Opera - Flight

JONATHAN DOVE

(b. 1958)

Flight

129:12

An opera in three acts

Libretto by April De Angelis

live recording

COMPACT DISC ONE

Act I

'Look! Up there'

4:25

Refugee, Controller

'Darling!'

2:49

Bill, Tina, Refugee

'Excuse me. Have you any English money?'

1:10

Refugee, Bill, Tina

'Welcome travellers. Thank you for travelling Tri-Star'

0:55

Controller

'Do I look conspicuous?'

2:27

Older Woman, Refugee, Controller

'Welcome. We're always smiling as you can see'

3:02

Steward, Stewardess, Refugee, Older Woman

'Down you go. Scurry down'

3:04

Controller

'That's us.' 'Is that us?'

3:49

Minskman, Minskwoman, Controller, Older Woman

'No! I don't seem able to go'

3:28

Minkswoman, Minskman, Controller, Refugee

10.

'What have I done?'

2:16

Minskwoman, Steward, Stewardess, Bill, Tina, Older Woman

11.

'What have I just done? Why couldn't I go?'

1:14

Minskwoman

12.

'Excuse me. Have you a hat or a scarf?'

3:07

Refugee, Older Woman, Stewardess, Steward, Tina, Bill, Controller

13.

'Look who's coming!'

3:05

Controller, Refugee, Minskwoman, Bill, Tina, Older Woman, Steward, Stewardess

14.

'Gone.' 'Time to be gone'

4:02

Refugee, Tina, Controller, Bill, Minskwoman, Older Woman, Steward, Stewardess

15.

'Disgusting.' 'Record lusting'

3:20

Controller, Bill, Tina, Older Woman, Minskwoman

16.

'Due to circumstances beyond our control'

1:47

Controller, Refugee

Act II

17.

'The storm is getting worse'

2:30

Controller

18.

'It's quiet'

7:00

Steward, Stewardess, Bill, Tina, Older Woman, Minskwoman

19.

'I know. We could do the business with our trolleys'

1:44

Stewardess, Older Woman, Minskwoman, Steward, Tina, Bill

20.

Orchestral interlude

1:10

21.

'Fierce night. Jagged light'

1:34

Controller

22.

'I bought this suitcase in New York'

5:36

Minskwoman, Steward, Stewardess, Bill, Refugee, Older Woman, Tina

23.

'The thing about people is'

1:08

Controller

64:55

COMPACT DISC TWO

'About this stone. Is it true?'

5:59

Older Woman, Refugee, Tina, Bill, Minskwoman, Steward, Stewardess, Controller

'A wish for me. I'm wishing for my brother'

1:33

Refugee, Bill, Steward

'Excuse me, can I trouble you for some advice?'

1:49

Older Woman, Tina, Minskwoman, Stewardess, Bill

'What's this for?' 'Let's see . . .'

1:09

Bill, Steward, Older Woman, Tina, Stewardess, Minskwoman

'He's lucky'

1:39

Women, Refugee, Older Woman, Controller, Tina, Stewardess, Minskwoman

'You have a stone?'

1:13

Women, Refugee

'I believed in miracles'

3:36

Older Woman, Minskwoman, Stewardess, Tina, Refugee, Controller, Bill, Steward

Act II

'What a dreadful night'

1:16

Women, Controller

'A plane is coming!'

2:08

Controller, Older Woman

10.

'I flew back immediately. I'm not angry'

2:53

Minskman, Minskwoman, Tina, Bill, Steward

11.

'Oh my goodness!'

4:36

Bill, Tina, Steward, Stewardess

12.

'Oh look, he isn't moving'

0:42

Stewardess, Older Woman, Minskwoman, Steward

13.

'Ow!' 'What is it?'

3:06

Minskwoman, All

14.

'It's so small'

1:05

All, Minskwoman

15.

'New, wondrous, nothing so new as you'

7:14

Refugee, Tina, Stewardess, Older Woman, Controller, Minskwoman, Bill, Minskman

16.

'He's coming back! Get in the trunk!'

2:52

Controller, Refugee, Immigration Officer, Women, Men

17.

'Surely you can be magnanimous on such a day as this'

2:11

Minskman, Minskwoman, Immigration Officer, Tina, Steward, Stewardess

18.

'You can't fool rules'

1:40

Immigration Officer, Older Woman, Bill, Steward, Tina, Refugee, Controller

19.

'Dawn, still darkness . . .'

6:13

Refugee

20.

'But look at me now'

2:35

Refugee, Immigration Officer, Stewardess, Older Woman, Minskwoman, Minskman

21.

' . . .I can't do much for you . . .'

1:11

'Immigration Officer, Older Woman, Steward, Bill, Tina, Stewardess

22.

' . . .Flights to Minsk and places smarter . . .'

3:04

Controller, Older Woman, Minskman, Minskwoman, Bill, Tina, Steward, Stewardess, Refugee

23.

'A frozen man falling like a frozen star'

4:21

Refugee, Controller

64:17

Solo: Christopher Robson countertenor - Refugee

Solo: Claron McFadden soprano - Controller

Solo: Richard Coxon tenor - Bill

Solo: Mary Plazas soprano - Tina

Solo: Nuala Willis mezzo-soprano - Older Woman

Solo: Ann Taylor mezzo-soprano - Stewardess

Solo: Garry Magee baritone - Steward

Solo: Steven Page bass-baritone - Minskman

Solo: Anne Mason mezzo-soprano - Minskwoman

Solo: Richard van Allan bass-baritone - Immigration Officer

Choral: Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

'Flight is an assured, confident and effective opera whose characters are striving to expand their horizons…'

International Record Review

Recorded live at Glyndebourne in 1999, Jonathan Dove and April de Angeliss brilliant comic opera about travellers stranded in an airport is as angaging on disc as it was in the thatre (and I write having seen it at least five times.

Sunday Times

'anyone who cares about opera as a living art form will rejoice in Chandos decision to issue the BBCs recording of Flight from Glyndebourne with the original cast.

'You don't need to have encountered Flight in the theatre to get a thrill from listening to it at home.'

Financial Times magazine

'The music is immensely appealing, the characters are sharply etched and the situations are audacious…The singing is first-rate, and the audience reaction - plenty of laughter - helps it all go with a bang.'

Classic FM Magazine

'Chandos has done it proud.'

Opera Now

'New operas as splendid as this one are not exactly thick on the ground. In truth they never have been, but this is a major event.'

Fanfare (USA)

'The Glyndebourne company's performance is precise and vivid… The orchestration is highly effective, the score well played, the sound well recorded. David Parry and the whole musical team must feel pleased; so too, let's hope, the composer.'

Gramophone

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