Glass - Galileo Galilei | Orange Mountain Music OMM0091

Glass - Galileo Galilei

Label: Orange Mountain Music

Cat No: OMM0091

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 20th January 2014

Contents

Artists

Richard Troxell
Lindsay Ohse
Caitlin Mathes
Andre Chiang
Nicholas Nelson
Jose Rubio
Matthew Hayward
Anne Mckee Reed
Portland Opera
Portland Opera Orchestra

Conductor

Anne Manson

Works

Glass, Philip

Galileo Galilei

Artists

Richard Troxell
Lindsay Ohse
Caitlin Mathes
Andre Chiang
Nicholas Nelson
Jose Rubio
Matthew Hayward
Anne Mckee Reed
Portland Opera
Portland Opera Orchestra

Conductor

Anne Manson

About

Orange Mountain Music is proud to present the world premiere recording of Philip Glass’ opera Galileo Galilei. The opera draws from letters of Galileo and his family, along with various other documents, to retrospectively journey through Galileo’s life. 

The opera opens with him as an old, blind man after the inquisition for his heresy and explores his religiosity as well as his break with the church and expands into the greater oscillating relationship of science to both religion and art. It reaches its end with Galileo, as a young boy, watching an opera composed by his father.

Cast:
- Richard Troxell: Older Galileo
- Lindsay Ohse: Maria Celeste, Duchess Christina
- Caitlin Mathes: Maria Maddalena, A Scribe
- André Chiang: Younger Galileo, Salviati
- Nicholas Nelson: Pope Urban Viii, Cardinal Barberini, Simplicio
- José Rubio: Cardinal 3, Priest
- Matthew Hayward: Cardinal 2, Servant, Oracle 2
- Anne Mckee Reed: Sagredo, Marie de’ Medici, Eos

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