Offer, Jeanine Tesori: Blue
Kenneth Kellogg (The Father), Brianna Hunter (The Mother), Aaron Crouch (The Son), Gordon Hawkins (The Reverend), The Washington National Opera, Roderick Cox
[Tesori’s score] moves from lush warmth to splintered dissonance in a heartbeat, straddling art and vernacular styles with subtlety and verve…The cast’s performances are both moving and cogent... — More…
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Tesori: Blue
- Washington National Opera Orchestra
- Roderick Cox
Prologue
Tesori: Blue, Act I Scene 1
- Ariana Wehr (soprano), Rehanna Thelwell (mezzo-soprano), Katerina Burton (soprano), Briana Hunter (mezzo-soprano)
- Washington National Opera Orchestra
- Roderick Cox
Urgent! Drop Ev'rything!
I Was in the Heyday of Being in Love
Damn, Girl!
Tesori: Blue, Act I Scene 2
- Kenneth Kellogg (bass), Briana Hunter (mezzo-soprano), Ariana Wehr (soprano)
- Washington National Opera Orchestra
- Roderick Cox
How You Doin', Baby?
I'm Somebody's Mother
Hello...Mom!
Cup Your Hand Under His Head and Neck
Hello...Hello, My Son
Tesori: Blue, Act I Scene 3
- Joshua Blue (tenor), Martin Luther Clark (tenor), Christian Simmons (bass-baritone), Kenneth Kellogg (bass)
- Washington National Opera Orchestra
- Roderick Cox
Go, Go, Go!
Halftime! We're All Yours, Buddy
How Do You Feel?
Tesori: Blue, Act I Scene 4
- Kenneth Kellogg (bass), Aaron Crouch (tenor)
- Washington National Opera Orchestra
- Roderick Cox
Introduction
You Not Getting Off That Easy
Yes, Sir! Got My Own Private Warden
Tesori: Blue, Act II Scene 1
- Gordon Hawkins (baritone), Kenneth Kellogg (bass)
- Washington National Opera Orchestra
- Roderick Cox
What Is Your Name, My Son?
Ah! You Are the Father Whose Child Was Lost
Ah! Your Heart Is Broken, I Hear It Knocking Against Your Ribs
Tesori: Blue, Act II Scene 2
- Katerina Burton (soprano), Ariana Wehr (soprano), Rehanna Thelwell (mezzo-soprano), Briana Hunter (mezzo-soprano)
- Washington National Opera Orchestra
- Roderick Cox
Come Away from the Window
She Sits in This Matchbox Disguised as a House
She Was Lying in Her Bed. In Her Own Home. In Her Bed
Tesori: Blue, Act II Scene 3
- Gordon Hawkins (baritone), Ariana Wehr (soprano), Katerina Burton (soprano), Rehanna Thelwell (mezzo-soprano), Joshua Blue (tenor), Martin Luther Clark (tenor), Christian Simmons (bass-baritone), Kenneth Kellogg (bass), Briana Hunter (mezzo-soprano)
- Washington National Opera Orchestra
- Roderick Cox
My Heart...My Heart Is Heavy Tonight
Somebody, Oh Somebody
A Mother, Clear Out of Her Mind
Tesori: Blue, Epilogue
- Kenneth Kellogg (bass), Aaron Crouch (tenor), Briana Hunter (mezzo-soprano), Ariana Wehr (soprano), Katerina Burton (soprano), Rehanna Thelwell (mezzo-soprano), Joshua Blue (tenor), Martin Luther Clark (tenor), Christian Simmons (bass-baritone), Gordon Hawkins (baritone)
- Washington National Opera Orchestra
- Roderick Cox
Introduction
I Don't Know What the Hell You Talkin' About
Set Aside Your Sides, Eat Some Set-Asides I Set Aside for My Boys