Opera - The Bear

WILLIAM WALTON

The Bear (An extravaganza in one act)

53:18

1

LUKA: it is not just, Madam . . .

9:34

2

POPOVA: Who is that?

3:27

3

SMIRNOV: Fool! oaf! blockhead!

3:42

4

SMIRNOV: There! She's vanished

8:37

5

POPOVA: Sir, in my solitude

4:19

6

SMIRNOV: Madame, je vous prie

3:52

7

POPOVA: I was a constant, faithful wife

4:02

8

SMIRNOV: I'm sick of this mourning

8:39

9

SMIRNOV: Listen. . . Are you still angry?

7:07

Alan Opie baritone

Della Jones mezzo-soprano

John Shirley-Quirk bass

Richard Hickox

14-15 March 1993