Title:
Street scene : an American opera / Kurt Weill ; book by Elmer Rice ; lyrics by Langston Hughes.
Author:
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967.
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Jeffreys, Anne.
Stoska, Polyna.
Sullivan, Brian, 1919-1969.
Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : CBS Records Masterworks, [1988?]
Call Number:
K WEIL SSA J68
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (52 min., 19 sec.) : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
"Excerpts from the Broadway production"--Insert.
Based on Elmer Rice's play of the same name.
Previously released on Columbia ML 4139 in 1947.
Issued also as analog disc: CSP COL 4139.
Compact disc.
Program notes by the composer (11 p.) inserted in container.
Subject Term:
Contents:
Act I, Introduction and opening ensemble : Prelude ; Moonfaced, starry-eyed ; Ain't it awful, the heart -- Blues : I got a marble and a star -- Gossip trio : Get a load of that -- Arietta : When a woman has a baby -- Aria : Somehow I never could believe -- Wrapped in a ribbon and tied in a bow -- Arioso : Lonely home -- Scene and song : Wouldn't you like to be on Broadway? -- Cavatina : What good would the moon be? -- Duet : Remember that I care -- Act II, Introduction : Morning -- Children's game -- Song : A boy like you -- Duet : We'll go away together -- Choral scene and lament : The woman who lived up there -- Lullaby -- Finale : I loved her too -- Farewell duet : Don't forget the lilac bush.
Uniform Title:
Street scene. Selections
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