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I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky
* San Francisco, War Memorial Opera House
Performance : Friday 07 October 2005
"In House"
Gerald Finley Kristine Jepson Richard Paul Fink Thomas Glenn James Maddalena Eric Owens Jay Hunter Morris Beth Clayton Seth Durrant |
– J. Robert Oppenheimer – Kitty Oppenheimer – Edward Teller – Robert Wilson – Jack Hubbard – General Leslie Groves – Captain James Nolan – Pasqualita – Peter Oppenheimer |
San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Donald Runnicles
Recording location : Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet
Recording date : December 2000
Dawn Upshaw Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Willard White |
London Voices, Theatre of Voices, Maîtrise de Paris
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester
conducted by Kent Nagano
Performance : Friday 15 December 2000
World Première
Broadcast : France Musiques, Wednesday 31 January 2001
Dawn Upshaw Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Willard White |
London Voices, Theatre of Voices, Maîtrise de Paris
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester
conducted by Kent Nagano
I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky
Recording location : Arabian Studiot, Helsinki and Avatar Studios, New York City
Recording date : December 1996 and May 1997
Audra McDonald Michael McElroy Welly Yang Angela Teek Darius de Haas Marin Mazzie Richard Muenz |
– Consuelo – Dewain – Rick – Leila – David – Tiffany – Mike |
Ensemble
conducted by John Adams
Recording location : New York City (NY), RCA Studio A
Recording date : December 1987
James Maddalena Carolann Page John Duykers Trudy Ellen Craney Sanford Sylvan Thomas Hammons Mari Opatz Stephanie Friedman Marion Dry |
– Richard Nixon – Pat Nixon – Mao Tse-Tung – Chiang Ch'ing – Chou En-Lai – Henry Kissinger – Mao's 1st Secretary – Mao 2nd Secretary – Mao's 3rd Secretary |
Chorus
Orchestra of St. Lukes
conducted by Edo de Waart
Performance : Saturday 10 June 2000
James Maddalena Janis Kelly Robert Brubaker Judith Howarth David Kempster Stephen Owen Victoria Simmons Ethna Robinson Rebecca de Pont Davies |
– Richard Nixon – Pat Nixon – Mao Tse-Tung – Chiang Ch'ing – Chou En-Lai – Henry Kissinger / Lao Szu – Mao's 1st Secretary – Mao 2nd Secretary – Mao's 3rd Secretary |
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Paul Daniel
Recording location : Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyon, France
Recording date : April and July 1991
Sanford Sylvan Sheila Nadler James Maddalena Thomas Hammons Janice Felty Thomas Young Eugene Perry Stephanie Friedman |
– Leon Klinghoffer / Harry Rumor – Marilyn Klinghoffer – The Captain – The First Officer / Rambo – Swiss Grandmother / British Dancing Girl / Austrian Woman – Molqi / Jonathan Rumor – Mamoud – Alma Rumor / Omar |
London Opera Chorus
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
conducted by Kent Nagano
* Amsterdam, Het Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal
Concert performance : Saturday 20 October 2001
Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 03 August 2002
Sanford Sylvan Nancy Maultsby James Maddalena Juha Uusitalo Renée Morlock Ajella Cullag Annett Andriessen Christopher Lemmings Juha Kotilainen Thomas Young Anke Vondung |
– Leon Klinghoffer – Marilyn Klinghoffer – The Captain – The First Officer / Rambo – Swiss Grandmother – British Dancing Girl – Austrian Woman – Molqi – Mamoud – Jonathan Rumor – Omar |
Groot Omroepkoor
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
conducted by Edo de Waart
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