Canadian Opera Anthology - Baritone Volume 1

After the success of the two volume Soprano edition of our Canadian Opera Anthology, we are now pleased to release the next instalment, volume 1 and 2 for baritone and bass.  These new additions to the series follow the style of the soprano edition, set up by Stephanie Nakagawa, P.h.D., on whose doctoral thesis this series is based. This Baritone/Bass edition features 28 arias from Canadian operas, arranged chronologically, from 1946 to 2021. Fully 19 of the 28 arias are from 21st century operas, with a wide range of subjects. From Harry Somers – Louis Riel, Healey Willan’s Deirdre and  Jean Couthard’s The Return of the Native, to operas by James Rolfe, Rodney Sharman, Leslie Uyeda, Alice Ping Ye Ho, Victor Davies, Peter-Anthony Togni and Chan Ka Nin. We have included more arias from Quebec composers such as Jacques Hetu, Julien Bilodeau. We have included arias from two operas dealing the the subject of Gay relationships (Les feluettes by Kevin March and librettist Michel-Marc Bouchard and When the suns comes out by Leslie Uyeda and librettist Rachel Rose).

Contents:
1. The Word of Conochar from Deirdre* Healey Willan & John Coulter, 1946/1965
2. And They Will Keep On from Taptoo!* John Beckwith & James Reaney, 1993-95
3. Money is Power from The Golden Ass* Randolph Peters & Robertson Davies, 1999
4. There is No Gift from Orpheus and Eurydice+ James Rolfe & André Alexis, 2004
5. I Was in Love from Orpheus and Eurydice* James Rolfe & André Alexis, 2004
6. When I Was Eighteen from Transit of Venus* Victor Davies & Maureen Hunter, 2007
7. You Want Poetry, Charlie? from Mary’s Wedding+ Andrew Paul MacDonald & Stephen Massicotte, 2012
8. What I Feel from Elsewhereless+ Rodney Sharman & Atom Egoyan, 2012
9. I Will Breathe from Miracle Flight* Lloyd Burritt, music & libretto, 2016
10. Valse de feu de l’opera Les feluettes* Kevin March & Michel-Marc Bouchard, 2016
11. Je croyais avoir oublié ça de l’opera Les feluettes* Kevin March & Michel-Marc Bouchard, 2016
12. I Fled Alone from The Flight of The Hummingbird* Maxime Goulet, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, & Barry Gilson, 2020
13. La colombe de l’opera La beauté du monde* Julien Bilodeau & Michel-Marc Bouchard, 2020
14. I Crossed the Sea a Child from Chinatown (baritone version)* Alice Ping Yee Ho & Madeleine Thien, 2021
* Baritone/Baryton aria; + Bass/Basse aria