Talk:Helvellyn (opera)

What if there's will be a World Premiere Recording of Macfarren's Helvellyn on Decca

Helvellyn, opera in four acts, libretto by John Oxenford, music by George Alexander Macfarren

Cast:

• Mabel, widow and heiress of a wealthy Statesman or landowner - Lise Davidsen
• Hannah, an orphan - Majella Cullagh
• Luke, the disinherited elder brother of the late statesman - Bryn Terfel
• Old Steenie, A very aged servant of the farm - John Molloy
• Martin, a foundling protected by Mabel - Freddie De Tommaso

• Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
• Conducted by Antonio Pappano

Disc 1

1. Illustrated Overture
2. Act I: No. 1. Introduction: „What’s that?“
3. Act I: No. 2. Recitative: „While supper’s getting ready“
4. Act I: No. 2a. Song: „The sky with crimson“
5. Act I: No. 3. Recit: „You all are here“
6. Act I: No. 3a. Song: „A blessing on the harvest fall“
7. Act I: No. 4. Recit: „A blessing“
8. Act I: No. 4a. Quartett with Chorus: „Who comes yonder“
9. Act I: No. 5. Recit & Song: „O Providence“ – „When my ample store“
10. Act I: No. 6. Finale: „Of all the trades“
11. Act I: No. 6a. Quartett with Chorus: „Every thought“

Disc 2

1. Act II: No. 7. Scena: „For nearly a month“
2. Act II: No. 8. Recit: „Take this“
3. Act II: No. 8a. Duet with Chorus: „Come here my pretty dear“
4. Act II: No. 9. Part Song: „Harvest home“
5. Act II: No. 10. Recit: „Well done brave hearts“
6. Act II: No. 10a. Ballad: „Wear this flower and think of me“
7. Act II: No. 11. Harvest Home Scene
8. Act II: No. 11a. Song with Chorus: „Here’s a health to our worthy master“
9. Act II: No. 12. Recit: „She’s gone“
10. Act II: No. 12a. Trio: „Zooks this is a glorious place“
11. Act II: No. 13. Scena: „She loves me“
12. Act II: No. 13a. Romance: „She is my appointed fate“

Disc 3

1. Act III: No. 14. Chorus: „Here you may lead a tranquil life“
2. Act III: No. 15. Aria: „On my heart a weight“
3. Act III: No. 16. Recit: „Yes there she sits“
4. Act III: No. 16a. Duet: „The generous Mabel“
5. Act III: No. 16b. Duettino: „The thought that so long“
6. Act III: No. 17. Recit: „Nay, Hannah“
7. Act III: No. 17a. Romance: „Oh Hannah, Hannah, Hannah speak“
8. Act III: No. 18. Finale: „How calm and bright“
9. Act IV: No. 19. Entr'acte
10. Act IV: No. 19a. Romance: „Wildly flies my spinning whell“
11. Act IV: No. 20. Recit: „Mistress“
12. Act IV: No. 20a. Duet: „To Helvellyn poor i came“
13. Act IV: No. 21. Finale: „I have toil’d up the hill“
14. Act IV: No. 21a. Song: „I’ve watched him“

176.32.16.2 (talk) 14:24, 15 July 2023 (UTC)