Canadian Opera Anthology - Baritone Volume 2

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. L’esprit qui ma guide de l’opéra Louis Riel* Harry Somers & Mavor Moore, 1967
2. I’ve Got Mortgages from The Shivaree* John Beckwith & James Reaney, 1964-5 and 1977-8
3. My Native County: I Have Come Home to the Heath from Return of the Native* Jean Coulthard & Edna Baxter, 1979
4. Laisse-moi de l’opéra Le prix+ Jacques Hétu & Yves Beauchemin, 1992
5. Se pourrait il que voie la fin de l’opéra Le prix+ Jacques Hétu & Yves Beauchemin, 1992
6. I Had a Dream from Beatrice Chancy* James Rolfe & George Elliott Clarke, 1998
7. The Inspector’s Aria from The Salome Dancer* Timothy Brady & John Sobol, 2005
8. No, Cécile! No, Cécile from The Inventor* Bramwell Tovey & John Murrell, 2011
9. Bridge from From the House of Mirth* Rodney Sharman & Alex Poch-Goldin, 2012
10. The Dragonfly Song from The Ecstasy of Rita Joe* Victor Davies based on the play by George Ryga, 2013
11. Javan’s Lament: We Met in the Last Years of the War from When the Sun Comes Out* Leslie Uyeda & Rachel Rose, 2014
12. Osiris Can You Hear Me? from Isis and Osiris, Gods of Egypt* Peter-Anthony Togni & Sharon Singer, 2016
13. For the Cold Draws In from Dragon’s Tale* Chan Ka Nin & Mark Brownell, 2019
14. I Crossed the Sea a Child from Chinatown (bass version)+ Alice Ping Yee Ho & Madeleine Thien, 2021
* Baritone/Baryton aria; + Bass/Basse aria