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Jeanine Tesori: Blue
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Jeanine Tesori: Blue
Composers
Tesori, Jeanine
Genres
Opera
Performers
Blue, Joshua
Burton, Katerina
Clark, Martin Luther
Crouch, Aaron
Hawkins, Gordon
Hunter, Briana
Kellogg, Kenneth
Simmons, Christian
Thelwell, Rehanna
Wehr, Ariana
Orchestras / Ensembles
Washington National Opera Orchestra
Instruments
Baritone
Bass
Bass-baritone
Mezzo-soprano
Soprano
Tenor
Conductors
Cox, Roderick
Label
PentaTone
Catalogue number
PTC5186967
Release date
2022-03-25
Discs
2
Orig. sample rate
192000 Hz
24 FLAC Discount
Washington National Opera in association with San Francisco Classical Recording Company presents Blue, a contemporary opera explores race, loss, violence, and reconciliation in today's America, with a libretto by Tazewell Thompson set to music by Jeanine Tesori. Inspired by contemporary events and black literature, including Ta Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me and James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, Blue centers on the hopes and fears of a young black couple in Harlem as they raise a son in 21st-century America. In this “powerful” (New York Times) story of love and loss, we see father (a police officer) and mother supported by a loving community of fellow law enforcement, churchgoers, and friends as they navigate the devastating reality oftheir son being killed by a fellow white police officer. Historically and musically, Blue compassionately tells a story that is at once painful and identifiable to so many of us.
After a success world premiere at the Glimmerglass Festival, the Music CriticsAssociation of America named Blue the “Best New Opera” of 2020, while the Financial Times praised it as “an exceptionally strong new opera about race in America”, andhailed Tesori’s music as “eclectic, but assuredly so, full of beauty and eloquence.” The piece is sung by an excellent cast of vocalists, including Kenneth Kellogg as The Father,Briana Hunter as The Mother, and Aaron Crouch as The Son, and Gordon Hawkins asThe Reverend, while Washington National Opera Orchestra is led by rising starconductor Roderick Cox.
Jeanine Tesori is one of the most important American composers of today, with a diverse catalog for musical theatre, opera, film, and television. Tazewell Thompson is an internationally acclaimed director, playwright, teacher, and actor. Washington National Opera is among the leading US opera houses, and has the mission to present stories that reflect the America of today.
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Disc 1
Composer: Tesori, Jeanine
Blue
01
Blue: Prologue
02:42
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Composer: Tesori, Jeanine
Blue, Act I Scene 1
22:07
02
Blue, Act I Scene 1: Urgent! Drop Ev'rything!
01:01
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03
Blue, Act I Scene 1: I Was in the Heyday of Being in Love
00:53
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04
Blue, Act I Scene 1: Damn, Girl!
02:24
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05
Blue, Act I Scene 1: You Married a Cop?
00:34
$ 0.09
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06
Blue, Act I Scene 1: I Love Him
03:31
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07
Blue, Act I Scene 1: What About Your Obsession?
00:56
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08
Blue, Act I Scene 1: I'm Gonna Strap My Baby on My Back
01:07
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09
Blue, Act I Scene 1: You Havin' a What?
01:15
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10
Blue, Act I Scene 1: Forgive Our Sistah. She Knows Not What
She Do
01:19
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11
Blue, Act I Scene 1: Birth That Baby Boy to Term
02:24
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12
Blue, Act I Scene 1: Ha! Ha, Ha, Ha!
00:52
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13
Blue, Act I Scene 1: I'm Having This Boy. I'm Keeping This
Boy Close
00:51
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14
Blue, Act I Scene 1: We Wish On Ev'rything You Can Wish On
01:54
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15
Blue, Act I Scene 1: Scrape the Wax Off Your Wings
01:49
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16
Blue, Act I Scene 1: Transition to Scene 2
01:17
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Composer: Tesori, Jeanine
Blue, Act I Scene 2
09:37
17
Blue, Act I Scene 2: How You Doin', Baby?
01:25
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18
Blue, Act I Scene 2: I'm Somebody's Mother
02:07
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19
Blue, Act I Scene 2: Hello...Mom!
01:49
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20
Blue, Act I Scene 2: Cup Your Hand Under His Head and Neck
01:14
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21
Blue, Act I Scene 2: Hello...Hello, My Son
03:02
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Composer: Tesori, Jeanine
Blue, Act I Scene 3
09:18
22
Blue, Act I Scene 3: Go, Go, Go!
01:49
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23
Blue, Act I Scene 3: Halftime! We're All Yours, Buddy
01:04
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24
Blue, Act I Scene 3: How Do You Feel?
02:03
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25
Blue, Act I Scene 3: Welcome to the Daddy Club!
01:17
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26
Blue, Act I Scene 3: How Did You Produce a Son?
00:50
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27
Blue, Act I Scene 3: I've Got a Baby Boy
00:57
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28
Blue, Act I Scene 3: Here's a Toast
01:18
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Composer: Tesori, Jeanine
Blue, Act I Scene 4
18:29
29
Blue, Act I Scene 4: Introduction
00:48
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30
Blue, Act I Scene 4: You Not Getting Off That Easy
01:25
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31
Blue, Act I Scene 4: Yes, Sir! Got My Own Private Warden
01:05
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32
Blue, Act I Scene 4: Moved Up Here So You Could Spread Out
and Be by Yourself
01:49
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33
Blue, Act I Scene 4: No! New York Is the Richest City in the
World
02:15
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34
Blue, Act I Scene 4: Stat Stat Statue of Liberty
01:29
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35
Blue, Act I Scene 4: The World Done Change
01:28
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36
Blue, Act I Scene 4: What Am I Supposed to Do? Stay Alive
01:10
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37
Blue, Act I Scene 4: You Alive, Ain't You?
00:47
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38
Blue, Act I Scene 4: I Am Out There in the Jungle
02:29
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39
Blue, Act I Scene 4: Whatcha Gonna Do?
01:11
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40
Blue, Act I Scene 4: Let Me Go. No, My Son, I Will Never Let
You Go
02:33
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Disc 2
Composer: Tesori, Jeanine
Blue, Act II Scene 1
18:31
01
Blue, Act II Scene 1: What Is Your Name, My Son?
01:31
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02
Blue, Act II Scene 1: Ah! You Are the Father Whose Child Was
Lost
01:56
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03
Blue, Act II Scene 1: Ah! Your Heart Is Broken, I Hear It
Knocking Against Your Ribs
01:42
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04
Blue, Act II Scene 1: This Is My Badge
02:09
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05
Blue, Act II Scene 1: When My Boy Was Taken from Me
00:50
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06
Blue, Act II Scene 1: I Did Not Come Here Seeking Redemption
02:08
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07
Blue, Act II Scene 1: Only a White God
01:51
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08
Blue, Act II Scene 1: You Are Walking in a Terrible
Darkness, My Son
03:12
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09
Blue, Act II Scene 1: May Restoring Waters Clear the Night's
Weeping
00:56
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10
Blue, Act II Scene 1: In My Hour of Need I Seek No Salvation
from You
02:16
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Composer: Tesori, Jeanine
Blue, Act II Scene 2
13:29
11
Blue, Act II Scene 2: Come Away from the Window
01:57
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12
Blue, Act II Scene 2: She Sits in This Matchbox Disguised as
a House
02:04
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13
Blue, Act II Scene 2: She Was Lying in Her Bed. In Her Own
Home. In Her Bed
01:57
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14
Blue, Act II Scene 2: Look at Her. She Wears the Captive
Shroud of Stony Death
01:17
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15
Blue, Act II Scene 2: Let Us Go Forth
00:59
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16
Blue, Act II Scene 2: Oh God! Bring My Baby Back
02:27
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17
Blue, Act II Scene 2: God, Give Me Back Any Part of My Baby
02:48
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Composer: Tesori, Jeanine
Blue, Act II Scene 3
14:28
18
Blue, Act II Scene 3: My Heart...My Heart Is Heavy Tonight
01:09
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19
Blue, Act II Scene 3: Somebody, Oh Somebody
02:36
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20
Blue, Act II Scene 3: A Mother, Clear Out of Her Mind
02:37
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21
Blue, Act II Scene 3: God, We Ask You, Take Care of This Boy
00:56
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22
Blue, Act II Scene 3: Stay Alive
00:41
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23
Blue, Act II Scene 3: Son, the Light Is Turning Amber. Run!
01:34
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24
Blue, Act II Scene 3: We Sing...Christ Wore the Crown of
Thorns
03:09
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25
Blue, Act II Scene 3: Cup Your Hand Under His Head and Neck
01:46
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Composer: Tesori, Jeanine
Blue, Epilogue
12:58
26
Blue, Epilogue: Introduction
01:14
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27
Blue, Epilogue: I Don't Know What the Hell You Talkin' About
00:55
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28
Blue, Epilogue: Set Aside Your Sides, Eat Some Set-Asides I
Set Aside for My Boys
01:09
$ 0.19
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29
Blue, Epilogue: You My Son. I Got Deep Fried, Red-Eyed,
Drip-Dried
01:18
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30
Blue, Epilogue: Kneaded, Pinched, and Prodded
03:32
$ 0.58
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31
Blue, Epilogue: Heavenly Father, We Humbly Thank You
03:18
$ 0.54
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32
Blue, Epilogue: Hey Mom, Hey Dad
01:32
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Album total
121:39
Composer
Tesori, Jeanine
Conductor
Cox, Roderick
Orchestra
Washington National Opera Orchestra
Lyricist
Thompson, Tazewell
Soprano
Burton, Katerina
Wehr, Ariana
Mezzo-soprano
Hunter, Briana
Thelwell, Rehanna
Bass
Kellogg, Kenneth
Tenor
Blue, Joshua
Clark, Martin Luther
Crouch, Aaron
Bass-baritone
Simmons, Christian
Baritone
Hawkins, Gordon
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