Friedheim Award-winning composer, with a catalog of internationally performed work spanning four decades. His opera film Orson Rehearsed is the psychological, emotional, and spiritual journey taken by the American actor, polymath, and creator of Citizen Kane Orson Welles, as he finds himself on the threshold between life and death. Memories of Welles as a wunderkind and in his swashbuckling prime are brought to life, as well as successes and failures both real and imagined, with the consolation of a life fully lived. Fusing live players with pre-recorded sounds and effects, the film version of Orson Rehearsed has been a multiple award winner at festivals in the US, Europe and beyond.

Tracklist:

Overture
Maybe a Man's Name: Our works in stone (Orson #1, Orson #2, Orson #3)
Everybody's Shakespeare: Jesus, the days I've seen (Orson #1, Orson #2, Orson #3)
First Nach(t)musik: Ah (Orson #2, Orson #3, Orson #1)
The Magnificent Downbeats: I intended to portray a golden world (Orson #1, Orson #3, Orson #2)
All Through: Marc, on fire, alone, at the piano (Orson #2)
Manhattan Ambulance Ride: Give me the script (Orson #3, Orson #2)
Border Sequence: The scene was conceived musically (Orson #1, Orson #2, Orson #3) 1
Card Tricks and Talk Show Badinage 1
Second Nach(t)musik: We're born alone (Orson #1) 1
Beatrice Welles Practices Chopin, 1924: Then I heard her again (Orson #1, Orson #2, Orson #3) 1
Consider the Chimes: Come! Sing me a dirty song (Orson #3) 1
Serenade for Rita: Rita's face is not on the bomb by her own choosing (Orson #2, Orson #3, Orson #1) 1
Myocardial Infarction: My two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart (Orson #3, Orson #1, Orso
Postlude: Go On: Our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared (Orson #1, Orson #2, Orson #3) 1
Charlie's Rag (End Title)

UPC: 730099904971
Label: Naxos Opera Classics
Release Date: 3.5.21
Format: CD

Hagen / Mulero / Zahab - Hagen: Orson Rehearsed (CD)