Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Gil Rose present the world premiere recording of The Lord of Cries, a breathtaking opera by John Corigliano and Mark Adamo. Telling the story of Euripides's The Bacchae with the characters of Bram Stoker's Dracula, the piece explores the power of sexual desire and humans' need to blame and attack others for what they can neither resist nor accept in themselves. Corigliano returns to opera for the first time since his The Ghosts of Versailles, introduced by the Metropolitan Opera, made an international sensation in 1992. The brilliant cast-most of whom introduced their parts in the world premiere in 2021-is led by star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in the title role. Multi-award winning composer John Corigliano's music has been commissioned, performed, and recorded by many of the most prominent orchestras, soloists, and chamber musicians in the world. The Pentatone recording of The Ghost of Versailles, released in 2016, won two Grammy Awards. Composer-librettist Mark Adamo's four previous operas, including Little Women (1998) have been staged, recorded, and broadcast hundreds of times on five continents. Under the leadership of conductor Gil Rose, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project has become an unsurpassed advocate for 20th and 21st century American music; they make their Pentatone debut with The Lord of Cries.

Tracklist:

Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Prologue: Taking the Mask. I, Dionysus, son of Zeus
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Corus: London in Chaos
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: The Odd Sisters. He Flies Tonight, on Dragons' Wings
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 1: Jonathan in Madness
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 1: Lucy's Entrance and Jonathan's Interrogation. My God! Jonathan!
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 1: Aria: And Oh, How New! How Pure We Felt!
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 1: Lucy Departs; Seward Remembers. Hush: No More Now
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 1: Aria: Weakness! Weakness!
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 2: Montage
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 2: Interlude: Lightning over London
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 3: The Stranger in Chains
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 3: Aria. His temple. How Your Profane It
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 3: Seward Resists. He Casts No Reflection
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 3: Duet, Interrupted. Give Him What He Wants, Seward
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 3: Dialogue. So I Shall Tend to Him
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 3: Duet, Echoed. July Twelve: Midnight...
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 3: Dionysus on High. Listen!
Lord of Cries, opera~Act 1: Scene 3: Bacchanale: Finale, Act One.
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Scene 1: Trio, Narrate. The Beauty of It!
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Scene 1: Dialogue in the Ruins. Listen a Moment
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Scene 1: Vocalise: Seward Fails a Third Time
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Scene 1: Seward, Seduced. I Ask
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Scene 2: Lullaby. Hush, Darling: Hush
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Scene 2: Entrance of the Wolf-Prince. Lucy...
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Scene 2: Lucy, Baited. Your Husband Seems Subdued Tonight
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Scene 2: The Wolf-Prince, Relentless. Who Is Lucy Tonight?
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Scene 3: Danse Macabre. I Cannt Say It!
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Scene 3: Seward, Transformed. Oh, Father, Gaze Upon Me!
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Scene 3: Recognition Scene. Look at the Sky
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Scene 3: Vangeance of the Lord of Cries
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Scene 3: Finale Ultimo. The Lure of Frenzy

UPC: 8717306260084
Label: Pentatone
Release Date: 9.8.23
Format: CD

Corigliano / Ferguson / Gavilanes - Lord Of Cries (Hybr) (CD)