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.
Ainadamar / Golijov (31:08) -- Ainadamar (about the opera) (52:49) -- Desde mi ventana (keepalive rework) / Jeremy Flower (5:04).
Note
Opera in 3 images; libretto by David Henry Hwang, translated into Spanish by Osvaldo Golijov.
Language (note)
Sung in Spanish.
Author
Golijov, Osvaldo, 1960- composer.
Title
Ainadamar / Osvaldo Golijov.
Publisher
New York : Deutsche Grammophon, [2006]
Playing time
011659
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
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.
Event
Recorded 2005 November Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta.