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Blue (2019)

Libretto: Tazewell Thompson
Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera Orchestra, Kenneth Kellogg (Bass), Briana Hunter (Mezzo Soprano), Aaron Crouch (Tenor), Gordon Hawkins (Baritone), Ariana Wehr (Soprano), Katerina Burton (Soprano), Rehanna Thelwell (Mezzo Soprano), Joshua Blue (Tenor), Martin Luther Clark (Tenor), Christian Simmons (Bass-baritone)
2021, Washington, D.C., John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
72 Tracks, 2:01:39
    • Prologue
      02:42

  • Act I

    • 1. Urgent! Drop Ev'rything!
      01:01
    • 2. I Was in the Heyday of Being in Love
      00:53
    • 3. Damn, Girl!
      02:24
    • 4. You Married a Cop?
      00:34
    • 5. I Love Him
      03:31
    • 6. What About Your Obsession?
      00:56
    • 7. I'm Gonna Strap My Baby on My Back
      01:07
    • 8. You Havin' a What?
      01:15
    • 9. Forgive Our Sistah. She Knows Not What She Do
      01:19
    • 10. Birth That Baby Boy to Term
      02:24
    • 11. Ha! Ha, Ha, Ha!
      00:52
    • 12. I'm Having This Boy. I'm Keeping This Boy Close
      00:51
    • 13. We Wish On Ev'rything You Can Wish On
      01:54
    • 14. Scrape the Wax Off Your Wings
      01:49
    • 15. Transition to Scene 2
      01:17
    • 16. How You Doin', Baby?
      01:25
    • 17. I'm Somebody's Mother
      02:07
    • 18. Hello...Mom!
      01:49
    • 19. Cup Your Hand Under His Head and Neck
      01:14
    • 20. Hello...Hello, My Son
      03:02
    • 21. Go, Go, Go!
      01:49
    • 22. Halftime! We're All Yours, Buddy
      01:04
    • 23. How Do You Feel?
      02:03
    • 24. Welcome to the Daddy Club!
      01:17
    • 25. How Did You Produce a Son?
      00:50
    • 26. I've Got a Baby Boy
      00:57
    • 27. Here's a Toast
      01:18
    • 28. Introduction
      00:48
    • 29. You Not Getting Off That Easy
      01:25
    • 30. Yes, Sir! Got My Own Private Warden
      01:05
    • 31. Moved Up Here So You Could Spread Out and Be by Yourself
      01:49
    • 32. No! New York Is the Richest City in the World
      02:15
    • 33. Stat Stat Statue of Liberty
      01:29
    • 34. The World Done Change
      01:28
    • 35. What Am I Supposed to Do? Stay Alive
      01:10
    • 36. You Alive, Ain't You?
      00:47
    • 37. I Am Out There in the Jungle
      02:29
    • 38. Whatcha Gonna Do?
      01:11
    • 39. Let Me Go. No, My Son, I Will Never Let You Go
      02:33

  • Act II

    • 1. What Is Your Name, My Son?
      01:31
    • 2. Ah! You Are the Father Whose Child Was Lost
      01:56
    • 3. Ah! Your Heart Is Broken, I Hear It Knocking Against Your Ribs
      01:42
    • 4. This Is My Badge
      02:09
    • 5. When My Boy Was Taken from Me
      00:50
    • 6. I Did Not Come Here Seeking Redemption
      02:08
    • 7. Only a White God
      01:51
    • 8. You Are Walking in a Terrible Darkness, My Son
      03:12
    • 9. May Restoring Waters Clear the Night's Weeping
      00:56
    • 10. In My Hour of Need I Seek No Salvation from You
      02:16
    • 11. Come Away from the Window
      01:57
    • 12. She Sits in This Matchbox Disguised as a House
      02:04
    • 13. She Was Lying in Her Bed. In Her Own Home. In Her Bed
      01:57
    • 14. Look at Her. She Wears the Captive Shroud of Stony Death
      01:17
    • 15. Let Us Go Forth
      00:59
    • 16. Oh God! Bring My Baby Back
      02:27
    • 17. God, Give Me Back Any Part of My Baby
      02:48
    • 18. My Heart...My Heart Is Heavy Tonight
      01:09
    • 19. Somebody, Oh Somebody
      02:36
    • 20. A Mother, Clear Out of Her Mind
      02:37
    • 21. God, We Ask You, Take Care of This Boy
      00:56
    • 22. Stay Alive
      00:41
    • 23. Son, the Light Is Turning Amber. Run!
      01:34
    • 24. We Sing...Christ Wore the Crown of Thorns
      03:09
    • 25. Cup Your Hand Under His Head and Neck
      01:46

  • Epilogue

    • 1. Introduction
      01:14
    • 2. I Don't Know What the Hell You Talkin' About
      00:55
    • 3. Set Aside Your Sides, Eat Some Set-Asides I Set Aside for My Boys
      01:09
    • 4. You My Son. I Got Deep Fried, Red-Eyed, Drip-Dried
      01:18
    • 5. Kneaded, Pinched, and Prodded
      03:32
    • 6. Heavenly Father, We Humbly Thank You
      03:18
    • 7. Hey Mom, Hey Dad
      01:32