Gordon: The House Without A Christmas Tree / Moore, Houston Grand Opera
Details
- Composer
- GORDON, RICKY IAN
- Artist
- Houston Grand Opera, Moore
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- PENTATONE
- Released
- Sep 21, 2018
- Catalog #
- PTC5186697
- UPC
- 827949069765
About
Precocious Addie Mills is smart and energetic, just like the mother she never knew. Addie has no idea why her father resents the holidays so intensely, refusing even to allow a Christmas tree in the house. But when she brings home a tree she won in a school contest, it paves the way for a miracle of sorts—her father’s broken soul is transformed. The House without a Christmas Tree, a new opera by Ricky Ian Gordon and Royce Vavrek that premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 2017, is based on the book by Gail Rock and the beloved 1972 television movie of the same name. Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956 in Oceanside, NY) studied piano, composition and acting, at Carnegie Mellon University. After moving to New York City, he quickly emerged as a leading writer of vocal music that spans art song, opera, and musical theater. Mr. Gordon’s songs have been performed and or recorded by such internationally renowned singers as Renee Fleming, Dawn Upshaw, Judy Collins, Kelli O’Hara, Audra MacDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Andrea Marcovicci, and the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, among many others. Royce Vavrek is a Canada-born, Brooklyn-based librettist and lyricist who has been called “the indie Hofmannsthal” (The New Yorker) a “Metastasio of the downtown opera scene” (The Washington Post), “an exemplary creator of operatic prose” (The New York Times), and “one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world” (CBC Radio). His opera “Angel’s Bone” with composer Du Yun was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Tracklist 17 tracks
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1 Prologue: I'm a writer now (Adelaide, Carolers) 04:51
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Prologue: I'm a writer now (Adelaide, Carolers)
- Duration
- 04:51
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Heidi Stober
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Juvenile Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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2 Scene 1: I bring great news (Addie, Grandma, Carla Mae) 07:38
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Scene 1: I bring great news (Addie, Grandma, Carla Mae)
- Duration
- 07:38
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Lauren Snouffer, Patricia Schuman, Megan Mikailovna Samarin
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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3 Interlude 1, "Snowballs": Carla Mae! (Addie, Billy Wild, Boys, Gloria Cott) 02:23
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Interlude 1, "Snowballs": Carla Mae! (Addie, Billy Wild, Boys, Gloria Cott)
- Duration
- 02:23
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Lauren Snouffer, Maximillian Macias, Elisabeth Leone
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Juvenile Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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4 Scene 2, "After Dinner": Ask him! (Grandma, Addie, Dad) 13:04
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Scene 2, "After Dinner": Ask him! (Grandma, Addie, Dad)
- Duration
- 13:04
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Patricia Schuman, Lauren Snouffer, Daniel Belcher
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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5 Scene 3, "Caroling": We don't want anyone left out of the gift exchange! (Miss Thompson, Billy Wild, Addie, Carolers, Grandma) 04:16
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Scene 3, "Caroling": We don't want anyone left out of the gift exchange! (Miss Thompson, Billy Wild, Addie, Carolers, Grandma)
- Duration
- 04:16
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Heidi Stober, Maximillian Macias, Lauren Snouffer, Patricia Schuman
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Juvenile Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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6 Scene 4, "Best Friends": I will live in the woods with Delmer Doakes (Carla Mae, Addie) 02:24
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Scene 4, "Best Friends": I will live in the woods with Delmer Doakes (Carla Mae, Addie)
- Duration
- 02:24
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Megan Mikailovna Samarin, Lauren Snouffer
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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7 Scene 5, "School Christmas": This is a present from Carla Mae to Delmer (Miss Thompson, Class, Addie, Gloria Cott) 06:04
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Scene 5, "School Christmas": This is a present from Carla Mae to Delmer (Miss Thompson, Class, Addie, Gloria Cott)
- Duration
- 06:04
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Heidi Stober, Lauren Snouffer, Elisabeth Leone
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Juvenile Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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8 Interlude 2, "Journey of the Christmas Tree, Part 1": You were lucky, Addie! (Carla Mae, Addie, Billy Wild) 01:42
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Interlude 2, "Journey of the Christmas Tree, Part 1": You were lucky, Addie! (Carla Mae, Addie, Billy Wild)
- Duration
- 01:42
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Megan Mikailovna Samarin, Lauren Snouffer, Maximillian Macias
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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9 Piano Interlude 1 00:31
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Piano Interlude 1
- Duration
- 00:31
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Jonathan Gmeinder
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10 Scene 6, "The House with a Christmas Tree": Oh, boy. (Grandma, Addie, Helen, Dad) 10:31
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Scene 6, "The House with a Christmas Tree": Oh, boy. (Grandma, Addie, Helen, Dad)
- Duration
- 10:31
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Patricia Schuman, Lauren Snouffer, Heidi Stober, Daniel Belcher
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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11 Piano Interlude 2 00:23
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Piano Interlude 2
- Duration
- 00:23
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Jonathan Gmeinder
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12 Scene 7, "Gentle Wisdom": He's mean (Addie, Grandma) 04:36
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Scene 7, "Gentle Wisdom": He's mean (Addie, Grandma)
- Duration
- 04:36
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Lauren Snouffer, Patricia Schuman
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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13 Interlude 3, "Journey of the Christmas Tree, Part 2": This. Is. Impossible. (Addie, Billy Wild, Gloria Cott) 02:40
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Interlude 3, "Journey of the Christmas Tree, Part 2": This. Is. Impossible. (Addie, Billy Wild, Gloria Cott)
- Duration
- 02:40
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Lauren Snouffer, Maximillian Macias, Elisabeth Leone
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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14 Scene 8, "A Gift, Not Charity": What happened to the tree? (Dad, Grandma, Addie, Adelaide) 02:29
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Scene 8, "A Gift, Not Charity": What happened to the tree? (Dad, Grandma, Addie, Adelaide)
- Duration
- 02:29
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Daniel Belcher, Patricia Schuman, Lauren Snouffer, Heidi Stober
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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15 Scene 9, "Nativity": Moo. Thank you. (Gloria Cott, Addie, Miss Thompson, Billy Wild, Full Company) 03:32
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Scene 9, "Nativity": Moo. Thank you. (Gloria Cott, Addie, Miss Thompson, Billy Wild, Full Company)
- Duration
- 03:32
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Elisabeth Leone, Lauren Snouffer, Heidi Stober, Maximillian Macias
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Juvenile Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore
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16 Piano Interlude 3 00:30
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Piano Interlude 3
- Duration
- 00:30
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Jonathan Gmeinder
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17 Scene 10, "A Surprise for Addie": What do you think? (Dad, Addie, Grandma, Full Company) - Epilogue, "New York City": That's where I grew up (Adelaide, Grandma, Dad) 05:42
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Scene 10, "A Surprise for Addie": What do you think? (Dad, Addie, Grandma, Full Company) - Epilogue, "New York City": That's where I grew up (Adelaide, Grandma, Dad)
- Duration
- 05:42
- Composer
- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performer
- Daniel Belcher, Lauren Snouffer, Patricia Schuman, Heidi Stober
- Ensemble
- Houston Grand Opera Juvenile Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Bradley Moore