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Facing Goya - an opera in four acts composed by Michael Nyman with libretto by Victoria Hardie

 
Facing Goya - an opera in four acts composed by Michael Nyman with libretto by Victoria Hardie-Opera
ID: MNRCD121_122 (EAN: 5060211140099)  | 2 CD | DDD
Vydano: 2006
LABEL:
MN Records
Podkolekce:
Opera
Skladatel:
NYMAN, Michael Laurence
Interpreti:
ANGEL, Marie (soprano) | BÖWE, Winnie (soprano) | EBRAHIM, Omar (baritone) | NICOLL, Harry (tenor) | SUMMERS, Hillary (contralto)
Soubory:
Michael Nyman Band
Dirigenti:
NYMAN, Michael Laurence
Dal informace:

Track Listing:
Act 1
Prelude/Dogs drowning in sand
How do I know you know?
Lavater
Leonardo says
The size of the brain
Weigh the brain

Act 2
The theory of proportions
Stand up and be counted
Measure my body
Galton
Goya’s snub nose
Lombroso
And Goya cried

Act 3
Where is Goya?
The sequence of the gene
A man impaled
The risky gene
Mutation
Brilliant body
Take its DNA
Give me Goya’s skull
Tortured prisoner

Act 4
That day decided
We’ve cracked the genome
I wanted rid of it
And cloning is here to stay
How can you be so stupid?
Forgive me

Box Set includes Full Libretto and extensive booklet notes.

This three cd digipack and booklet box set includes a free bonus cd containing selections from Michael’s two other operas available on MN Records, Man and Boy: Dada and Love Counts

Facing Goya puts science on the cultural stage through the music of Michael Nyman and the inspiration of one of the world’s greatest painters.

Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one woman’s passionate search for the 18th Century Spanish artist Goya’s missing skull. Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping, gene therapy, cloning and humankind’s follies as seen through Goya’s paintings, etchings and captions. The idea for the opera arose from Michael Nyman’s fascination with the insidious study of craniometry that developed in the 1870s. Goya was regarded as one of the greatest painters of his time. Buried in Bordeaux, legend has it that he asked friends to ensure his head was removed prior to burial to prevent the early craniometrists and researchers of eugenics from getting hold of his brain.

“Facing Goya asks the question ‘if Goya’s skull was found, and if indeed, Goya was cloned, what would happen?’”
Tracklist
 

CD 1
NYMAN, Michael Laurence (b. 1944) 
1. Prelude / Dogs Drowning In Sand6:32 
2. How Do I Know You Know?3:41 
3. Lavater5:56 
4. Leonardo Says3:21 
5. The Size Of The Brain9:31 
6. Weigh The Brain4:43 
7. The Theory Of Proportions3:56 
8. Stand Up And Be Counted2:44 
9. Measure My Body5:09 
10. Galton3:21 
11. Goya's Snub Nose5:26 
12. Lombroso8:01 
13. And Goya Cried8:29 

CD 2
1. Where Is Goya?4:13 
2. The Sequence Of The Gene2:57 
3. A Man Impaled3:30 
4. The Risky Gene3:41 
5. Mutation3:01 
6. Brilliant Body1:50 
7. Take Its DNA3:59 
8. Give Me Goya's Skull3:52 
9. Tortured Prisoner3:00 
10. That Day Decided8:49 
11. We've Cracked The Genome5:59 
12. I Wanted Rid Of It1:59 
13. And Cloning Is Here To Stay3:41 
14. How Can You Be So Stupid?6:54 
15. Forgive Me4:21 

 

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