The Canterville Ghost

Gordon Getty

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The Canterville Ghost Opera in One Act

Scene 1: Great Grandpapa, is there really a ghost here?
Scene 2: My dear Otises
Scene 3: Daddy, hurry! Bring the key!
Scene 4: My dear sir, I really must insist on your oiling those chains
Scene 5: Rising Sun Lubricator!
Scene 6: I confess disappointment
Scene 7: I fear you are far from well
Scene 8: Insupportable! To be lectured on professionalism!
Scene 9: Boo!
Scene 10: Unclean!
Scene 11
Scene 12: Fiasco! Disgrace!
Scene 13: Again no bloodstain on the armor
Scene 14: I hear the ghost has packed his bags
Scene 15: Borbora! Barbaro! Does anyone hear me?
Scene 16: Hiram, she is nowhere in the house
Scene 17: She isn't there
Scene 18: Thank you, Mrs. Umney. You may all go to bed now
Scene 19: My good Otis, thank you for putting me up again
Scene 20: Then shall all the house be still

Credits

Libretto adapted from Oscar Wilde by Gordon Getty
Alexandra Hutton
Timothy Oliver
Jean Broekhuizen
Jonathan Michie
Anooshah Golesorkhi
Oper Leipzig
Gewandhaus-Orchester
Matthias Foremny, conductor
Gordon Getty, composer
PENTATONE / Release date: 2017

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Insupportable! To Be Lectured on Professionalism!
Sung by Matthew Treviño, bass

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The works builds to a tender and wistful romantic-comedy conclusion, with pleasing strophic passages and a fine duet for two of the cast’s best singers, soprano Alexandra Hutton and tenor Timothy Oliver. Bass Matthew Treviño is also effective as the churlish but not unsympathetic Sir Simon, who feels obliged to haunt Canterville Chase with professionalism and consummate theatrical integrity.

Philip Kennicott
Gramophone UK