Cat. #
4030-2
Released Apr 2020
cd 1 time - 41:44
cd 2 time - 51:05
US Price $26.00
“The Wake World” is a hallucinatory choral fantasy by Los Angeles-based composer David Hertzberg. Scored for five instruments and nine singers, it premiered in 2017 at the Barnes Foundation under the aegis of Opera Philadelphia. The music is evocative and dramatic, with lyrical arias and powerful instrumental colors. Based on a mystical fairy tale written by Aleister Crowley whilst under the influence of the Golden Dawn, the story describes an ecstatic journey of initiation through Hermetic runes, as Lola is lead by her fairy prince through a magical palace to enlightenment. Winner of the Music Critics Association of North America’s Best New Opera Award, “The Wake World” is an operatic tour-de-force!
Personnel:
Orchestra
Edward Babcock: Percussion
Elizabeth Braden: Conductor
Bryn Coveney: Horn
Steven Franklin: Trumpet
Eunice Kim: Violin
Euntaek Kim: Fender Rhodes
Grant Loehnig: Piano
Bradley Loudis: Percussion
Chorus
Julie Bishop: Soprano 1
Corine Byrne: Soprano 1
Marissa Chalker: Alto 1
Abigail Chapman: Soprano 2
Lauren Cook: Soprano 2
Robert Eisentrout: Bass 1
Maggie Finnegan: Soprano 1, Parthenope
Ryan Fleming: Tenor 2
Joanna Nelson Gates: Alto 1, Leucosia
James Gwathney: Bass 2
Christopher Hoster: Tenor 1
Steven Humes: Tenor 1
John David Miles: Bass 1, Pestilitas
Maren Montalbano: Alto 1
Ellen Peters: Alto 2
Daniel Schwarz: Bass 2
Veronica Chapman Smith: Soprano 2, Ligeia
George Sommerville: Tenor 1, Morbus
Daniel Spratlan: Bass 2
Karina Sweeney: Alto 2
Daniel Taylor: Tenor 2
Kaitlyn Tierney: Alto 2
Jackson Williams: Bass 1
Steven Williamson: Tenor 2
Cast
Jesica Beebe: Luna/Hecate
Andrew Bogard: Giant/Bone Man/Man In The Azure Coat/Man Of The Blue House
Samantha Hankey: The Fairy Prince
Maeve Hoglund: Lola
