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& Vanessa g 8.669140-41 (An opera in three acts) AMERICAN CLASSICS 2003 HNH International Ltd. • Made in E.C. Vanessa...... Ellen Chickering Samuel Barber was almost 48 years Erika ...... Andrea Matthews old when his first opera, Vanessa, was The Old Baroness . . . . . Marion Dry produced by the Metropolitan Opera Anatol...... Ray Bauwens Company on 23rd January, 1958. The Old Doctor. . . . Richard Conrad Received with much acclaim the BARBER: Vanessa Nicholas ...... Philip Lima opera went on to win the 1958 National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Pulitzer Prize for music. The libretto, Ukrainian National Capella “Dumka” written by the composer’s life-long Gil Rose friend Gian Carlo Menotti, tells of the love triangle between the heroine CD 1 55:08 Vanessa, her niece Erika and the son of her former married lover Anatol. 1-8 Act I, Scene 1 26:30 9-^ Act I, Scene 2 28:38 This tense, tragic scenario is fully reflected in Barber’s music, with CD 2 65:51 incredible passion and intensity
BARBER: Vanessa 1-6 Act II 21:41 throughout. DDD 7-$ Act III, Scene 1 24:02 %-¡ Act III, Scene 2 20:08 Booklet notes and synopsis in English VANESSA Kommentar und Inhaltsangabe auf Deutsch By Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti Complete libretto in English g Copyright 1957 (Renewed) by G. Schirmer, Inc. 8.669140-41
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Recorded at the Concert Studio of Ukrainian Radio, Kiev, Ukraine, from 25th May - 8th June 2002 • Producer: Blanton Alspaugh Engineers: John Newton, Dmitry Lipay and Mark Donahue Booklet Notes: Richard Conrad
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