| Other author/creator | Hwang, David Henry, 1957- librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Upshaw, Dawn singer. |
| Other author/creator | Rivera, Jessica (Soprano), singer. |
| Other author/creator | Bird, Anne Carolyn, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Chandrasekaran, Sindhu, singer. |
| Other author/creator | O'Connor, Kelley singer. |
| Other author/creator | Mayer, Sean, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Asklof, Robb, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Montoya, Jesús (Baritone), singer. |
| Other author/creator | Chama, José Eduardo, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Monte, Adam del, 1966- instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Grau, Gonzalo instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Kanengiser, William instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | York, Andrew, 1958- instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Spano, Robert conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performer. |
| Other author/creator | Atlanta Symphony Chorus, performer. |
| Variant title |
Parallel title on container: Fountain of tears |
| Contents |
Ainadamar (Fountain of tears), an opera in three images: Preludio de Aqua y Caballo (2:39) -- Primera Imagen: Mariana: Balada (4:47) - Mariana, tus ojos (to Dawn Upshaw) (8:16) - Bar Albor de Madrid (2:28) - Desde mi ventana (Aria a la estatua de Mariana) (7:27) - Muerte a Caballo (0:51) -- Segunda Imagen: Federico: Balada (1:43) - Quiero arrancarme los ojos (3:57) - A la Habana (3:28) - Quiero cantar entre las explosiones (5:19) - Arresto (4:34) - La Fuente de las Lá́grimas (2:07) - Confesión (8:33) - Interludio de Balazos y Lamento por la Muerte de Federico (1:21) -- Tercen Imagen: Margarita: Balada (2:47) - De mi fuente tu emerges (2:33) - Tome su mano (1:43) - Crepúsculo delirante (3:40) - Doy mi sangre (4:08) - Yo soy la libertad (7:38). |
| Abstract |
A stirring tale of political and artistic courage. Dawn Upshaw sings the role created for her as she reminisces about the martyred Spanish writer Federico Garcia Lorca in a series of flamenco-drenched dream-like flashbacks. |
| General note | Opera in 3 images; libretto by David Henry Hwang, translated into Spanish by Osvaldo Golijov. |
| General note | First performance: Tanglewood festival, August 10, 2003 -- booklet, page 4. |
| General note | First performance of the revised version: Santa Fe Opera, July 30, 2005 -- booklet, page 4. |
| General note | Program notes by Alex Ross and synopsis by Peter Sellars in English, and libretto in Spanish and English (30 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Credits | Producers, Valerie Gross, Sid McLauchlan. |
| Performer |
Dawn Upshaw, Jessica Rivera, Anne Carolyn Bird, Sindhu Chandrasekaran, sopranos ; Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano ; Sean Mayer, Robb Asklof, tenors ; Jesús Montoya, baritone ; Eduardo Chama, bass-baritone ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ; Women of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus ; Robert Spano, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded November 2005, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta. |
| Language | Sung in Spanish. |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| UPC |
028947761655 |
| Standard identifier# |
00028947761655 |
| Publisher number | B0006429-02 Deutsche Grammophon |
