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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.[1] It was first performed in 1986 by the Des Moines Metro Opera.

Recording

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  • 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

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  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."