John Adams: Girls of the Golden West
Julia Bullock (Dame Shirley), Ryan McKinny (Clarence), Davone Tines (Ned Peters), Hye Jung Lee (Ah Sing), Daniela Mack (Josef Segovia), Paul Appleby (Joe Cannon), Elliot Madore (Ramón)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, John Adams
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Opera Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Engineered Classical Album
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Opera
The influence of Ives can be heard in the shifting layers; once a funeral march, now a Fourth of July celebration. As Dame Shirley, Julia Bullock is on scintillating form, particularly as she...
John Adams: Girls of the Golden West
Julia Bullock (Dame Shirley), Ryan McKinny (Clarence), Davone Tines (Ned Peters), Hye Jung Lee (Ah Sing), Daniela Mack (Josef Segovia), Paul Appleby (Joe Cannon), Elliot Madore (Ramón)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, John Adams
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Opera Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Engineered Classical Album
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Opera
The influence of Ives can be heard in the shifting layers; once a funeral march, now a Fourth of July celebration. As Dame Shirley, Julia Bullock is on scintillating form, particularly as she...
About
Girls of the Golden West, out April 26, 2024, is John Adams’ eighth music theater work to be released by Nonesuch Records. Adams’ stage works are among the most performed contemporary operas of our time and include Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, El Niño, and Doctor Atomic. You can pre-order the album here.
Girls of the Golden West is a California opera, telling the story of the Gold Rush not through familiar time-worn myth, but in the words and deeds of real people: in the words of Mark Twain, “the strangest population, the finest population … who ever trooped down the startled solitudes of an unpeopled land.”
Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars drew from original sources from the Gold Rush era: letters, journals, newspaper articles, and familiar song lyrics to create the libretto.
The composer leads the LA Phil in this recording made in Disney Hall. The aria “Wagon Ride,” which features Davóne Tines and Julia Bullock (both also Nonesuch artists), is available today.
Contents and tracklist
- Julia Bullock (soprano), Ryan McKinny (baritone)
- Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale
- John Adams
- Davóne Tines (baritone), Julia Bullock (soprano)
- Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale
- John Adams
- Daniela Mack (mezzo-soprano), Hye Jung Lee (soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor), Ryan McKinny (baritone), Julia Bullock (soprano)
- Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale
- John Adams
- Daniela Mack (mezzo-soprano), Elliot Madore (baritone), Paul Appleby (tenor), Ryan McKinny (baritone)
- Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale
- John Adams
- Davóne Tines (baritone), Julia Bullock (soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor), Ryan McKinny (baritone)
- Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale
- John Adams
- Elliot Madore (baritone), Hye Jung Lee (soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor), Ryan McKinny (baritone)
- Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale
- John Adams
- Davóne Tines (baritone), Daniela Mack (mezzo-soprano), Ryan McKinny (baritone)
- Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale
- John Adams
- Julia Bullock (soprano), Daniela Mack (mezzo-soprano), Elliot Madore (baritone), Hye Jung Lee (soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor)
- Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale
- John Adams
- Julia Bullock (soprano), Ryan McKinny (baritone), Daniela Mack (mezzo-soprano)
- Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale
- John Adams
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineJune 2024Editor's Choice
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BBC Music MagazineJuly 2024Opera Choice
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International Opera Awards2024Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards2025Nominated - Contemporary Music
July 2024
The influence of Ives can be heard in the shifting layers; once a funeral march, now a Fourth of July celebration. As Dame Shirley, Julia Bullock is on scintillating form, particularly as she acts out the part of Lady MacBeth in Act II.
June 2024
The Los Angeles Philharmonic show their deep familiarity with the composer’s language, as do the Los Angeles Master Chorale, expertly marshalled by Grant Gershon.
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