Carlisle Floyd: Prince of Players Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra & William Boggs

• Carlisle Floyd (b. 1926): Prince of Players, Prologue:
• 1 Prince of Players, Prologue: Othello? Ay, Desdemonda 04:04
• Prince of Players, Act I:
• 2 Prince of Players, Act I Scene 1: Not Again, Never Again! I Shall Not Be Humiliated Again! 10:05
• 3 Prince of Players, Act I Scene 2: Do You Know How Many Roles We've Seen You In? 04:57
• 4 Prince of Players, Act I Scene 3: Oh! You Startled Me! 08:07
• 5 Prince of Players, Act I Scene 4: The Duke of Buckingham, Your Majesty 14:24
• Prince of Players, Act II:
• 6 Prince of Players, Act II Scene 1: Howl, Howl, Howl, Howl, Howl! 13:52
• 7 Prince of Players, Act II Scene 2: Ned, Are You Alright? You Look a Fright 04:57
• 8 Prince of Players, Act II Scene 3: Gents, It's My Esteemed Pleasure to Introduce 06:59
• 9 Prince of Players, Act II Scene 4: Shall I Get a Physician? 15:14
• 10 Prince of Players, Act II Scene 5: Ned, Ned! It's Tom! 02:59
• 11 Prince of Players, Act II Scene 6: Bring Mistress Hughes to the Stage at Once 09:57
• Total Runtime 01:35:35

Info for Carlisle Floyd: Prince of Players

World Premiere Recording! The Florentine Opera brings Carlisle Floyd's daring new opera, 'Prince of Players', to life! Floyd is one of the foremost composers and librettists of opera in the world today, and is considered the 'Father of American Opera.' During his long career, Floyd has composed 13 operas. His most recent, 'Prince of Players', which premiered in March 2016 at the Houston Grand Opera, is based on the true story of Restoration-era actor Edward Kynaston (16401706). The plot centers on the crisis faced by Kynaston when, by royal decree, he is prohibited from plying the craft that made him famousplaying female roles. With this Milwaukee production, the Florentine Opera gives Prince of Players its world-premiere live recording.

Jessica Schwefel, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Huff, tenor
Keith Phares, baritone
Alexander Dobson, baritone
Chad Shelton, tenor
Rena Harms, soprano
Nicole Heinen, soprano
Briana Moynihan, mezzo-soprano
Kate Royal, soprano
Florentine Opera Chorus
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
William Boggs, conductor

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
under the dynamic leadership of Music Director Edo de Waart, is among the finest orchestras in the nation. Now in his seventh season with the MSO, Maestro de Waart has led sold-out concerts, elicited critical acclaim, and conducted a celebrated performance at Carnegie Hall on May 11, 2012. The MSO’s full-time professional musicians perform over 135 classics, pops, family, education, and community concerts each season in venues throughout the state. Since its inception in 1959, the MSO has found innovative ways to give music a home in the region, develop music appreciation and talent among area youth, and raise the national reputation of Milwaukee.

The MSO is a pioneer among American orchestras. The orchestra has performed world and American premieres of works by John Adams, Roberto Sierra, Phillip Glass, Geoffrey Gordon, Marc Neikrug, and Matthias Pintscher. In 2005, the MSO gained national recognition as the first American orchestra to offer live recordings on iTunes. This initiative follows a 44-year nationally syndicated radio broadcast series, the longest consecutive-running series of any United States orchestra, which is heard annually by 3.8 million listeners on 183 subscriber stations in 38 of the top 100 markets.

The MSO's standard of excellence extends beyond the concert hall and into the community, reaching more than 40,000 children and their families through its Arts in Community Education (ACE) program, Youth and Teen concerts, Meet the Music pre-concert talks, and Friday Evening Post-Concert Talkbacks. Celebrating its 26th year, the nationally-recognized ACE program integrates arts education into state-required curricula, providing opportunities for students when budget cuts may eliminate arts programming. The program provides lesson plans and supporting materials, classroom visits from MSO musician ensembles and artists from local organizations, and an MSO concert tailored to each grade level. This season, more than 7,600 students and 500 teachers and faculty in 25 Southeastern Wisconsin schools will participate in ACE.

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