Richards: Blind Injustice / Cincinnati Opera

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Fanfare Cincinnati
Release Date
April 30, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RICHARDS, SCOTT DAVENPORT
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Cincinnati Opera, Cote
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 30, 2021
    • UPC
      870362000174
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FC-017
    • LABEL
      Fanfare Cincinnati
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Scene 1: Prologue (Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Lattanzi, Samuel Levine, Victoria Okafor

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    2. Scene 2: What Makes a Person (Prosecutor, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Lattanzi

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    3. Scene 3: I Used to Be That Guy (Defense Attorney)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Samuel Levine

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    4. Scene 4: Getting the Job Done (Prosecutor, Derrick's Mother, Earl Mann, Earl Mann's Cellmate, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Lattanzi, Deborah Nansteel, Morgan Smith, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    5. Scene 5: Find the Fault (Defense Attorney, Alesha)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Samuel Levine, Victoria Okafor

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    6. Scene 6: For Three Years I'd Drive Up I-75 (Alesha)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Victoria Okafor

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    7. Scene 7: Nancy's Story (Alesha, Nancy Smith, Derrick's Mother, Earl Mann, Earl Mann's Cellmate, Prosecutor)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Victoria Okafor, Maria Miller, Deborah Nansteel, Morgan Smith, Joseph Parrish, Joseph Lattanzi

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    8. Scene 8: Scene of the Crime (Laurese Glover, Derrick Wheatt, Eugene Johnson, Alesha)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Terrence Chin-Loy, Sankara Harouna, Miles Wilson-Toliver, Victoria Okafor

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    9. Scene 9: Hold On, Hold On (Prosecutor, Defense Attorney, Alesha)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Lattanzi, Samuel Levine, Victoria Okafor

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    10. Scene 10: The Wonder of Forensics (Prosecutor, Alesha, Derrick's Mother, Earl Mann, Earl Mann's Cellmate, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Lattanzi, Victoria Okafor, Deborah Nansteel, Morgan Smith, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    11. Scene 11: Judith Johnson (Prosecutor, Derrick's Mother, Earl Mann, Earl Mann's Cellmate, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Lattanzi, Deborah Nansteel, Morgan Smith, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    12. Scene 12: Clarence's Story (Prosecutor, Alesha, Clarence Elkins, Earl Mann, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Lattanzi, Victoria Okafor, Thomas J. Capobianco, Morgan Smith

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    13. Scene 13: Meet Rickey Jackson (Defense Attorney, Rickey Jackson, Derrick's Mother, Earl Mann, Earl Mann's Cellmate)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Samuel Levine, Eric Shane, Deborah Nansteel, Morgan Smith, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    14. Scene 14: All these Parents are Coming Forward (Defense Attorney, Alesha, Nancy Smith)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Samuel Levine, Victoria Okafor, Maria Miller

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    15. Scene 15: What the Children Said (Nancy Smith, Alesha, Derrick's Mother, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Maria Miller, Victoria Okafor, Deborah Nansteel

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    16. Scene 16: Guilty (Nancy Smith, Rickey Jackson, Laurese Glover, Derrick Wheatt, Eugene Johnson, Clarence Elkins, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Maria Miller, Eric Shane, Terrence Chin-Loy, Sankara Harouna, Miles Wilson-Toliver, Thomas J. Capobianco

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    17. Scene 17: Clarence in Hell (Clarence Elkins, Earl Mann, Earl Mann's Cellmate, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Terrence Chin-Loy, Morgan Smith, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    18. Scene 18: The Hole (Laurese Glover)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Terrence Chin-Loy

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    19. Scene 19: The Shame of Lorain (Defense Attorney, Alesha, Nancy Smith, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Samuel Levine, Victoria Okafor, Maria Miller

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    20. Scene 20: Eugene is Free (Prosecutor, Defense Attorney, Alesha, Eugene Johnson, Derrick's Mother, Earl Mann, Earl Mann's Cellmate, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Lattanzi, Samuel Levine, Victoria Okafor, Miles Wilson-Toliver, Deborah Nansteel, Morgan Smith, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    21. Scene 21: Cuyahoga (Derrick Wheatt, Laurese Glover, Eugene Johnson, Alesha)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Sankara Harouna, Terrence Chin-Loy, Miles Wilson-Toliver, Victoria Okafor

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    22. Scene 22: Visiting Day (Derrick Wheatt, Derrick's Mother)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Sankara Harouna, Deborah Nansteel

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    23. Scene 23: Coping (Nancy Smith, Laurese Glover, Clarence Elkins, Derrick Wheatt, Eugene Johnson)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Maria Miller, Terrence Chin-Loy, Thomas J. Capobianco, Sankara Harouna, Miles Wilson-Toliver

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    24. Scene 24: Reading Circle (Rickey Jackson, Clarence Elkins, Laurese Glover, Eugene Johnson, Derrick Wheatt, Earl Mann, Earl Mann's Cellmate)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Eric Shane, Thomas J. Capobianco, Terrence Chin-Loy, Miles Wilson-Toliver, Sankara Harouna, Morgan Smith, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    25. Scene 25: You Got to Act As If (Derrick Wheatt, Rickey Jackson, Nancy Miller, Clarence Elkins, Eugene Johnson, Laurese Glover, Alesha, Earl Mann's Cellmate)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Sankara Harouna, Eric Shane, Maria Miller, Thomas J. Capobianco, Miles Wilson-Toliver, Terrence Chin-Loy, Victoria Okafor, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    26. Scene 26: Cracks in the Case (Prosecutor, Defense Attorney, Alesha, Derrick's Mother, Earl Mann's Cellmate, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Lattanzi, Samuel Levine, Victoria Okafor, Deborah Nansteel, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    27. Scene 27: Earl Mann (Defense Attorney, Prosecutor, Clarence Elkins, Earl Mann, Earl Mann's Cellmate, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Samuel Levine, Joseph Lattanzi, Thomas J. Capobianco, Morgan Smith, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    28. Scene 28: Blind (Laurese Glover, Prosecutor, Derrick Wheatt, Eugene Johnson, Defense Attorney, Alesha, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Terrence Chin-Loy, Joseph Lattanzi, Sankara Harouna, Miles Wilson-Toliver, Samuel Levine, Victoria Okafor

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    29. Scene 29: Defense vs. Prosecution (Prosecutor, Defense Attorney, Alesha, Nancy Smith, Rickey Jackson, Laurese Glover, Derrick Wheatt, Eugene Johnson, Clarense Elkins, Derrick's Mother, Earl Mann, Earl Mann's Cellmate, Chorus)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Lattanzi, Samuel Levine, Victoria Okafor, Maria Miller, Eric Shane, Terrence Chin-Loy, Sankara Harouna, Miles Wilson-Toliver, Thomas J. Capobianco, Deborah Nansteel, Morgan Smith, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    30. Scene 30: Exonerated (Clarence Elkins, Laurese Glover, Defense Attorney, Eugene Johnson, Nancy Smith, Rickey Jackson)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas J. Capobianco, Terrence Chin-Loy, Samuel Levine, Miles Wilson-Toliver, Eric Shane

      Conductor: John Morris Russell

    31. Scene 31: What Makes a Person Free – Finale (All)

      Composer: Scott Davenport Richards

      Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Young Professionals Choral Collective

      Performer: Joseph Lattanzi, Samuel Levine, Victoria Okafor, Maria Miller, Terrence Chin-Loy, Sankara Harouna, Miles Wilson-Toliver, Eric Shane, Thomas J. Capobianco, Deborah Nansteel, Morgan Smith, Joseph Parrish

      Conductor: John Morris Russell


Cincinnati Opera’s newest release is a live recording of the world premiere production of Blind Injustice, with music by Scott Davenport Richards and libretto by David Cote. Developed in collaboration with the Ohio Innocence Project (OIP) and the Cincinnati-based ensemble Young Professionals Choral Collective, Blind Injustice explores the true stories of six individuals who were wrongfully imprisoned and ultimately freed by the OIP. The opera’s narrative was drawn from the book Blind Injustice written by OIP director and formal federal prosecutor Mark Godsey, as well as personal interviews with the six exonerees. The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra’s John Morris Russell conducts, with stage direction and dramaturgy by Robin Guarino. Hailed as “a powerful piece of music theater” by The Wall Street Journal and “a moving new work” by Opera News, Cincinnati Opera’s world premiere production of Blind Injustice explores the true stories of six individuals who were tried, convicted, imprisoned, and ultimately freed by the Ohio Innocence Project. With a “rich soundscape” (NPR’s All Things Considered) featuring elements of opera, pop, jazz, and blues, Blind Injustice interweaves the exonerees’ individual stories to create a moving portrait of perseverance, grace, and forgiveness.