The Ballad of Baby Doe
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Composer: Douglas S. MooreConductor: Emerson Buckley
Orchestra: New York City Opera Orchestra
Performer: Beverly Sills
Performer: Frances Bible
Performer: Walter Cassel
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-04-20
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene One - Opening
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene One - 'It's A Bang-Up Job' (Tabor)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene One - 'Horace, What Is This?' (Augusta)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene One - 'I Beg Your Pardon' (Baby Doe)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Two - 'What A Lovely Evening'
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Two - 'Willow, Where We Met Together' (Willow Song) (Baby Doe)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Two - 'Oh, Mr. Tabor!' (Baby Doe)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Two - 'Warm As The Autumn Light' (Tabor)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Three - 'Now, Where Do You Suppose?' (Augusta)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Three - 'Have You Seen Her?' (Augusta)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Three - 'What Are You Looking For, Horace?' (Augusta)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Four - 'Why, Mrs. Doe!'
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Four - (Letter Song)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Four - 'Excuse Me' (Augusta)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Four - 'I Knew It Was Wrong' (Baby Doe)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Four - 'No! No! No!' (Baby Doe)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Seven - 'What Do You Intend To Do?' (Augusta)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Six - 'Everything Looks Beautiful'
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Six - 'Gold Is A Fine Thing' (Silver Aria) (Baby Doe)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Act One: Scene Six - 'And I'll Show You Something Else' (Tabor)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: Opening
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'The Fine Ladies' (Baby Doe)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'Mama, Go Inside!' (Baby Doe)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'Augusta, What Are You Doing Here?' (Tabor)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'I'll Raise You'
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'Turn Tail And Run!' (Tabor)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'La, La, La, La'
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'Good People Of Leadville'
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'Extra! Extra!'
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'Augusta! Augusta!' (Augusta)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'Hey, Mister!'
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'The Cattle Are Asleep' (Tabor)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'Tabor Owns The Big Hotel' (Chorus)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'Horace!' (Baby Doe)
- The Ballad Of Baby Doe: 'Always Through The Changing' (Baby Doe)
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Free Music Review: A few more thoughts . . .
Hit: 5 Stars
. . . and a clarification: Beverly Sills wasn't in the cast of the premiere in Colorado, but Walter Cassel and Frances Bible were. But Sills became Douglas Moore's favorite interpreter of the role of Baby Doe. Listening to this recording, it's easy to hear (and almost see, if you close your eyes and listen carefully) why. It's interesting that the divas (Renee Fleming and Eileen Di Tullio) who have recently recorded an aria from Ballad in recent albums have both chosen the letter aria "Dearest Mama," which is beautiful and interesting and, of course, integral to the plot, but not one of the two most famous arias from the opera, "Willow, where we met together" or "Always through the changing." Perhaps the shadow of Sills is still too intimidating, fifty years later, even for those two most accomplished artists. And a final reflection, notice despite the beauty of the music, and the seeming folksong-like lyrics, how tragic, how forshadowing of the future, the words of the first aria, the Willow Song, actually are.
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Despite its somewhat Disneyesque title, The Ballad of Baby Doe is one of the sturdiest American operas. Its riches-to-rags story of Colorado miner Horace Tabor has a great plot, excellent characters, real arias, and dynamic chorus scenes, and none of it sounds second hand in the least. The opera has an extremely inviting personality of its own. This recording by the New York City Opera is full of crackling fast tempos from conductor Emerson Buckley and great theatricality: right down to the minor characters, everybody knows what they're about. Beverly Sills, Walter Cassel, and Frances Bible all inhabit their roles completely. The one drawback is the recording quality, which is good to voices but mushy on the orchestra. To know what's really going on in the piece musically, one must hear the similarly well-sung but more relaxed 1996 recording made at the venue where the opera was premiered: Central City Opera in Colorado. --David Patrick StearnsOpera & Vocal Music CDs
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