Bennett: The Mines of Sulphur

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The Mines of Sulphur (more info)
Performed by: Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Rodney Bennett
Conducted by: Stewart Robertson
Kristopher Irmiter,
Beth Clayton,
Brandon Jovanovich,
Brian Anderson,
Michael Todd Simpson,
Dorothy Byrne,
Caroline Worra,
James Maddalena, baritone


1.   Act I: Introduction - 1:25
2.   Act I: Slut! You slut! (Braxton, Rosalind) - 2:54
3.   Act I: Easy and quietly (Boconnion, Tovey, Rosalind, Braxton) - 2:22
4.   Act I: The key! (Boconnion, Tovey, Rosalind) - 1:53
5.   Act I: You see! What did I tell you? (Rosalind, Boconnion, Tovey) - 1:06
6.   Act I: Old goat! (Boconnion, Rosalind) - 4:23
7.   Act I: The cup it is white and the ale it is brown… (Tovey, Boconnion) - 2:23
8.   Act I: Am I beautiful? (Rosalind, Boconnion, Tovey) - 2:12
9.   Act I: A horn! (Boconnion, Rosalind, Tovey, Sherrin) - 0:53
10.   Act I: Good evening, sir (Sherrin, Boconnion, Rosalind, Tovey, Leda, Fenney, Tooley) - 5:58
11.   Act I: I once played Romeo, in Chester (Fenney, Sherrin, Tooley, Leda) - 3:37
12.   Act I: It looks very well on you (Jenny, Rosalind) - 7:13
13.   Act II: Overture - 1:05
14.   Act II: Good morning, your Excellency! (Tooley) - 0:45
15.   Act II: Recitative: Item: A fountain in the Palladian style (Sherrin / The Count) - 1:46
16.   Act II: Duet: Good morning, your Excellency (Fenny / Hugo, Sherrin / the Count) - 2:54
17.   Act II: Duet: This morning I was passing the square (Fenny / Hugo, Sherrin / the Count) - Aria: O when will I a lover know (Jenny / Haidee) - 4:04
18.   Act II: Well? (Fenny / Hugo, Sherrin / the Count, Leda / Mrs Traxel) - 1:52
19.   Act II: Haidee! (Leda / Mrs Traxel) - Interlude - 4:03
20.   Act II: Your eyes are shining, Rosalind (Boconnion, Rosalind, Tovey) - 1:22
21.   Act II: Entr'acte - 2:27

The Mines of Sulphur (more info)
Performed by: Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Rodney Bennett
Conducted by: Stewart Robertson
Kristopher Irmiter,
Beth Clayton,
Brandon Jovanovich,
Brian Anderson,
Michael Todd Simpson,
Dorothy Byrne,
Caroline Worra,
James Maddalena, baritone


1.   Act II: Nocturne I - 1:09
2.   Act II: Good morning, my doves (Leda / Mrs Traxel, Jenny / Haidee, Fenny / Hugo) - 2:19
3.   Act II: Hugo! (Jenny / Haidee, Fenny / Hugo) - 2:02
4.   Act II: Nocturne II - 1:49
5.   Act II: I said to the cook: who does he think he is? (Tooley, Sherrin / the Count) - 2:07
6.   Act II: Nocturne III - In the moonlight they are beautiful (Sherrin / The Count) - 1:46
7.   Act II: Get up! and quickly, do you hear me (Sherrin / The Count, Jenny / Haidee, Fenny / Hugo) - 1:14
8.   Act II: Stop! Make them stop! (Tovey, Boconnion, Rosalind, Sherrin, Leda) - 1:47
9.   Act II: We must get away from here (Rosalind, Boconnion) - 1:23
10.   Act II: I am very sorry, Colonel Boconnion (Sherrin, Rosalind, Boconnion, Leda, Tooley) - 1:00
11.   Act II: Well now, Colonel (Tooley, Boconnion, Leda) - 2:28
12.   Act II: You would do better to save your new coat (Tooley, Boconnion) - 2:05
13.   Act III: Back! Back against the wall where I can watch you (Boconnion, Sherrin, Tooley, Leda, Rosalind) - 1:48
14.   Act III: This house is made of wood (Boconnion) - What will you gain by killing us (Sherrin, Tooley, Boconnion) - 3:22
15.   Act III: All correct, Colonel (Tovey, Boconnion, Rosalind) - I want to leave this house (Rosalind) - We must wait till morning (Boconnion, Leda, Fenney) - 4:21
16.   Act III: Ah! The poor little mute (Boconnion) - Entr'acte - This mute! (Boconnion) - 2:39
17.   Act III: I lived as a boy in a village by the sea (Boconnion) - 2:19
18.   Act III: Tovey! Bring down the girl (Boconnion, Tovey, Leda) - I want to leave this house (Rosalind, Jenny, Boconnion) - 1:54
19.   Act III: Tovey! Into the cellar with them (Boconnion, Rosalind) - All correct, Colonel (Tovey) - 0:55
20.   Act III: What was your question, in the play? (Boconnion, Jenny, Rosalind) - 1:17
21.   Act III: Once, once long ago some actors came riding (Jenny) - 4:24
22.   Act III: The horn! Their horn! (Tovey, Boconnion, Rosalind, Jenny) - 2:16
23.   Act III: Then look! Soldier, look! (Jenny, Tovey, Rosalind, Boconnion) - 3:57

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