The Ghosts of Versailles
James Conlon, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera Chorus, Patricia Racette (Soprano), Christopher Maltman (Baritone), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Bass), Scott Scully (Tenor), Victoria Livengood (Mezzo-soprano), Lucas Meachem (Baritone), Lucy Schaufer (Mezzo-soprano), Joshua Guerrero (Tenor), Guanqun Yu (Soprano), Brenton Ryan (Tenor), Stacey Tappan (Soprano), Robert Brubaker (Tenor), Joel Sorensen (Tenor), Renée Rapier (Mezzo-soprano), Philip Cokorinos (Bass-baritone), Patti LuPone (Soprano), Vanessa Becerra (Soprano), Peabody Southwell (Mezzo-soprano), Summer Hassan (Soprano), Lacey Jo Benter (Mezzo-soprano), Frederick Ballentine (Tenor), Patrick Blackwell (Bass-baritone), Museop Kim (Baritone), Gregory Geiger (Baritone), So Young Park (Soprano)
2015, Los Angeles, LA Music Center, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Act 1
- 07:12No. 1 Prologue 'Mon coursier hors d'haleine' (Woman with Hat, Louis XVI, Marquis, Gossips, Aristocrats)
- 01:45No. 2 'All-powerful Queen of Beauty and ruler of my willing heart' (Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette)
- 08:10No. 3 Aria 'They are always with me: the unbounded waiting, the odor of blood on steel, the terrible sound' (Marie Antoinette)
- 02:17No. 4 'My wife was always hard to please' (Louis XVI, Aristocrats, Woman with Hat, Marquis, Gossips, Beaumarchais)
- 01:40No. 5 'Oh no. Here we go again!!' (Chorus, Figaro, Susanna, Almaviva, Aristocrats)
- 08:44No. 6 Prologue 'They wish they could kill me' (Figaro, Marie Antoinette, Frau mit Hut, Aristocrats)
- 02:12No. 7 'Bravo, Beaumarchais! Brilliant! - Then why are you weeping, your Majesty?' (Louis XVI, Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette, Aristocrats)
- 02:53No. 8 'Magic! It is Paris, the autumn of '93' (Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, Almaviva)
- 03:52No. 9 'And with the one million pounds, grant Her Majesty a safe refuge in the New World' (Almaviva, Figaro, Susanna, Louis XVI, Wilhelm)
- 01:12No. 10 'Fool! Idiot! Moron! You forgot where Almaviva plans to sell the jewels?' (Bergéass, Wilhelm, Aristocrats, Marie Antoinette)
- 02:21No. 11 Recitative 'I can't wait to betray Almaviva' (Bergéass, Florestine)
- 03:58No. 12 Aria 'Oh, the lion may roar and the eagle may soar.' (Bergéass)
- 01:18No. 13 'I remember, Master, I remember!' (Wilhelm, Bergéass, Susanna, Figaro, Aristocrats, Woman with Hat)
- 01:59No. 14 'Poor Florestine, I pity her.' (Marie Antoinette, Beaumarchais, Louis XVI, Aristocrats)
- 02:09No. 15 New Scene 'Rosina's boudoir. They say New York is a lively town' (Beaumarchais, Louis XVI, Bergéass, Rosina, Almaviva)
- 00:49No. 16 'Now we go back in time - Cherubino, Cherubino' (Rosina, Beaumarchais, Cherubino)
- 07:34No. 17 Duet 'Look at the green here in the glade' (Beaumarchais, Rosina, Cherubino, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI)
- 02:28No. 18 'No. I've had enough. I see what's happening here' (Louis XVI, Beaumarchais, Woman with Hat, Aristocrats, Marie Antoinette, Marquis, Chorus)
- 04:02No. 19 Finale 'Selamunaleykum, (Welcome!)' (Pasha, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Léon, Florestine, Almaviva, Rosina, Susanna, Marquis, Beaumarchais, Bergéass)
- 02:37No. 20 Finale 'His Excellency, the English Ambassador' (Page, English Ambassador, Almaviva, Pasha)
- 03:37No. 21 Finale 'I am in a valley and you are in a valley' (Samira, Pasha)
- 03:01No. 22 Finale 'Ya omri. Limatha hajartani?' (Samira, Figaro, Chorus)
- 05:08No. 23 Finale 'Tafaddaloo marhabun bikoom - Shall we?' (Figaro, Chorus, Almaviva, English Ambassador, Bergéass, Wilhelm, Marie Antoinette, Aristocrats, Florestine, Rosina, Susanna)
Act 2
- 03:02No. 1 'Hurry, hurry… It's late! The second act is beginning!' (Beaumarchais, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Almaviva, Marquis, Susanna, Florestine, Woman with Hat, Rosina)
- 02:22No. 2 'Watch. Now Figaro comes back' (Beaumarchais, Louis XVI, Almaviva, Susanna, Figaro, Marie Antoinette, Florestine, Rosina, Woman with Hat, Marquis)
- 05:13No. 3 'Wait!… Figaro was supposed to return the necklace' (Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, Woman with Hat, Marquis)
- 01:36No. 4 'Damn that Figaro. He's your husband' (Almaviva, Marquis, Susanna, Woman with Hat, Marie Antoinette, Florestine, Rosina)
- 03:06No. 5 Duet 'As summer brings a wistful breeze' (Susanna, Rosina, Marie Antoinette, Léon)
- 01:24No. 6 'And now I must go - Bless you, Madam, bless you' (Rosina, Susanna, Figaro, Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette)
- 01:56No. 7 'What is happening?' (Susanna, Marie Antoinette, Figaro, Chorus)
- 00:54No. 8 'Antoinette, we want your head! - Order! Order!' (Chorus, Beaumarchais)
- 06:38No. 9 'Marie Antoinette of Lorraine and Austria' (Marie Antoinette, Chorus, Beaumarchais, Figaro)
- 05:47No. 10 'Monarchy. Revolution. It's all the same to me - Women of Paris, listen!' (Bergéass, Chorus)
- 03:09No. 11 'Welcome, Madeleine, welcome' (Rosina, Aristocrats, Almaviva, Florestine, Bishop, Léon)
- 03:03No. 12 Quartet 'Remember the chestnut trees in the gardens of the Tuileries?' (Léon, Florestine, Almaviva, Rosina)
- 05:21No. 13 'I hope I'm not too late for your party' (Bergéass, Almaviva, Aristocrats, Rosina, Léon, Florestine, Chorus, Figaro, Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, Wilhelm, Susanna)
- 03:01No. 14 Interlude
- 04:05No. 15 'I am very well, my dear Marquis' (Duchess, Aristocrats, Marquis, Wilhelm, Chorus, Rosina, Florestine, Susanna, Léon, Almaviva)
- 07:06No. 16 Quintet 'O God of love, O Lord of light' (Almaviva, Rosina, Florestine, Léon, Susanna, Marie Antoinette)
- 03:10No. 17 'We are finished - Farewell, my faithful friend' (Susanna, Rosina, Florestine, Léon, Almaviva, Figaro, Duchess, Beaumarchais, Wilhelm)
- 03:13No. 18 'Look, her breathing is diminished' (Florestine, Rosina, Almaviva, Beaumarchais, Figaro, Léon, Wilhelm, Susanna, Bergéass, Duchess, Chorus)
- 02:00No. 19 'Goodbye, Figaro. Goodbye, Beaumarchais' (Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette)
- 05:01No. 20 Aria 'No, Beaumarchais. It is as it should have been. Once there was a golden bird' (Marie Antoinette, Beaumarchais)
- 03:29No. 21 'Come, Antonia' (Beaumarchais, Chorus)