David Parry, The Orchestra of Scottish Opera - Charles Villiers Stanford: Shamus O'Brien (2023)
David Parry, The Orchestra of Scottish Opera - Charles Villiers Stanford: Shamus O'Brien (2023)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 562 Mb | Total time: 02:18:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Retrospect Opera | # RO011 | Recorded: 2023
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 562 Mb | Total time: 02:18:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Retrospect Opera | # RO011 | Recorded: 2023
Shamus O’Brien is set against the Irish rebellion of 1798, and tells the story of the charismatic Shamus O’Brien, hunted by the English so he can be brought to justice – but will he manage to escape? The opera was so successful that Stanford feared it would incite anti-English sentiment and he withdrew it, but, revived after his death, its mix of pathos, drama, and melodies proved irresistible. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was a prolific composer, and his church music, in particular, is regularly played and sung. He was also widely recognised as a highly influential composition teacher at the Royal College of Music, London, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, where his students included Vaughan Williams, Holst, Frank Bridge and Muriel Herbert. Shamus O’Brien, based on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s poem and with a libretto by the Irish writer George H. Jessop, had everything – a strong story, comedy, pathos, a historical basis, plus memorable tunes (two were very familiar folk tunes). It was what the Dublin-born Stanford wanted – a work that would be popular, with firmly Irish roots, that would show that he was much more than a very fine symphonist and choral composer. First performed at the Opera Comique in London in 1896, it was subsequently performed around the world, with much made of the inclusion of a part for a player of Irish, or Uilleann pipes. Founded in 2014, Retrospect Opera, an energetic independent recording company and charity devoted to reviving significant operas and related works of the British Isles prior to 1945, recorded this romantic comic opera in 2023
Performer:
Shamus O'Brien - Brendan Collins, baritone
Nora O'Brien, his wife - Gemma Ni Bhriain, mezzo-soprano / Anna Brady, dialogue
Mike Murphy - Andrew Gavin, tenor
Father O'Flynn - Rory Dunne, bass-baritone
Kitty, Nora's sister - Ami Hewitt, soprano
Captain Trevor - Joseph Doody, tenor
Opera Bohemia Voices
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
David Parry, conductor
Tracklist:
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Shamus O'Brien
A Romantic Comic Opera
Libretto by George H. Jessop (1852-1915)
CD1:
01. Overture
02. Act 1 Introduction (Father O'Flynn, chorus)
03. Dialogue: And that's the boy…
04. Sortie
05. Song: Where is the Man (Kitty)
06. Dialogue: Stip nately over the stones…
07. Trio: He's straight as a Dart (Kitty, Mike, Captain)
08. Dialogue: Now, yer honour, ye know…
09. Duet: Well, he'd take me by the hand (Kitty, Captain)
10. Dialogue: An' in troth he's a nice young man…
11. Song: I've sharpened the sword (Shamus)
12. Dialogue: And I'm afraid they've had warning…
13. Is it Shamus you seek? (Captain, Shamus, chorus)
14. Dialogue: This is a most aggravating creature…
15. Act 1 Finale (Kitty, Nora, O'Flynn, chorus)
16. Jig and Act 1 Finale continued (ensemble)
CD2:
01. Entr'acte
02. Act 2 Introduction
03. Song: My heart is thrall (Captain)
04. Dialogue: You wanted to see me, sir?…
05. Duet: What the devil are you doing (Captain, Mike)
06. Dialogue: Don't be a fool…
07. Song: Ochone, when I used to be young (Mike Murphy)
08. Chorus: Walk, girls, walk (Kitty, chorus)
09. Dialogue: Why Kitty - you here!…
10. Duet: So it's kisses you're craving (Kitty, Captain)
11. Dialogue: It's a bargain! Shake hands on it!…
12. Duet: Darlin', darlin' (Nora, Shamus)
13. Dialogue: You're feeling bad now…
14. March
15. Dialogue: The Court is open…
16. Ensemble and Melodrama (Nora, Banshee, Captain, Shamus, O'Flynn, chorus)
17. Entr'acte
18. Ensemble: They're taking him from the jail (Kitty, Nora, O'Flynn, chorus)
19. Dialogue: Well, girls, the procession has started…
20. Act 2 Finale (ensemble)
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David Parry, The Orchestra of Scottish Opera - Charles Villiers Stanford: Shamus O'Brien (2023)
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