Heggie: Great Scott

Heggie: Great Scott

Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, 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)

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

1:47

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

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

Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, The Dallas Opera Orchestra

4:14

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

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

4:57

Break (Roane, Chorus)

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

1:05

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

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

3:56

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

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

2:51

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

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

2:03

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

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

5:12

Duet Scene (Arden, Winnie)

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

5:57

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

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

3:35

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

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

10:43

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

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

5:11

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

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

4:37

The Fountain Dance (Chorus)

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

1:37

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

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

3:46

Prelude (Chorus)

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

1:58

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

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

4:08

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

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

4:04

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

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

6:32

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

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

2:01

Sid and Arden (Arden, Sid, Roane)

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

7:02

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

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

4:21

"You'll never be her" (Arden)

Joyce DiDonato, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers

2:48

"Buona sera, Rosa" (Arden, Bazzetti)

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

1:48

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

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

6:21

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

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

3:30

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

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

1:02

In the Wings (Anthony, Wendell)

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

1:03

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

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

4:06

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

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

3:12

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

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

4:37

Curtain Calls (Arden, Winnie)

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

1:41

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

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

3:14

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

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

4:55

Quartet (Arden, Tatyana, Winnie, Roane)

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

4:10

Center Stage (Arden, Sid, Tommy)

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

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