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The Death of the Klinghoffer (1991)

Libretto: Alice Goodman
Richard Cooke, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, The London Opera Chorus, Sanford Sylvan (Baritone), Eugene Perry (Baritone), Sheila Nadler (Alto), Thomas Young (Tenor), Stephanie Friedman (Mezzo Soprano), Janice Felty (Mezzo Soprano), James Maddalena (Baritone), Thomas Hammons (Bass-baritone)
℗ 1992
28 Tracks, 2:15:12

  • Act I

    • Chorus Of Exiled Palestinians
      08:40
    • Chorus Of Exiled Jews
      08:38
    • 1. "It was just after one fifteen"
      08:09
    • 2. "My Grandson Didi, who was two"
      05:11
    • 3. "Give these orders"
      02:01
    • 4. "So I said to my grandson"
      01:18
    • 5. "We are sorry for you"
      01:22
    • Ocean Chorus
      05:48
    • 6. "Now it is night"
      06:58
    • 7. "I think if you could talk like this"
      01:12
    • 8. "I have often reflected that this is no ship"
      02:29
    • 9. "I kept my distance"
      03:09
    • 10. "Those birds flying above us"
      04:24
    • Night Chorus
      03:33

  • Act II

    • Hagar Chorus
      05:27
    • 1. "Come here. Look."
      03:58
    • 2. "I've never been a violent man"
      03:29
    • 3. "You are always complaining of your suffering"
      05:14
    • 4. "I must have been hysterical"
      04:44
    • 5. "It is as if our earthly life were spent miserably"
      06:47
    • Desert Chorus
      05:05
    • 6. "My one consolation"
      05:25
    • Klinghoffer's death
      03:24
    • 7. "Every fifteen minutes, one more will be shot"
      05:12
    • Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopedie)
      07:24
    • Day Chorus
      04:32
    • 8. "Mrs. Klinghoffer, please sit down."
      03:53
    • 9. "You embraced them!"
      07:46