Daron Hagen and Paul Muldoon' first, and highly successful, opera is based on the life of the great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin, the home he built for himself in Wisconsin.

Tracklist:

Shining Brow: Prologue: So Much So, That Even Now I Flinchâ€¦ (Sullivan, Waiter)
Shining Brow: Prologue: So The Poetry Of Architectureâ€¦ (Draftsmen)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 1: Some Are Destined To Standâ€¦ (Wright, Mamah, Edwin, Draftsmen)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 1: The Music, Soâ€¦ The Music Of Architectureâ€¦ (Draftsmen)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 1: Arietta: And Her Scent, Was It Musk? (Wright)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 1: Aria: If Not For Me, Then For The Children's Sakeâ€¦ (Catherine, Wright)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 1: Aria: Each Room Opens Into The Next, Catherineâ€¦ (Wright, Sullivan)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 1: Interlude: Sullivan Variations
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 1: When I Woke Up This Morningâ€¦ (Workmen)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 2: Far Be It From Me To Suggestâ€¦ (Women, Workmen)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 2: Arietta: Three Long Days And Three Long Nightsâ€¦ (Edwin, Workmen)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 2: Aria: The Truth Is That My Mouth Is Full Of Nails (Edwin)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 2: They Say The Soul Weighs About The Same Asâ€¦ (Workmen, Mamah, Wright)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 2: Melodrama: Be It Mud Hut, Mansion Or Mosqueâ€¦ (Mamah, Wright, Edwin)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 2: Trio: For Three Long Months I've Tried To Easeâ€¦ (Mamah, Wright, Edwin)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 2: Interlude: She Sweeps Us Off Our Feet â€¦, "Hymn To Nature" (Chorus)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 3: â€¦back Into Earth And Air (Mamah, Chorus)
Shining Brow: Act I Scene 3: Frank, How Much Longer Must I Endureâ€¦? (Mamah)
Shining Brow: Act II: Prelude
Shining Brow: Act II: So Much, So Much, So Much, So Much, Soâ€¦ (Townspeople, Reporters, Guests)
Shining Brow: Act II: Sextet: With A Tally Ho And View Hallooâ€¦ (Reporters, Townswomen)
Shining Brow: Act II: Aria: Ladies And Gentlemenâ€¦ (Wright, Chorus)
Shining Brow: Act II: Questions: Mister Wright! (Reporters, Townswomen)
Shining Brow: Act II: Dialogue: Together, Mamah, We Will Takeâ€¦ (Wright, Mamah, Chorus)
Shining Brow: Act II: Sextet: Just My Luck To End Up Hereâ€¦ (Reporters, Wright, Mamah)
Shining Brow: Act II: Interlude: For When All's Said And Done, We'd Like To Knowâ€¦ (Barbershop Quartet)
Shining Brow: Act II: Canape Variations: As The Guests Arrive At Taliesinâ€¦ (Company)
Shining Brow: Act II: Oration: I Am The Birch Stripped Of Its Bark (Chef)
Shining Brow: Act II: Interlude: The Fire
Shining Brow: Act II: Scene: Frank. Lieber Meisterâ€¦ (Wright, Sullivan)
Shining Brow: Act II: Duet: For Ten Long Years Iâ€™ve Tried To Healâ€¦ (Wright, Sullivan)
Shining Brow: Act II: Eddie? Why So Crestfallen? So Forlorn? (Wright, Edwin, Sullivan)
Shining Brow: Act II: Arietta: I Cry Out From The Slough Of Despondâ€¦ (Sullivan)
Shining Brow: Act II: Out Of The Depths We Heard Them Cry Againâ€¦ (Townspeople, Wright)
Shining Brow: Act II: For Ten Long Hours They Were Trappedâ€¦ (Wright, Edwin)
Shining Brow: Act II: Out Of The Depths We Heard Them Cry Againâ€¦ (Townpeople, Wright)
Shining Brow: Act II: Arietta: Not Musk, Cedar Perhapsâ€¦ (Wright)
Shining Brow: Act II: Aria: He's Found! We've Found The Chef! (The Maid)
Shining Brow: Act II: Not Maple. Pine; The Scent Of A Plain Pine Boxâ€¦ (Wright, Chorus)
Shining Brow: Act II: Aria: I Think Of The Balsam Firâ€¦ (Wright)

UPC: 730099902076
Label: Naxos American
Release Date: 3.31.09
Format: CD

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