Diamond Street
Ed Zaryky (percussion), Garfield Moore (cello), Robert Renino (clarinet), Joshua Cheuveront (horn), Walter Barrett (trombone), Sean Statser (marimba), Patrick Layton (tenor), Megan Weston (soprano), Suzanne Buerkle (flute), Brad Ward (trombone), David Heath (percussion), Charles Perry Sprawls (baritone)
As the world is turning from the 19th to the 20th century, Hudson, New York, on the Hudson River, in the Hudson Valley, was a little town with a big red light district centered on Diamond Street. Harold Farberman has written a comic opera (libretto by Andrew Joffe) that involves politicians, a heroine forced to work in the red light district and a hero, who rescues her. Harold Farberman is a distinguished composer, conductor and pedagogue. He has conducted many of the world's leading orchestras and his accomplishments as a recording artist have been widely recognized. A prolific composer, he counts orchestral works, chamber music, concertos, ballet music, film scores, song cycles and operas among his compositions. He is founder and director of the Conductors Institute.
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| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Street, A Comic Opera | Harold Farberman | Charles Perry Sprawls, bass-baritone, Patrick Layton, tenor, Keith Spencer, baritone, Megan Weston, soprano, Mary Deyerle Hack, mezzo-soprano, Harold Farberman, conductor |
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