Hyperion Records | Dibdin: Three Operas

Backcloth design by Robin Linklater
for Opera Restor'd's production of The Ephesian Matron

CDA66608
Deleted

Recording details: April 1992
St Paul's Church, New Southgate, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: December 1992
Total duration: 72 minutes 46 seconds

'An hour of unmitigated pleasure. Another splendid addition to Hyperion's English Orpheus series' (Classic CD)

'Absolutely enchanting' (Early Music Quarterly)

'Three delightful pocket operas' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

The English Orpheus

Charles Dibdin (1745-1814)

Three Operas

Opera Restor'd, Peter Holman (conductor)

		The Ephesian Matron, or The Widow's Tears
1		No 01: Overture. Presto – Andantino – Allegro [6'14]
2		No 02. The Trio: Hence, hence away (Matron/Father/Maid) [3'06] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Andrew Knight (bass), Jane Streeton (soprano)
3		No 03. The Father's Aria: But more, a monument I'll raise (Father/Matron) [3'20] Andrew Knight (bass), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
4		No 04. The Matron's Mad Aria: And while, grown frantic with my woes (Matron/Maid) [3'49] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Jane Streeton (soprano)
5		No 05. The Maid's First Aria: If I was a wife (Maid/Centurion) [3'46] Jane Streeton (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor)
6		No 06. The Centurion's First Aria: What ho! charming dame, what ho! (Centurion/Matron/Maid) [5'01] Mark Padmore (tenor), Bronwen Mills (soprano), Jane Streeton (soprano)
7		No 07. The Duet: By Venus, mother of desire (Centurion/Matron) [4'09] Mark Padmore (tenor), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
8		No 08. The Matron's Second Aria: But before you go away, sir (Matron/Maid) [4'52] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Jane Streeton (soprano)
9		No 09. The Centurion's Second Aria: Zounds! I'm undone! (Centurion/Maid/Matron) [2'08] Mark Padmore (tenor), Jane Streeton (soprano), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
10		No 10. The Maid's Second Aria: Men boast of their prudence and sense (Maid/Matron/Father/Centurion) [4'01] Jane Streeton (soprano), Bronwen Mills (soprano), Andrew Knight (bass), Mark Padmore (tenor)
11		No 11. Vaudeville: Thus old wits in wicked satires (Father/Maid/Matron/Centurion) [2'35] Andrew Knight (bass), Jane Streeton (soprano), Bronwen Mills (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor)
		The Brickdust Man
12		No 1: Overture. Allegro – Gavotte [3'27]
13		No 2. Air: I am a lad, by fortune's spright (John/Molly) [2'07] Kevin West (tenor), Yvonne Barclay (soprano)
14		No 3. Air: Oh, Molly, I'm charmed which I come in your sight (John/Molly) [3'14] Kevin West (tenor), Yvonne Barclay (soprano)
15		No 4. Air: Get you gone, you nasty fellow! (Molly/John) [2'32] Yvonne Barclay (soprano), Kevin West (tenor)
16		No 5. Air: In short, dearest Moll, you alone were in fault (John/Molly) [3'52] Kevin West (tenor), Yvonne Barclay (soprano)
17		No 6. Duet: Then let us agree (both) [1'01] Yvonne Barclay (soprano), Kevin West (tenor)
		The Grenadier
18		No 1. Duet: Forever, false Jenny (Ralph/Jenny) [2'07] Kevin West (tenor), Susan Bisatt (soprano)
19		No 2. Duet: Silly Ralph, your Jenny's true (Jenny/Ralph/Tom) [4'27] Susan Bisatt (soprano), Kevin West (tenor), Andrew Mayor (baritone)
20		No 3. Air: Oh my Jenny, I lie at thy feet (Tom/Jenny) [3'24] Andrew Mayor (baritone), Susan Bisatt (soprano)
21		No 4. Air: I'll handle the broom and the mop ever twirl (Jenny/Tom/Ralph) [1'47] Susan Bisatt (soprano), Andrew Mayor (baritone), Kevin West (tenor)
22		No 5. Trio: I'll cut you to pieces if ever you dare (Tom/Ralph/Jenny) [1'47] Andrew Mayor (baritone), Kevin West (tenor), Susan Bisatt (soprano)