Griffelkin (1953-1955)
Gil Rose, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Back Bay Chorale, Boston Children's Opera, Marion Dry (Alto), Kendra Colton (Soprano), Elizabeth Keusch (Soprano), Yeghishe Manucharyan (Tenor), Drew Poling (Baritone), David Cushing (Bass), Emily Browder (Soprano), Misa Ann Iwama (Mezzo-soprano), Janna Baty (Soprano), Aaron Engebreth (Baritone), Lynn Torgove (Mezzo-soprano), Anne Harley (Soprano), Anne-Carolyn Bird (Soprano), Glorivy Arroyo (Mezzo-soprano), Elinor Broadman (Voice), Sarah Eggleston (Voice), Alison Howe (Voice), Charlotte Oldsman (Voice), Rosalie Sard (Voice), Rebekah Shaughnessy (Voice), Nikolai van Krusenstiern (Voice)
April 2002, Worcester, Massachusetts, Mechanics Hall, Worcester
Act 1. Prologue
- 02:071. When the moon grows round and the dark grows double (Devils, Devils’ Grandmother)
- 04:402. You haven't swept up very snugly (Devils’ Grandmother, Devils, Griffelkin)
- 01:453. Hurry up now! Light the fire! (Devils’ Grandmother, Devils)
- 05:454. O Devils’ Grandmother, you mean I can play in the world (Griffelkin, Devils’ Grandmother, Devils)
- 02:135. Entr'acte
- 03:556. Dance. 'You have learned to bewitch' (Devils’ Grandmother)
Act 2
- 04:351. Head over heels now here I come! (Griffelkin)
- 02:222. Bottle, we're off! (Griffelkin, Statue)
- 00:253. I'll try over there across the square (Griffelkin)
- 03:034. Good morning. Good gracious, you look like the devil (Letterbox, Griffelkin)
- 01:245. I've made a mistake (Griffelkin, Boy, Children)
- 04:096. Why, why can't you leave us (Lions, Griffelkin)
- 02:217. Did you turn them back into stone? (Girl, Griffelkin, Mother)
- 02:308. Where have you been? (Mother, Girl, Griffelkin)
- 02:579. Have I been dreaming? (Mother, Shopkeeper, Policeman)
- 03:0110. Now you can see, I'm a master of magic (Griffelkin, Girl, Shopkeeper, Toys)
- 03:1011. Come dance, come dance, round and round (Griffelkin, Girl)
- 02:4412. Toys! Fiddlers, drummers! (Griffelkin, Girl, Toys)
- 08:4213. Oh no! Oh no! Who would believe it! (Housewives, Griffelkin, Policeman, Letterbox, Lions, Statue, Toys)
Act 3
- 03:221. Disaster, calamity, dreadful, insane (Housewives, Policeman, Shopkeeper, Letterbox, Statue, Toys, Lions)
- 03:222. Almost empty, only a drop (Griffelkin)
- 02:353. Mother, your lips are silent (Boy, Girl, Griffelkin)
- 03:044. Here I am! (Griffelkin, Girl)
- 01:485. Tell me please, tell me only: what is death? (Griffelkin, Girl, Boy)
- 09:156. Good! Good! Good! Good! (Devils, Devils’ Grandmother, Griffelkin, Oldest Devil)I'll bring her back with a sprinkle of magic (Griffelkin, Mother, Boy, Girl)
- 02:427. O, dark winds will haunt me (Griffelkin)
- 05:438. Why Griffelkin, good morning! (Girl, Boy, Griffelkin, Policeman, Housewives, Shopkeeper, Mother)
- 04:179. What a strange, round world (Children, Grownups)
- 04:4610. I'll bring her back with a sprinkle of magic (Griffelkin, Mother, Boy, Girl)
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