Special offer. Offenbach: Christopher Columbus

Maurice Arthur (tenor), Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano), Christian du Plessis (baritone), Kathleen Smales (mezzo-soprano), Clive Harre (baritone), Lissa Gray (soprano), Celia Kite (soprano), Johanna Peters (contralto), Amilia Dixey (mezzo-soprano), Joy Roberts (soprano), Alan Opie (soprano), John Duxbury...

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Release date: 1st Jan 2008
Label: Opera Rara
Catalogue number: 9293800024
Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Offenbach: Christopher Columbus, Act 1

Work length39:25

Maurice Arthur (tenor), Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano), Christian du Plessis (baritone), Kathleen Smales (mezzo-soprano), Clive Harre (baritone), Lissa Gray (soprano), Celia Kite (soprano), Johanna Peters (contralto), Amilia Dixey (mezzo-soprano), Joy Roberts (soprano), Alan Opie (soprano), John Duxbury (tenor)
London Mozart Players, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Alun Francis

Overture

Track length2:45

"It's holiday time once again" (Esperanza, Manuela, Carmelita, Valencia, Beatriz)

Track length2:23

"La, la, la. La, la, la, la. Ah!" (Columbus, Beatriz, Chorus)

Track length2:45

"Don't forget" (Columbus, Tourist)

Track length3:22

"I'm looking for a man" (Fleurette, Rosa, Gretel, Tourist, Waiter, Chorus)

Track length2:29

"Ah, how was i to know that i'd regret" (Fleurette, Rosa, Gretel, Tourist, Waiter)

Track length3:43

"Daddy has a palace down in old siena" (Rosa, Tourist, Waiter, Fleurette, Gretel)

Track length4:29

"Ich liebe meine mann" (Gretel, Waiter, Fleurette, Rosa)

Track length5:12

"A hundred years ago" (Luis, Waiter)

Track length2:28

"Now i know what it's like" (Columbus, Luis, Chorus)

Track length2:45

"All you women, hang on a minute" (Police Chief, Gretel, Rosa, Fleurette, Chorus)

Track length3:13

"What have i done?" (Columbus, Police Chief, Beatriz, Chorus)

Track length3:51

Offenbach: Christopher Columbus, Act 2

Work length30:32

Maurice Arthur (tenor), Lissa Gray (soprano), Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano), Anne Dawson (soprano), Alan Opie (soprano), Johanna Peters (contralto), Joy Roberts (soprano), John Duxbury (tenor), Clive Harre (baritone)
London Mozart Players, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Alun Francis

"It's such a bore to be in waiting" (Chorus)

Track length0:56

"Last night was one of those nights you remember" (Isabella, Police Chief, Fleurette)

Track length3:54

"If the've nothing to say" (Isabella, Gretel, Fleurette, Rosa, Chorus)

Track length1:50

"I had prepared a flowery speech" (Columbus, Isabella)

Track length3:11

"The search for love never ends" (Isabella, Columbus, Ferdinand)

Track length6:50

"At forty-two i was engaged" (Ferdinand, Isabella, Columbus)

Track length4:30

"A royal cousin kept sending roses by the dozen" (Isabella, Ferdinand)

Track length3:05

"We wonder what's been going on" (Isabella, Ferdinand, Police Chief, Fleurette, Gretel, Beatriz, Tourist, Waiter, Columbus, Rosa)

Track length6:16

Offenbach: Christopher Columbus, Act 3

Work length31:10

Christian du Plessis (baritone), Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano), Maurice Arthur (tenor), Lissa Gray (soprano), Johanna Peters (contralto), Clive Harre (baritone), John Duxbury (tenor), Alan Opie (soprano), Joy Roberts (soprano)
London Mozart Players, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Alun Francis

"Gentle breezes, billowing sails" (Luis, Chorus)

Track length2:08

"Has anyone seen columbus?" (Rosa, Columbus, Gretel, Beatriz, Fleurette, Police Chief, Luis, Chorus)

Track length4:16

"Lovely night, such a lovely night" (Beatriz, Gretel, Rosa, Fleurette, Tourist, Police Chief)

Track length3:13

The Storm

Track length5:16

"Goodness me, what a night" (Rosa, Fleurette, Beatriz, Police Chief, Gretel, Chorus)

Track length4:55

"Ah, forever at sea" (Rosa, Tourist, Police Chief, Beatriz, Gretel, Fleurette, Waiter)

Track length3:55

"Revenge is sweet, but incomplete" (Beatriz, Rosa, Chorus)

Track length3:20

"Nevermore will we roam, we're heading for home!" (Chief, Beatriz, Waiter, Gretel, Rosa, Luis)

Track length4:07

Offenbach: Christopher Columbus, Act 4

Work length22:33

Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano), Lissa Gray (soprano), Rosemary Ashe (soprano), Johanna Peters (contralto), Maurice Arthur (tenor), Joy Roberts (soprano), Christian du Plessis (baritone), Clive Harre (baritone), Alan Opie (soprano)
London Mozart Players, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Alun Francis

Entr'acte

Track length2:24

"If this is the indies what i want to know" (Gretel, Fleurette, Rosa)

Track length4:27

"I don't want to go back" (Beatriz, Luis, Gretel, Rosa, Fleurette, Police Chief, Columbus, Chorus, Ladies, Minnehaha)

Track length5:40

"This morning i went for a stroll into the woodland" (Columbus, Luis, Beatriz, Minnehaha, Fleurette, Rosa)

Track length2:29

"Do you mean what you say" (Luis, Rosa, Gretel, Police Chief, Fleurette, Beatriz, Columbus, Tourist)

Track length3:57

"Finale land fair and free" (Luis, Beatriz, Columbus)

Track length3:36

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