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Youth, day, old age, and night : a celebration of the dramatic music of Ned Rorem to honor the composer's 90th birthday : Fables, Four dialogues, and Bertha / [composed by Ned Rorem] ; (devised by John Kramar).

Author/creator Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022 composer.
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication Info [Greenville, N.C.] : East Carolina University School of Music Opera Theater, 2014.
Description1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorKramar, John, director.
Other author/creatorCrane, R. Andrew, conductor.
Other author/creatorPhipps, Jeffrey, costume designer.
Other author/creatorStellrecht, Eric, 1972- instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorHankins, Greg, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 author.
Other author/creatorLa Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695, author.
Other author/creatorMoore, Marianne, 1887-1972 translator.
Other author/creatorKoch, Kenneth, 1925-2002 author.
Other author/creatorO'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966 author.
Other author/creatorGross, Allison (Vocalist), singer.
Other author/creatorLehman, Lindsay, singer.
Other author/creatorMcBrayer, Sara, singer.
Other author/creatorMichalko, Brianna, singer.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Marshall, singer.
Other author/creatorBecker, Julia (Singer), singer.
Other author/creatorScarborough, Trey, singer.
Other author/creatorLerch, Michelle, singer.
Other author/creatorEnriquez, Amanda, singer.
Other author/creatorShamberger, Rebekah, singer.
Other author/creatorDaniel, Casey, singer.
Other author/creatorDavis, Kaitlyn (Singer), singer.
Other author/creatorWebb, Rachel, singer.
Other author/creatorCannady, Emily, singer.
Other author/creatorHensler, Martha, singer.
Other author/creatorRaeford, Jerenae, singer.
Other author/creatorLloyd, Jessica, singer.
Other author/creatorLee, Randi, singer.
Other author/creatorReams, Kevin, singer.
Other author/creatorWatson, Kimberly, singer.
Other author/creatorHumphrey, Ashton, singer.
Other author/creatorVaughan, Caroline (Caroline Randolph), singer.
Other author/creatorPrescott, Jordan, singer.
Other author/creatorLeonard, Graham, singer.
Other author/creatorBrumfield, John Tyler, singer.
Other author/creatorVinolas, Steven, singer.
Other author/creatorDavies, Leary, singer.
Other author/creatorHoneycutt, Arlie, singer.
Other author/creatorBenton, Darian, singer.
Other author/creatorHester, Christopher, singer.
Other author/creatorKelly, Demarcus, singer.
Included WorkContainer of (work): Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Youth, day, old age, and night
Included WorkContainer of (work): Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Tulip tree
Included WorkContainer of (work): Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Fables
Included WorkContainer of (work): Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. I will always love you
Included WorkContainer of (work): Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Dialogues
Included WorkContainer of (work): Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Bertha
Uniform titleVocal music. Selections
Portion of title Celebration of the dramatic music of Ned Rorem to honor the composer's 90th birthday
Variant title Fables
Variant title Four dialogues
Variant title Bertha
Variant title School of Music Opera Theater presents Youth, day, old age, night
Contents Youth, day, old age, night -- Tulip tree -- Fables. The lion in love ; The sun and the frogs ; The bird wounded by an arrow ; The fox and the grapes ; The animals sick of the plague -- Four dialogues -- I will always love you -- Bertha -- Youth, day, old age, night.
General noteA selection of Ned Rorem's miniature operas, given dramatic treatment through a concept by John Kramar, interspersed with songs by Rorem.
General noteTitle from disc label.
General noteLibretto by Walt Whitman, Paul Goodman, Jean de la Fontaine (translated by Marianne Moore), Kenneth Koch, and Frank O'Hara.
General noteProgram from performance inserted in container.
CreditsJohn Kramar, stage director ; Jeffrey Phipps, costume designer ; Scott Skiba, assistant director and set design ; Travis Garrison, technical director ; Hannah Riddle, assistant to Mr. Kramar ; Jessica Vaughan, assistant to Mr. Phipps ; Harley Dartt, publicity ; Dawn Harrison, financial coordinator.
Performer Eric Stellrecht, piano ; Greg Hankins, piano ; Andrew Crane, conductor.
Cast East Carolina University School of Music Opera Theater. Allison Gross, Lindsay Lehman, Sara McBrayer, Brianna Michalko, Marshall Williams, Julia Becker, Trey Scarborough, Michelle Lerch, Amanda Enriquez, Rebekah Shamberger, Samantha Kunz, Casey Daniel, Kaitlyn Davis, Rachel Webb, Emily Cannady, Martha Hensler, Jerenae Raeford, Jessica Lloyd, Randi Lee, Kevin Reams, Kimberly Watson, Ashton Humphrey, Caroline Vaughan, Jordan Prescott, Graham Leonard, John Tyler Brumfield, Steven Vinolas, Leary Davis, Arlie Honeycutt, Darian Benton, Christopher Hester, Demarcus Kelly.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 2014 October 6th at A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.
LanguageSung in English.
Genre/formMusical settings.

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