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The Tempest (Hoiby)

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The Tempest is an opera in three acts by the American composer Lee Hoiby to a libretto by Mark Shulgasser adapted from Shakespeare's The Tempest. It was first performed in 1986 by the Des Moines Metro Opera.

Recording

  • The Tempest – Robert Balonek (baritone), Molly Davey (soprano), Catherine Webber (soprano), Joshua Benevento (tenor), Anthony Caputo (tenor), Julian Whitley (tenor), Rasdia Wilmot (alto), Jeffrey Taveras (vocals), JungBum Heo (vocals), Derek Greten-Harrison (counter-tenor), Said Pressley (vocals), D'ana Lombard (vocals), Diana Wangerin (vocals), Ilene Pabon (vocals), Purchase Symphony Orchestra, Hugh Murphy. Purchase Opera, Director Jacque Trussel. Albany Records 2009

References

  1. Elise Kuhl Kirk, American Opera, 2001 ISBN 9780252073021, p. 432: "The Tempest: Opera in Three Acts; libretto adapted from the play of William Shakespeare by Mark Shulgasser."
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