Special offer. Carlisle Floyd: Prince of Players
Florentine Opera, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, William Boggs
Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Composition
The performance is excellent. As Kynaston, baritone Keith Phares sings well, articulates the text clearly, and is very touching in a role that requires a wide dramatic range. Kynaston has a...
Special offer. Carlisle Floyd: Prince of Players
Florentine Opera, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, William Boggs
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Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Composition
The performance is excellent. As Kynaston, baritone Keith Phares sings well, articulates the text clearly, and is very touching in a role that requires a wide dramatic range. Kynaston has a...
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World Premiere Recording! The Florentine Opera brings Carlisle Floyd's daring new opera, "Prince of Players", to life! Floyd is one of the foremost composers and librettists of opera in the world today, and is considered the "Father of American Opera." During his long career, Floyd has composed 13 operas. His most recent, "Prince of Players", which premiered in March 2016 at the Houston Grand Opera, is based on the true story of Restoration-era actor Edward Kynaston (1640–1706). The plot centers on the crisis faced by Kynaston when, by royal decree, he is prohibited from plying the craft that made him famous—playing female roles. With this Milwaukee production, the Florentine Opera gives Prince of Players its world-premiere live recording.
Contents and tracklist
- Keith Phares, Alexander Dobson, Nicholas Huff, Chad Shelton, John A. Stumpff, Rena Harms, Briana Moynihan, Kate Royal, Nicole Heinen, Vale Rideout, Nathaniel Hill, Frank Kelley, Sandra Piques Eddy, Jessica Schwefel
- Florentine Opera Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
- William Boggs
Awards and reviews
September/October 2020
The performance is excellent. As Kynaston, baritone Keith Phares sings well, articulates the text clearly, and is very touching in a role that requires a wide dramatic range. Kynaston has a bar fight, two love scenes (one with each gender), and scenes where he portrays a Shakespeare character. Dramatically, Phares seems thoroughly inside the role. Kate Royal sings beautifully as Peg Hughes and is equally convincing dramatically.
March 2021
The highly percussive musical language— vocal and orchestral—is that of ‘American verismo’…Prince of Players won’t prove Floyd’s magnum opus, but it’s at least well crafted and diverting.
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