Being foreigners, new immigrants, Auden and Britten had a. Even though Paul Bunyan is sung in English it’s still worth reading the libretto and I would recommend listening to the whole thing first without the book and then a second time reading along – it really does add to your understanding of what is quite a challenging opera. All these 19th-century American myths - Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan - are tied up with the notion of taming nature. One of the great things about owning the CD is that it comes with the full libretto (in English and German), cast biographies and a conductor’s note, as well as an explanatory essay.
It zips along, with sharp rhythms and a tight, bright ensemble. Johnny Inkslinger in Brittens Paul Bunyan, Clem and Alfred in Brittens The. For a recording that’s now more than 30 years old, the sound reproduction is good. William Knight started his musical career as a chorister of St Pauls. But really this production isn’t about arias and soloists but instead the ensembles. Nelson particularly has an excellent, rich voice. It’s conducted by American Philip Brunelle and stars James Lawless as the eponymous hero, Elisabeth Comeaux Nelson as his daughter and Dan Dressen as Johnny Inkslinger. Narrator - Russell Smythe Paul Bunyan - Paul Maxwell Johnny Inkslinger. Only two commercial recording exist and this one, a 1988 studio recording from the Plymouth Music Series, is considered definitive. HTM There are 3 recordings of Paul Bunyan by Benjamin Britten on file (This. Paul Bunyan and a Narrator are entirely spoken and remain off stage. The music incorporates a variety of musical styles, including blues, American folk, country and western and Broadway, as well as spoken word. It premiered at Columbia University on, to largely negative reviews, and was withdrawn by the composer. It was inevitable in Britten’s centenary year that youth opera groups would tackle Paul Bunyan, the composer and W. Auden, designed for performance by semi-professional groups. The story is really quite surreal, with singing Swedish lumberjacks, talking trees, geese, dogs and cats, and Paul himself, a superhuman giant with a huge blue ox called Babe as a companion. Paul Bunyan, Op 17, is an operetta in two acts and a prologue composed by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by W. It premiered at Columbia University, New York, in 1941 to largely negative reviews and today it remains one of Britten’s least performed works. Alison Trainer as Tiny and John McVeigh as Johnny Inkslinger Photo. Auden (yes, the poet), are not exempt from a dry, presentational approach. Based on the story of the eponymous American folklore hero and inspired by his time in the United States, Paul Bunyan was Benjamin Britten’s first operatic work. If Central City Operas production of Paul Bunyan proves anything, it shows that even extremely talented men, in this case composer Benjamin Britten and librettist W.H.
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