The Ghosts of Versailles (complete opera) Los Angeles Opera WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING

Pentatone PTC 5186 538

Track List

1) “Mon coursier hors d’haleine” 7:11
2) “All-powerful Queen of Beauty and ruler of my willing heart” 1:44
3) “They are always with me: the unbounded waiting, the odor of blood on steel, the terrible sound” 8:09
4) “My wife was always hard to please” 2:17
5) “Oh no. Here we go again!!” 1:39
6) “They wish they could kill me” 8:43
7) “Bravo, Beaumarchais! Brilliant!” - “Then why are you weeping, your Majesty?” 2:12
8) “Magic! It is Paris, the autumn of ‘93” 2:52
9) “And with the one million pounds, grant Her Majesty a safe refuge in the New World” 3:51
10) “Fool! Idiot! Moron! You forgot where Almaviva plans to sell the jewels?” 1:12
11) “I can’t wait to betray Almaviva” 2:20
12) “Oh, the lion may roar and the eagle may soar.” 3:58
13) “I remember, Master, I remember!” 1:18
14) "Poor Florestine, I pity her." 1:59
15) “New Scene: Rosina’s boudoir. They say New York is a lively town” 2:09
16) “Now we go back in time” - ‘Cherubino, Cherubino’ 0:48
17) "Look at the green here in the glade" 7:33
18) “No. I’ve had enough. I see what’s happening here” 2:26
19) “Selamünaleyküm {Welcome!}” 4:02
20) “His Excellency, the English Ambassador” 2:36
21) “I am in a valley and you are in a valley” 3:37
22) “Ya omri. Limatha hajartani?” 3:00
23) “Tafaddaloo marhabun bikoom” - “Shall we?” 5:07

CD2

24) “Hurry, hurry... It’s late! The second act is beginning!” 3:01
25) "Watch. Now Figaro comes back" 2:21
26) “Wait!... Figaro was supposed to return the necklace” 5:12
27) "Damn that Figaro. He's your husband" 1:36
28) "As summer brings a wistful breeze" 3:05
29) “And now I must go" - "Bless you, Madam, bless you" 1:24
30) "What is happening?" 1:55
31) "Antoinette, we want your head!" - "Order Order!" 0:54
32) “Marie Antoinette of Lorraine and Austria" 6:38
33) “Monarchy. Revolution. It’s all the same to me” - “Women of  Paris, listen!” 5:46
34) "Welcome, Madeleine, welcome" 3:09
35) "Remember the chestnut trees in the gardens of the Tuileries?" 3:03
36) “I hope I’m not too late for your party” 5:20
37) Interlude 3:01
38) “I am very well, my dear Marquis” 4:05
39) "O God of love, O Lord of light" 7:06
40) "We are finished" - "Farewell, my faithful friend" 3:09
41) "Look, her breathing is diminished" 3:12
42) Goodbye, Figaro. Goodbye, Beaumarchais" 1:59
43) "No, Beaumarchais. It is as it should have been. Once I was a golden bird" 5:01
44) "Come, Antonia" 3:29

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