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Puts: Silent Night / Lewis, Minnesota Opera
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Puts: Silent Night / Lewis, Minnesota Opera

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Composer
PUTS, KEVIN
Artist
Lewis
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 12, 2021
Catalog #
8669050-51
UPC
730099905077

About

Kevin Puts is one of America’s most exciting and important composers. His first opera, Silent Night, with a libretto by Mark Campbell, was commissioned by Minnesota Opera. It premiered in 2011 and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. A work profound and sweeping emotional power, it has since entered the modern operatic repertoire with remarkable speed, enjoying world-wide performances. The opera is based on Christian Carion’s screen-play for the 2005 French war film Joyeux Noël, and its fictionalized subject is the series of Christmas truces on the Western Front in 1914.

REVIEWS:

American composer Kevin Puts’ first opera, Silent Night, with a libretto by Mark Campbell, was commissioned by Minnesota Opera, the house where this live recording was made. The opera's subject is the Christmas truce on the Western Front in 1914.

Various languages are used in the opera, German, French, English, Italian, and even Latin.

Puts and Campbell have packed the serious theme into a complex score, very colorful and modern in style, with painfully dissonant and wonderfully lyrical moments. Overall, the opera is good for an impressive musical experience, though the question is whether the visuals of the theatrical experience are missing from the audio recording. On the other hand, with just the audio there is more focus on the music, and it is, after all, quite expressive and convincingly performed in this live recording.

-- Pizzicato

As we have already heard in his orchestral works, Puts is a highly compelling and innovative orchestrator, and here he is equally compelling in the field of opera where he works within the conventions of solos, duets and choruses. They are then brought together by the British-born conductor, Courtney Lewis. It is not the type of story you can enjoy, but the opera, which takes two hours, must rank amongst the most outstanding staged in recent times. Add to this the ideally balanced recording, and it becomes self-recommending. The twin disc comes with English. This, and the slim two disc jewel case with notes on the artists, is then presented in a cardboard box.

– David's Review Corner (David Denton)

Tracklist 38 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act I Prologue: Ogni notte (Anna, Nikolaus, German General, German Soldiers) 02:50
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I Prologue: Ogni notte (Anna, Nikolaus, German General, German Soldiers)
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Karin Wolverton, Miles Mykkanen, Matthew Opitz
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  3. 2 Act I Prologue: Jonathan! (Palmer, Jonathan, William, Scottish Soldiers) 01:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I Prologue: Jonathan! (Palmer, Jonathan, William, Scottish Soldiers)
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Troy Cook, Christian Sanders, Charles Eaton
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  4. 3 Act I Prologue: Ne pars pas si tu (Madeleine, Audebert, French Soldiers) 01:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I Prologue: Ne pars pas si tu (Madeleine, Audebert, French Soldiers)
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Danielle Beckvermit, Edward Parks
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  5. 4 Act I Prologue: One more week here in Glasgow (William, Jonathan, Palmer, Nikolaus, Audebert, Scottish, German and French Soldiers) 01:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I Prologue: One more week here in Glasgow (William, Jonathan, Palmer, Nikolaus, Audebert, Scottish, German and French Soldiers)
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Charles Eaton, Christian Sanders, Troy Cook, Miles Mykkanen, Edward Parks
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  6. 5 Act I Scene 1: Come on, brother (Jonathan, William) 04:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Come on, brother (Jonathan, William)
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Christian Sanders, Charles Eaton
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  7. 6 Act I Scene 2A: How many? (Gordon, Palmer, Jonathan, A Scottish Soldier) 02:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I Scene 2A: How many? (Gordon, Palmer, Jonathan, A Scottish Soldier)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Christian Thurston, Troy Cook, Christian Sanders
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  8. 7 Act I Scene 2B: Combien? (Audebert, A French Soldier, French General, Ponchel) 04:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I Scene 2B: Combien? (Audebert, A French Soldier, French General, Ponchel)
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Edward Parks, William Clay Thompson, Andrew Wilkowske
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  9. 8 Act I Scene 2B: Blessés: Grabert, Pierre (Audebert) 03:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I Scene 2B: Blessés: Grabert, Pierre (Audebert)
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Edward Parks
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  10. 9 Act I Scene 2C: Sleep… (Scottish, French and German Soldiers) 03:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I Scene 2C: Sleep… (Scottish, French and German Soldiers)
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  11. 10 Act I Scene 2C: Anna, meine Anna (Nikolaus) 01:27
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I Scene 2C: Anna, meine Anna (Nikolaus)
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Miles Mykkanen
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  12. 11 Act I Scene 2C: Interlude: Night Becomes Day 01:14
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act I Scene 2C: Interlude: Night Becomes Day
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  13. 12 Act I Scene 3A: Christbäume (Horstmayer, Nikolaus, A German Sentry, A German Soldier) 03:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act I Scene 3A: Christbäume (Horstmayer, Nikolaus, A German Sentry, A German Soldier)
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Joshua Jeremiah, Miles Mykkanen, Clark Weyrauch
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  14. 13 Act I Scene 3B: Regardez ça (French Soldiers, Ponchel, Audebert) 04:56
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act I Scene 3B: Regardez ça (French Soldiers, Ponchel, Audebert)
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Andrew Wilkowske, Edward Parks
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  15. 14 Act I Scene 3C: Mother, William and I have received your package (Jonathan, Palmer) 02:07
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act I Scene 3C: Mother, William and I have received your package (Jonathan, Palmer)
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Christian Sanders, Troy Cook
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  16. 15 Act I Scene 4: Per una notte sola! (Anna, Nikolaus, Kronprinz) 01:42
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act I Scene 4: Per una notte sola! (Anna, Nikolaus, Kronprinz)
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Karin Wolverton, Miles Mykkanen, Stephen Martin
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  17. 16 Act I Scene 4: Komm, Frühling! (Anna, Nikolaus) 03:00
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act I Scene 4: Komm, Frühling! (Anna, Nikolaus)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Karin Wolverton, Miles Mykkanen
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  18. 17 Act I Scene 4: Sieht aus wie der Balkon, auf dem wir uns begegnet sind (Anna, Nikolaus) 06:21
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act I Scene 4: Sieht aus wie der Balkon, auf dem wir uns begegnet sind (Anna, Nikolaus)
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Karin Wolverton, Miles Mykkanen
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  19. 18 Act I Scene 5: And where did you find that?! (Palmer, A Scottish Soldier) 01:06
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act I Scene 5: And where did you find that?! (Palmer, A Scottish Soldier)
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Troy Cook
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  20. 19 Act I Scene 5: Many the miles I have travel'd (Palmer, Gordon, Ponchel, Horstmayer, Nikolaus, Scottish Soldiers) 02:10
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act I Scene 5: Many the miles I have travel'd (Palmer, Gordon, Ponchel, Horstmayer, Nikolaus, Scottish Soldiers)
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Troy Cook, Christian Thurston, Andrew Wilkowske, Joshua Jeremiah, Miles Mykkanen
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  21. 20 Act I Scene 5: Hab Freude im Herzen, O Christenheit! (Nikolaus, Ponchel, Gordon, Palmer, Horstmayer, French Sentry, Audebert, Scottish Soldiers) 01:45
    Track
    20
    Title
    Act I Scene 5: Hab Freude im Herzen, O Christenheit! (Nikolaus, Ponchel, Gordon, Palmer, Horstmayer, French Sentry, Audebert, Scottish Soldiers)
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Miles Mykkanen, Andrew Wilkowske, Christian Thurston, Troy Cook, Joshua Jeremiah, Edward Parks
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  22. 21 Act I Scene 5: Dormi, Jesu! (Nikolaus, Horstmayer, French Soldiers, Gordon, Scottish Soldiers, German Soldiers, Ponchel, Audebert) 02:51
    Track
    21
    Title
    Act I Scene 5: Dormi, Jesu! (Nikolaus, Horstmayer, French Soldiers, Gordon, Scottish Soldiers, German Soldiers, Ponchel, Audebert)
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Miles Mykkanen, Joshua Jeremiah, Christian Thurston, Andrew Wilkowske, Edward Parks
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  23. 22 Act I Scene 5: Gentlemen… (Gordon, Nikolaus, Audebert, Horstmayer, Ponchel, German, Scottish and French Soldiers, Palmer, Anna) 06:18
    Track
    22
    Title
    Act I Scene 5: Gentlemen… (Gordon, Nikolaus, Audebert, Horstmayer, Ponchel, German, Scottish and French Soldiers, Palmer, Anna)
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Christian Thurston, Miles Mykkanen, Edward Parks, Joshua Jeremiah, Andrew Wilkowske, Troy Cook, Karin Wolverton
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  24. 23 Act I Scene 5: I can still hear you… (Jonathan, A German Soldier, Palmer, Gordon, Nikolaus, Audebert, Horstmayer, Ponchel, Scottish Soldiers) 02:35
    Track
    23
    Title
    Act I Scene 5: I can still hear you… (Jonathan, A German Soldier, Palmer, Gordon, Nikolaus, Audebert, Horstmayer, Ponchel, Scottish Soldiers)
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Christian Sanders, Troy Cook, Christian Thurston, Miles Mykkanen, Edward Parks, Joshua Jeremiah, Andrew Wilkowske
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  25. 24 Act I Scene 5: Dona nobis pacem (Anna, Palmer) 04:11
    Track
    24
    Title
    Act I Scene 5: Dona nobis pacem (Anna, Palmer)
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Karin Wolverton, Troy Cook
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  26. Disc 2
  27. 1 Act II Scene 1: Interlude - Was soll das? (German Soldiers, Gordon, Palmer, Horstmayer, Audebert) 05:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Interlude - Was soll das? (German Soldiers, Gordon, Palmer, Horstmayer, Audebert)
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Christian Thurston, Troy Cook, Joshua Jeremiah, Edward Parks
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  28. 2 Act II Scene 1: Well, here we are (Gordon, Horstmayer, Audebert, Ponchel) 05:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Well, here we are (Gordon, Horstmayer, Audebert, Ponchel)
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Christian Thurston, Joshua Jeremiah, Edward Parks, Andrew Wilkowske
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  29. 3 Act II Scene 2: Interlude: Burying the Dead 03:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Interlude: Burying the Dead
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  30. 4 Act II Scene 2: Irgendwo, irgendwann (Anna) 05:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Irgendwo, irgendwann (Anna)
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Karin Wolverton
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  31. 5 Act II Scene 3: Despicable! (British Major, Kronprinz, French General) 02:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Despicable! (British Major, Kronprinz, French General)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Nicholas Davis, Stephen Martin, William Clay Thompson
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  32. 6 Act II Scene 3: Well, I'm afraid that's it (Gordon, Horstmayer, Audebert) 01:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Well, I'm afraid that's it (Gordon, Horstmayer, Audebert)
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Christian Thurston, Joshua Jeremiah, Edward Parks
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  33. 7 Act II Scene 4: Ich erhielt gerade Nachricht (Horstmayer, Anna, Nikolaus) 03:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: Ich erhielt gerade Nachricht (Horstmayer, Anna, Nikolaus)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Joshua Jeremiah, Karin Wolverton, Miles Mykkanen
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  34. 8 Act II Scene 4: Nous demandons (Anna, Nikolaus, Audebert, Ponchel) 02:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: Nous demandons (Anna, Nikolaus, Audebert, Ponchel)
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Karin Wolverton, Miles Mykkanen, Edward Parks, Andrew Wilkowske
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  35. 9 Act II Scene 4: It was the most amazing thing (Scottish, German and French Soldiers, Jonathan, Audebert) 02:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: It was the most amazing thing (Scottish, German and French Soldiers, Jonathan, Audebert)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Christian Sanders, Edward Parks
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  36. 10 Act II Scene 5: I don't have to tell you (British Major, Palmer) 02:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II Scene 5: I don't have to tell you (British Major, Palmer)
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Nicholas Davis, Troy Cook
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  37. 11 Act II Scene 5: Ponchel. Que s'est-il passé? (Audebert, Ponchel) 01:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II Scene 5: Ponchel. Que s'est-il passé? (Audebert, Ponchel)
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Edward Parks, Andrew Wilkowske
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  38. 12 Act II Scene 5: Make me a channel of Your peace (Palmer) 01:18
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II Scene 5: Make me a channel of Your peace (Palmer)
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Troy Cook
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  39. 13 Act II Scene 5: Si vous êtes venu me faire la morale… (Audebert, French General) 03:00
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II Scene 5: Si vous êtes venu me faire la morale… (Audebert, French General)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Edward Parks, William Clay Thompson
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  40. 14 Act II Scene 5: In zwei Tagen (Kronprinz, Horstmayer, A French Soldier, A German Soldier, A Scottish Soldier) 05:32
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II Scene 5: In zwei Tagen (Kronprinz, Horstmayer, A French Soldier, A German Soldier, A Scottish Soldier)
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Stephen Martin, Joshua Jeremiah
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Opera Chorus, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Courtney Lewis