Composer(s): Hagen, Daron Aric
Lyricist(s): Hagen, Daron Aric
Conductor(s): Zahab, Roger
Label: Naxos
Series: American Opera Classics
Genre: Opera
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.669049
Barcode: 730099904971
Release Date: 03/2021

HAGEN, D.A.: Orson Rehearsed - An Operafilm (Mulero, Frankenberry, Orth, Fifth House Ensemble, Zahab)

Daron Hagen is a Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Kennedy Center Friedheim Award-winning composer, with a catalogue of internationally performed work spanning four decades. His operafilm Orson Rehearsed is the psychological, emotional, and spiritual journey taken by the American actor, polymath, and creator of Citizen Kane Orson Welles, as he finds himself on the threshold between life and death. Memories of Welles as a wunderkind and in his swashbuckling prime are brought to life, as well as successes and failures both real and imagined, with the consolation of a life fully lived. Fusing live players with pre-recorded sounds and effects, the film version of Orson Rehearsed has been a multiple award-winner at festivals in the US, Europe and beyond.

Tracklist

Hagen, Daron Aric
Hagen, Daron Aric - Lyricist
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
Mulero, Omar (tenor)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Marshall, Peter (piano)
1Overture03:11
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
2Maybe a Man's Name: Our works in stone (Orson #1, Orson #2, Orson #3)04:15
Mulero, Omar (tenor)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
3Everybody's Shakespeare: Jesus, the days I've seen (Orson #1, Orson #2, Orson #3)04:14
Mulero, Omar (tenor)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
4Lament for Jacaré: J'accuse! (Orson #3)03:44
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
5First Nach(t)musik: Ah (Orson #2, Orson #3, Orson #1)03:25
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Mulero, Omar (tenor)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
6The Magnificent Downbeats: I intended to portray a golden world (Orson #1, Orson #3, Orson #2)03:07
Mulero, Omar (tenor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
7All Through: Marc, on fire, alone, at the piano (Orson #2)03:27
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
8Manhattan Ambulance Ride: Give me the script (Orson #3, Orson #2)03:08
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
9Border Sequence: The scene was conceived musically (Orson #1, Orson #2, Orson #3)03:39
Mulero, Omar (tenor)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
10Card Tricks and Talk Show Badinage03:25
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
11Second Nach(t)musik: We're born alone (Orson #1)03:14
Mulero, Omar (tenor)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
12Beatrice Welles Practices Chopin, 1924: Then I heard her again (Orson #1, Orson #2, Orson #3)03:48
Mulero, Omar (tenor)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
13Consider the Chimes: Come! Sing me a dirty song (Orson #3)03:21
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
14Serenade for Rita: Rita's face is not on the bomb by her own choosing (Orson #2, Orson #3, Orson #1)05:23
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Mulero, Omar (tenor)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
15Myocardial Infarction: My two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart (Orson #3, Orson #1, Orson #2)03:03
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Mulero, Omar (tenor)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
16Postlude: Go On: Our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared (Orson #1, Orson #2, Orson #3)05:13
Mulero, Omar (tenor)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Fifth House Ensemble (Ensemble)
Hagen, Daron Aric (electronics)
Zahab, Roger (Conductor)
17Charlie's Rag (End Title)02:26
Marshall, Peter (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:02:03