Opera - Baa Baa Black Sheep
MICHAEL BERKELEY
(b. 1948)
Baa Baa Black Sheep
115:02
A Jungle Tale
An Opera in Three Acts
Text by David Malouf
Act I
1
Prelude
2:53
2
Scene 1. A Passage from India
9:04
3
Scene 2. In the House of Desolation
12:36
4
Scene 3. At the Council Rock
6:05
5
Scene 4. The Education of Mowgli
6:22
Act II
6
Scene 1. The Ways of Man
4:21
7
Scene 2. Akela Misses His Kill
10:03
8
Scene 3. A Death in the House
10:49
9
Scene 4. In the Village
17:58
Act III
10
Scene 1. Black Sheep
10:39
11
Scene 2. Letting in the Jungle
10:25
12
Scene 3. The Spring Running
11:14
13
Scene 4. Return
2:11
Malcolm Lorimer boy treble - Punch, Mowgli as a child
William Dazeley baritone- Mowgli, as a young man
Ann Taylor-Morley mezzo-soprano - Judy
George Mosley baritone - Father, Father Wolf, Messua's Husband
Eileen Hulse high soprano - Mother, Mother Wolf, Messua
Henry Newman bass-baritone - Captain, Akela
Fiona Kimm contralto - Auntirosa, Baldeo
Philip Sheffield tenor - Harry, Shere Khan
Ashley Holland bass-baritone - Bhini-in-the-Garden, Baloo
Clive Bayley bass-baritone - Meeta, Bagheera
Paul McCann tenor - Salaam-Captain-Sahib-Snake-Man, Ka
Brian Cookson tenor - Priest
Vivienne Bailey, Stephen Briggs, Bruce Budd, Anne-Marie Ives, Keith Mills, David Owen-Lewis, Lesley Roberts, Victoria Sharp - Wolves and Villagers
Paul Daniel
(Live), 13, 16, 17 and 19 November 1993
This recording was previously released on Collins Classics 70362