 May 1941, to largely negative reviews, and Britten revised it in 1976. The story is based on the folkloric American lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, with the music incorporating a variety of American styles, including folk songs, blues and hymns.
Aufzeichung Aufführung Sadler`s Wells Theatre 199, London
Narrator | Peter Coleman-Wright
The Voice of John Bunyan | Kenneth Cranham
Johnny Inkslinger | Kurt Streit
Tiny | Susan Gritton
Hot Biscuit Slim | Kenneth Cranham
Sam Sharkey | Francis Egerton
Ben Benny | Graeme Broadbent
Hel Helson | Jeremy White
John Shears | Roderick Earle
Fido | Lillian Watson
Moppet | Pamela Helen Stephen
Poppet | Leah-Marian Jones
Royal Opera Chorus,
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
Richard Hickox | Dirigent
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Narrator | Peter Coleman-Wright
The Voice of John Bunyan | Kenneth Cranham
Johnny Inkslinger | Kurt Streit
Tiny | Susan Gritton
Hot Biscuit Slim | Kenneth Cranham
Sam Sharkey | Francis Egerton
Ben Benny | Graeme Broadbent
Hel Helson | Jeremy White
John Shears | Roderick Earle
Fido | Lillian Watson
Moppet | Pamela Helen Stephen
Poppet | Leah-Marian Jones
Royal Opera Chorus,
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
Richard Hickox | Dirigent
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Passwort: operalia
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