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Dellaira: Arctic Explorations

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Details

Composer
Michael Dellaira
Artist
Nuka Alice, Nicole Haslett, Michael Celentano, Erin Brittain, Colin Levin, New Amsterdam Singers, Th
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 28, 2025
Catalog #
8669054
UPC
730099905473

About

Michael Dellaira has become one of America's leading opera composers, receiving acclaim and awards for compelling stage works including The Leopard (Naxos 8.669052-53). Based on Elisha Kent Kane's expedition to find the Northwest Passage in the mid-19th century, Arctic Explorations is a study on the human desire to discover what lies beyond the boundaries of our experience. The effects of global warming and the plight of the Inuit in one of the most beautiful but endangered places on earth also forms part of the narrative.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Prelude, "Sullualuk" (The Northwest Passage): Qaagit, Ujartigut (Chorus, Siarnaq) 03:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude, "Sullualuk" (The Northwest Passage): Qaagit, Ujartigut (Chorus, Siarnaq)
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Nuka Alice
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  2. 2 Scene 1, "Maggie Fox and the spirit circle": Margaret Fox Kane (that's me, though I was mostly known as Maggie) (Maggie, Chorus) 04:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 1, "Maggie Fox and the spirit circle": Margaret Fox Kane (that's me, though I was mostly known as Maggie) (Maggie, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Nicole Haslett
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  3. 3 Scene 2, "Lady Jane": Message from the President of the United States (Chorus, President, Lady Jane) 06:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 2, "Lady Jane": Message from the President of the United States (Chorus, President, Lady Jane)
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Michael Celentano, Erin Brittain
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  4. 4 Scene 3, "The Expedition": In the month of December, 1852 (Kane, Chorus) 03:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 3, "The Expedition": In the month of December, 1852 (Kane, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Colin Levin
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  5. 5 Scene 4, "Love Letters - Interlude 1": My dearest Maggie (Kane, Chorus, Maggie) 02:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 4, "Love Letters - Interlude 1": My dearest Maggie (Kane, Chorus, Maggie)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Colin Levin, Nicole Haslett
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  6. 6 Scene 5, "In the Ice": Bay ice, drift-ice, field-ice, floe (Chorus, Kane) 03:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 5, "In the Ice": Bay ice, drift-ice, field-ice, floe (Chorus, Kane)
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Colin Levin
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  7. 7 Scene 6, "Love Letters - Interlude 2": My dearest Maggie (Kane, Maggie) 01:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 6, "Love Letters - Interlude 2": My dearest Maggie (Kane, Maggie)
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Colin Levin, Nicole Haslett
    Ensemble
    The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  8. 8 Scene 7, "Siarnaq": In Christ there is no East or West (Chorus, Siarnaq, Kane) 07:55
    Track
    8
    Title
    Scene 7, "Siarnaq": In Christ there is no East or West (Chorus, Siarnaq, Kane)
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Nuka Alice, Colin Levin
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  9. 9 Scene 8, "Natural Laws": I am convinced (Kane, Maggie, Chorus) 02:47
    Track
    9
    Title
    Scene 8, "Natural Laws": I am convinced (Kane, Maggie, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Colin Levin, Nicole Haslett
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  10. 10 Scene 9, "Christmas": December 25, Christmas, Monday (Kane, Chorus) 02:35
    Track
    10
    Title
    Scene 9, "Christmas": December 25, Christmas, Monday (Kane, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Colin Levin
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  11. 11 Scene 10, "Sir John: Died in Her Majesty's service": In Christ there is no East or West (Chorus, Reporter, Lady Jane, Siarnaq, Kane) 05:01
    Track
    11
    Title
    Scene 10, "Sir John: Died in Her Majesty's service": In Christ there is no East or West (Chorus, Reporter, Lady Jane, Siarnaq, Kane)
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Robert Pietrzak, Erin Brittain, Nuka Alice, Colin Levin
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  12. 12 Scene 11, "The Escape": The summer was wearing on (Kane, Chorus) 05:27
    Track
    12
    Title
    Scene 11, "The Escape": The summer was wearing on (Kane, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Colin Levin
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  13. 13 Scene 12, "New York": October 12th, 1855 (Chorus, Siarnaq) 01:53
    Track
    13
    Title
    Scene 12, "New York": October 12th, 1855 (Chorus, Siarnaq)
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Nuka Alice
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  14. 14 Scene 13, "Spirit World": He died still a young man (Chorus, Maggie, Lady Jane, Siarnaq, Kane) 11:32
    Track
    14
    Title
    Scene 13, "Spirit World": He died still a young man (Chorus, Maggie, Lady Jane, Siarnaq, Kane)
    Duration
    11:32
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Performer
    Nicole Haslett, Erin Brittain, Nuka Alice, Colin Levin
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth
  15. 15 Postlude, "Sullualuk": We are the spirit of the Northwest Passage (Chorus) 02:18
    Track
    15
    Title
    Postlude, "Sullualuk": We are the spirit of the Northwest Passage (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Michael Dellaira
    Ensemble
    New Amsterdam Singers, The Harlem Chamber Players
    Conductor
    Clara Longstreth