Jane Eyre: An Opera In Two Acts

 
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JOHN JOUBERT
Jane Eyre: An Opera In Two Acts
April Fredrick, David Stout, English Symphony Orchestra, Gwion Thomas, Kenneth Woods, Mark Milhofer

[ Somm / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Friday 17 March 2017

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With this new release SOMM pays an affectionate tribute to John Joubert who is turns 90 in March 2017. It also adds a veritable gem to the operatic catalogue: the world première of his 2-Act Opera Jane Eyre recorded live during a concert performance at the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre, Birmingham on 25th 2016.

Tracks:

Act 1 Scene 1 - Come girls, enough.
Act 1 Scene 1 - Miss Eyre: Mr. Brocklehurst
Act 1 Scene 1 - Prayers done, the girls retire
Act 1 Scene 2 - What's that? Who's there?
Act 1 Scene 2 - He's gone! "Be still" he said.
Act 1 Scene 2 - Now the shadows close about me.
Act 1 Scene 3 - This is the sweetest hour.
Act 1 Scene 3 - Listen! The nightingale -
Act 1 Scene 3 - My love, lay your head.
Act 2 Scene 1 - Dearly beloved, we are gathered
Act 2 Scene 1 - That she yet lives
Act 2 Scene 1 - Bigamy! Bigamy!
Act 2 Scene 2 - I am the Alpha and Omega
Act 2 Scene 2 - Jane, can you spare me a moment?

CD2
Act 2 Scene 2 - My spirit is willing
Act 2 Scene 3 - Leave me , John
Act 2 Scene 3 - They said I'd find him here
Act 2 Scene 3 - To put my arms about the one I love
- John Joubert interviewed by Christopher Morley