Opera - Paul Bunyan
An operetta in two acts and a prologue, Op. 17
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Paul Bunyan
110:30
Libretto by W.H. Auden
Thee Royal Opera Production
Directed for the stage by Francesca Zambello
Recorded 'live' during performances at Sadler's Wells Theatre
1
1
Introduction
1:09
2
2
Prologue
11:03
3
2A
First Ballad Interlude
2:45
Act I
Scene 1
4
3
Bunyan's Greeting
2:25
5
3A
Call of Lumberjacks
0:16
6
4
Lumberjacks' Chorus
2:07
7
4A
Bunyan's Welcome
0:25
8
5
Quartet of Swedes
1:20
9
6
Western Union Boy's Song
1:36
10
7
Cooks' Duet
3:39
11
8
Animal Trio
1:36
12
8A
Bunyan's Goodnight
0:21
13
8B
Exit of Lumberjacks
0:54
14
9
The Blues - Quartet of the Defeated
4:26
15
10
Bunyan's Goodnight (ii)
0:37
16
10A
Second Ballad Interlude
4:19
Scene 2
17
11
Food Chorus
4:29
18
12
Chorus Accusation
0:38
19
12A
Slim's Song
2:51
20
13
Bunyan's Return
0:47
21
14
Inkslinger's Song
4:59
22
14A
Entrance of Chorus
0:32
23
15
Tiny's Entrance
1:13
24
15A
Tiny's Song
4:39
25
16
Inkslinger's Regret
2:12
26
17
Bunyan's Goodnight (iii)
2:10
Act II
Scene 1
27
18
Bunyan's Good Morning
2:56
28
18A
Shears's Song
0:44
29
18B
Bunyan's Warning
0:23
30
19
Farmers' Song
1:54
31
19A
Farmers' Exit
1:06
32
20
The Mocking of Hel Helson
4:53
33
21
Fido's Sympathy
0:36
34
22
Cats' Creed
1:32
35
23
The Fight
1:16
36
Love Duet
2:27
37
Mock Funeral March
4:24
38
Hymn
3:15
39
24
Third Ballad Interlude
2:18
Scene 2
40
25
The Christmas Party
9:58
41
26
Bunyan's Farewell
2:15
42
27
Litany
7:05
Peter Coleman-Wright baritone - Narrator
Kenneth Cranham speaker - The Voice of John Bunyan
Kurt Streit tenor - Johnny Inkslinger
Susan Gritton soprano - Tiny
Kenneth Cranham tenor - Hot Biscuit Slim
Francis Egerton tenor - Sam Sharkey
Graeme Broadbent baritone - Ben Benny
Jeremy White bass - Hel Helson
Roderick Earle bass - John Shears
Lillian Watson soprano - Fido
Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano - Moppet
Kurt Streit mezzo-soprano - Poppet
Richard Hickox
23, 24 and 28 April 1999