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Summary:

A stirring tale of political and artistic courage. Dawn Upshaw sings the role created for her as she reminisces about the martyred Spanish writer Federico Garcia Lorca in a series of flamenco-drenched dream-like flashbacks.

Author/Creator:

Golijov, Osvaldo, 1960-

Contributors:

Hwang, David Henry, 1957-

Upshaw, Dawn

Rivera, Jessica

Bird, Anne Carolyn

Chandrasekaran, Sindhu

O'Connor, Kelley

Mayer, Sean

Asklof, Robb

Montoya, Jesús (Baritone)

Chama, José Eduardo

Spano, Robert

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Atlanta Symphony Chorus

Languages:

Spanish
English

Language Notes:

Sung in Spanish.

Main Work:

Ainadamar [by Golijov, O.]

Alternate Titles:

Parallel title on container: Fountain of tears

Subjects:

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936 — Drama

Operas

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936

Genres:

Drama

Performers:

Dawn Upshaw, Jessica Rivera, Anne Carolyn Bird, Sindhu Chandrasekaran, sopranos ; Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano ; Sean Mayer, Robb Asklof, tenors ; Jesús Montoya, baritone ; Eduardo Chama, bass-baritone ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ; Women of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus ; Robert Spano, conductor.

General Notes:

Opera in 3 images; libretto by David Henry Hwang, translated in Spanish by the composer.
Recorded Nov. 2005, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta.
Program notes in English and libretto in Spanish and English in container.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (81 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 100,571

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 028947761655
Publisher Number, Deutsche Grammophon: B0006429-02

OCLC Numbers:

178956382
66899697 [Invalid]