Tesori
Urgent! Drop ev'rything!
Katerina Burton, Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera, Ariana Wehr, Rehanna Thelwell, Briana Hunter
I was in the heyday of being in love
Washington National Opera, Rehanna Thelwell, Ariana Wehr, Roderick Cox, Katerina Burton, Briana Hunter
Damn, girl!
Ariana Wehr, Rehanna Thelwell, Katerina Burton, Washington National Opera, Roderick Cox, Briana Hunter
You married a cop?
Roderick Cox, Katerina Burton, Ariana Wehr, Rehanna Thelwell, Washington National Opera, Briana Hunter
What about your obsession?
Ariana Wehr, Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera, Katerina Burton, Briana Hunter
I'm gonna strap my baby on my back
Rehanna Thelwell, Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera, Ariana Wehr, Katerina Burton, Briana Hunter
You havin' a what?
Rehanna Thelwell, Ariana Wehr, Roderick Cox, Katerina Burton, Washington National Opera, Briana Hunter
Forgive our sistah. She knows not what she do
Katerina Burton, Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera, Rehanna Thelwell, Briana Hunter, Ariana Wehr
Birth that baby boy to term
Ariana Wehr, Roderick Cox, Rehanna Thelwell, Katerina Burton, Washington National Opera, Briana Hunter
I'm having this boy. I'm keeping this boy close
Rehanna Thelwell, Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera, Katerina Burton, Ariana Wehr, Briana Hunter
We wish on ev'rything you can wish on
Briana Hunter, Ariana Wehr, Katerina Burton, Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera
Scrape the wax off your wings
Roderick Cox, Katerina Burton, Washington National Opera, Ariana Wehr, Briana Hunter
Cup your hand under his head and neck
Roderick Cox, Ariana Wehr, Washington National Opera, Briana Hunter
Go, go, go!
Joshua Blue, Christian Simmons, Roderick Cox, Kenneth Kellogg, Martin Luther Clark, Washington National Opera
Halftime! We're all yours, buddy
Kenneth Kellogg, Martin Luther Clark, Joshua Blue, Christian Simmons, Washington National Opera, Roderick Cox
Welcome to the daddy club!
Joshua Blue, Kenneth Kellogg, Washington National Opera, Christian Simmons, Roderick Cox, Martin Luther Clark
How did you produce a son?
Joshua Blue, Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera, Martin Luther Clark, Kenneth Kellogg, Christian Simmons
I've got a baby boy
Washington National Opera, Joshua Blue, Martin Luther Clark, Christian Simmons, Kenneth Kellogg, Roderick Cox
Here's a toast
Martin Luther Clark, Roderick Cox, Kenneth Kellogg, Christian Simmons, Washington National Opera, Joshua Blue
You not getting off that easy
Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera, Aaron Crouch, Kenneth Kellogg
Yes, sir! Got my own private warden
Washington National Opera, Aaron Crouch, Roderick Cox, Kenneth Kellogg
Moved up here so you could spread out and be by yourself
Roderick Cox, Kenneth Kellogg, Washington National Opera, Aaron Crouch
No! New York is the richest city in the world
Washington National Opera, Aaron Crouch, Roderick Cox, Kenneth Kellogg
What am I supposed to do? Stay alive
Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera, Aaron Crouch, Kenneth Kellogg
Let me go. No, my son, I will never let you go
Washington National Opera, Aaron Crouch, Kenneth Kellogg, Roderick Cox
Ah! You are the father whose child was lost
Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera, Gordon Hawkins, Kenneth Kellogg
Ah! Your heart is broken, I hear it knocking against your ribs
Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera, Kenneth Kellogg, Gordon Hawkins
When my boy was taken from me
Roderick Cox, Kenneth Kellogg, Washington National Opera, Gordon Hawkins
I did not come here seeking redemption
Washington National Opera, Gordon Hawkins, Roderick Cox, Kenneth Kellogg
You are walking in a terrible darkness, my son
Gordon Hawkins, Kenneth Kellogg, Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera
May restoring waters clear the night's weeping
Washington National Opera, Roderick Cox, Gordon Hawkins
In my hour of need I seek no salvation from you
Washington National Opera, Roderick Cox, Kenneth Kellogg
Come away from the window
Washington National Opera, Ariana Wehr, Katerina Burton, Rehanna Thelwell, Roderick Cox
She sits in this matchbox disguised as a house
Ariana Wehr, Katerina Burton, Rehanna Thelwell, Washington National Opera, Roderick Cox
She was lying in her bed. In her own home. In her bed
Ariana Wehr, Washington National Opera, Katerina Burton, Rehanna Thelwell, Roderick Cox
Look at her. She wears the captive shroud of stony death
Ariana Wehr, Rehanna Thelwell, Washington National Opera, Katerina Burton, Roderick Cox
Let us go forth
Washington National Opera, Ariana Wehr, Roderick Cox, Rehanna Thelwell, Katerina Burton
My heart…my heart is heavy tonight
Rehanna Thelwell, Gordon Hawkins, Washington National Opera, Roderick Cox, Joshua Blue, Ariana Wehr, Katerina Burton, Martin Luther Clark
Somebody…
Joshua Blue, Ariana Wehr, Rehanna Thelwell, Washington National Opera, Katerina Burton, Martin Luther Clark, Roderick Cox, Christian Simmons
A mother, clear out of her mind
Rehanna Thelwell, Martin Luther Clark, Roderick Cox, Katerina Burton, Joshua Blue, Ariana Wehr, Gordon Hawkins, Washington National Opera
We sing...Christ wore the crown of thorns
Katerina Burton, Martin Luther Clark, Rehanna Thelwell, Roderick Cox, Joshua Blue, Ariana Wehr, Washington National Opera, Gordon Hawkins
Cup your hand under his head and neck
Washington National Opera, Roderick Cox, Kenneth Kellogg, Katerina Burton, Ariana Wehr, Rehanna Thelwell, Gordon Hawkins, Briana Hunter
Tesori: Blue, Epilogue
I don't know what the hell you talkin' about
Kenneth Kellogg, Washington National Opera, Aaron Crouch, Roderick Cox, Briana Hunter
Set aside your sides, eat some set-asides I set aside for my boys
Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera, Aaron Crouch, Kenneth Kellogg, Briana Hunter
Tesori: Blue, Epilogue
You my son. I got deep fried, red-eyed, drip-dried…
Kenneth Kellogg, Briana Hunter, Washington National Opera, Roderick Cox
Heavenly Father, we humbly thank you
Kenneth Kellogg, Rehanna Thelwell, Washington National Opera, Aaron Crouch, Ariana Wehr, Katerina Burton, Roderick Cox, Briana Hunter
Production
- David ButlerProject Coordinator
- Timothy O'LearyExecutive Producer
- Francesca ZambelloExecutive Producer
- Blanton AlspaughProducer
- Kasper van KootenProduct Manager
- Job MaarseExecutive Producer
- Sean CorcoranEngineer
- Mark DonahueMixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Balance Engineer
- Brandon JohnsonEngineer
- Karli CadelCover Art, Photography
- Daniel RudinPiano Technician
- Sean CorcoranStage Manager
- Kyle Tieman-StraussCopyist
- Lucia GhielmiGraphic Design
- Ashil MistryCopyist
- Simon M. EderManaging Director
- Karoline McLeanCover Art
- Naomi AndréLiner Notes
- Yassine El MansouriPhotography
- Kelley RourkeBooklet Editor
- Kevin MillerMusic Supervisor
- Rodolfo MartínezPhotography
- Tazewell ThompsonLiner Notes
- Fabian ObispoPhotography
