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CHAN 9659
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Picker: Thérèse Raquin
Running Time: 109:08
Digital UPC: 5059864965937
Release Date: May 2002
Originally recorded in 2001
Release Date: May 2002
Originally recorded in 2001
Composer (b. 1954)
Tobias Picker
Tobias Picker
Solo soprano - Madame Lisette Raquin
Diana Soviero
Diana Soviero
Solo mezzo-soprano - Thérèse Raquin
Sara Fulgoni
Sara Fulgoni
Solo tenor - Camille Raquin
Gordon Gietz
Gordon Gietz
Solo bass-baritone - Laurent
Richard Bernstein
Richard Bernstein
Solo soprano - Suzanne Michaud
Sheryl Woods
Sheryl Woods
Solo bass - Olivier Michaud
Gabor Andrasy
Gabor Andrasy
Solo tenor - Monsieur Grivet
Peter Kazaras
Peter Kazaras
Orchestra
Dallas Opera Orchestra
Dallas Opera Orchestra
Conductor
Graeme Jenkins
Graeme Jenkins
Venue
The Music Hall at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas
The Music Hall at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas
Producer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer
John Newton
John Newton
Engineer
Blanton Alspaugh
Blanton Alspaugh
Genre:
Opera
Contemporary
Opera
Contemporary
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TOBIAS PICKER
(b. 1954)world premiere performance
Thérèse Raquin
109:18
An opera in two acts
Libretto by Gene Scheer, after the novel by Émile Zola
COMPACT DISC ONE: 51:49
Act I
Scene 1: 21:13
1.
[Introduction]
1:18
2.
Madame: 'Thérèse. Thérèse. Thérèse'
2:30
3.
Camille: 'Thérèse needs a change of scenery'
3:54
4.
Laurent: 'Like a ghost he stood before us'
0:59
5.
Laurent: 'She watched me painting along the Seine'
5:47
6.
Laurent: 'Be careful! Madame Raquin will hear us'
2:22
7.
Thérèse: 'When we were little children'
4:23
Scene 2: 17:50
8.
Madame: 'Thank-you, thank-you, Suzanne'
3:00
9.
Suzanne and Madame: 'I remember'
2:33
10.
Olivier: 'Good evening, Madame Raquin'
0:50
11.
Grivet: 'Good evening. Good evening'
1:15
12.
Grivet: 'At half past five'
1:32
13.
Olivier: 'Once there was a servant girl'
3:16
14.
Madame: 'We'll recall when years have passed'
4:05
15.
All: 'Let the game begin' [Interlude]
1:19
Scene 3: 12:41
16.
Camille: 'We must have walked three hours or more'
2:59
17.
Thérèse: 'You were with me'
6:37
18.
Camille: 'Come on, wake up'
3:05
COMPACT DISC TWO: 57:29
Act II
Scene 1: 7:31
1.
Eleven months later. [Introduction]
0:54
2.
Laurent: 'Olivier! Monsieur Grivet!'
1:32
3.
Laurent: Poor Thérèse'
3:46
4.
Lights fade. [Interlude]
1:19
Scene 2
5.
Thérèse: 'No! No! Drowning . . .'
1:00
6.
Thérèse: 'Am I dreaming?'
3:58
7.
[Interlude]
1:18
Scene 3: 3:41
8.
Suzanne: 'My dear! Monsieur Grivet!'
2:10
9.
Olivier and Grivet: 'Good night'
1:31
Scene 4: 6:28
10.
Thérèse: 'You should not have bought so many flowers'
1:39
11.
Thérèse: 'The white dove sat in the corner of the ark'
4:48
Scene 5: 9:31
12.
The bedrom. [Introduction]
0:40
13.
Laurent: 'Roses remind me of Vernon'
1:00
14.
Laurent: 'My poor angel'
2:24
15.
Laurent: 'You shall drive me mad!'
3:13
16.
Thérèse: 'You saw him at the morgue'
2:14
Scene 6: 9:09
17.
Camile's ghost: 'Betrayed. Betrayed by those we loved'
5:02
18.
Madame: 'Camille! Camille!'
2:22
19.
Laurent: 'She'll never make it through the night!' [Interlude]
1:45
Scene 7: 6:08
20.
Laurent: 'Five months. . . five months. . .'
2:39
21.
Olivier: 'What is she doing?'
3:29
Scene 8: 8:42
22.
Thérèse: 'You can never forgive me'
1:37
23.
Laurent: 'Get off your knees'
2:03
24.
Thérèse: 'Never forgive me'
3:34
25.
Thérèse: 'It is too much not to be punished'
1:29
Solo: Diana Soviero soprano - Madame Lisette Raquin
Solo: Sara Fulgoni mezzo-soprano - Thérèse Raquin
Solo: Gordon Gietz tenor - Camille Raquin
Solo: Richard Bernstein bass-baritone - Laurent
Solo: Sheryl Woods soprano - Suzanne Michaud
Solo: Gabor Andrasy bass - Olivier Michaud
Solo: Peter Kazaras tenor - Monsieur Grivet
Orchestra: Dallas Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
30 November and 2, 6 & 8 December 2001
