Heggie: Great Scott

Heggie: Great Scott

The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato

2016

Like Puccini’s Tosca, Heggie’s Great Scott is an opera about an opera singer, in this case Arden Scott. The role was written for Joyce DiDonato, and she sings to great effect in a recording made at the 2015 premiere run. It certainly packs a lot in: in addition to being about the rehearsals for a resuscitated opera, Rosa Dolorosa, Figlia di Pompei, Great Scott also features the Super Bowl as a looming presence. Total commitment and some terrific individual performances by Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez and Anthony Roth Costanzo make this well worth hearing.

Overtures to Great Scott and Rosa Dolorosa, Figlia di Pompei (Orchestra)

Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra

7:19

Rehearsal, Part One (Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony, Wendell, Roane)

The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Rodell Rosel, Patrick Summers, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Michael Mayes

1:47

The Wedding Procession from Rosa Dolorosa (Arden, Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony, Wendell, Roane, Chorus)

Rodell Rosel, Anthony Roth Costanzo, The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Ailyn Pérez, Frederica von Stade, Kevin Burdette, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Mayes

4:35

"Vesuvio, il mio unico amico" (Arden, Winnie, Tatyana, Wendell)

Ailyn Pérez, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, Michael Mayes

5:05

"Five years ago..." (Arden)

Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Joyce DiDonato

4:14

Ensemble and Cabaletta (Arden, Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony, Wendell, Roane, Chorus)

Kevin Burdette, Ailyn Pérez, Frederica von Stade, Anthony Roth Costanzo, The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers, Rodell Rosel, Joyce DiDonato, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Michael Mayes

4:57

Break (Roane, Chorus)

Anthony Roth Costanzo, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers

1:05

"Talk to me about Roane, Winnie" (Eric, Winnie, Roane)

The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Kevin Burdette, Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade, Anthony Roth Costanzo

3:56

"The writing's on the wall" (Roane, Eric)

Kevin Burdette, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers, Anthony Roth Costanzo

2:51

"What are the Grizzlies' chances?" (Wendell, Anthony, Winnie)

Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Rodell Rosel, Michael Mayes

2:03

"I want to be America's soprano" (Tatyana, Anthony, Wendell, Eric, Winnie)

Ailyn Pérez, Patrick Summers, Kevin Burdette, Frederica von Stade, Rodell Rosel, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Michael Mayes

5:12

Duet Scene (Arden, Winnie)

Frederica von Stade, Joyce DiDonato, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers

5:57

"Oh, Mrs. F" (Arden, Winnie)

Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Joyce DiDonato

3:35

"Sorry Tommy's late" (Sid, Arden, Tommy, Winnie, Roane)

Nathan Gunn, Joyce DiDonato, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Frederica von Stade, Mark Hancock, Patrick Summers, Anthony Roth Costanzo

10:43

Rehearsal, Part Two (Roane, Wendell, Anthony, Eric, Tatyana, Arden, Tommy, Chorus)

Ailyn Pérez, Anthony Roth Costanzo, The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Kevin Burdette, Joyce DiDonato, Mark Hancock, Rodell Rosel, Michael Mayes

5:11

"I get scared, too, Tommy" (Arden, Tommy, Eric)

Patrick Summers, Mark Hancock, Kevin Burdette, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Joyce DiDonato

4:37

The Fountain Dance (Chorus)

The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra

1:37

"It's a disaster" (Eric, Winnie, Wendell, Arden, Tatyana, Anthony, Chorus)

Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Rodell Rosel, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Kevin Burdette, The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Mayes

3:46

Prelude (Chorus)

The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra

1:58

"The Starry-Spangled Banner" (Tatyana, Chorus)

The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Ailyn Pérez, The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers

4:08

"Arden, you have seen the future" (Arden, Winnie, Eric, Roane, Wendell, Anthony)

Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Rodell Rosel, Frederica von Stade, Kevin Burdette, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Mayes

4:04

Rosa Dolorosa, Act One (Arden, Wendell, Anthony, Tatyana, Tommy, Chorus)

Joyce DiDonato, The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers, Mark Hancock, Rodell Rosel, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Ailyn Pérez, Michael Mayes

6:32

"I thought that went extremely well" (Anthony, Arden, Wendell, Tommy, Eric, Tatyana)

Kevin Burdette, Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Pérez, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers, Mark Hancock, Rodell Rosel, Michael Mayes

2:01

Sid and Arden (Arden, Sid, Roane)

Nathan Gunn, Anthony Roth Costanzo, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato

7:02

"I don't care how good 'what' was" (Roane, Arden, Eric, Anthony, Wendell)

Rodell Rosel, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Michael Mayes

4:21

"You'll never be her" (Arden)

Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Joyce DiDonato

2:48

"Buona sera, Rosa" (Arden, Bazzetti)

Kevin Burdette, Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Joyce DiDonato

1:48

"Look for me, I'm there" (Arden, Bazzetti)

The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Kevin Burdette

6:21

"All that you leave behind" (Arden, Bazzetti)

Kevin Burdette, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers

3:30

"Arden! You're not dressed for the mad scene!" (Roane, Arden)

Anthony Roth Costanzo, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers

1:02

In the Wings (Anthony, Wendell)

Rodell Rosel, Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Michael Mayes

1:03

Rosa's Mad Scene (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Chorus)

The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Ailyn Pérez, Rodell Rosel, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Mayes

4:06

Rosa's Prayer (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Tommy, Chorus)

The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Mark Hancock, Rodell Rosel, Ailyn Pérez, The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Mayes

3:12

"Io sola posso salvare Pompei" (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Chorus)

Ailyn Pérez, Rodell Rosel, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, The Dallas Opera Chorus, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Mayes

4:37

Curtain Calls (Arden, Winnie)

Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, The Dallas Opera Orchestra

1:41

"Thank yu for your wonderful support" (Winnie, Arden)

Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, The Dallas Opera Orchestra

3:14

"Triumph for American Opera!" (Eric, Winnie, Roane, Arden, Anthony, Wendell, Tatyana)

Ailyn Pérez, Kevin Burdette, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Joyce DiDonato, Rodell Rosel, Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Michael Mayes

4:55

Quartet (Arden, Tatyana, Winnie, Roane)

Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Pérez, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Anthony Roth Costanzo

4:10

Center Stage (Arden, Sid, Tommy)

Patrick Summers, Nathan Gunn, Mark Hancock, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Joyce DiDonato

2:17

Finale (Orchestra)

The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers

2:25

Jake Heggie

Composer
Patrick Summers

Conductor
Joyce DiDonato

Mezzo-Soprano
Frederica von Stade

Mezzo-Soprano
Ailyn Pérez

Soprano