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Rapchak: The Lifework Of Juan Diaz / Chamber Opera Chicago


Release Date: 04/16/1995 
Label:  Albany Records   Catalog #: 91   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Lawrence Rapchak
Performer:  Robert Hovencamp,  Carol Loverde,  Richard Alderson,  Darrell Rowader
Conductor:  Lawrence Rapchak
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Chamber Opera Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 17 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1. The Lifework of Juan Diaz by Lawrence Rapchak
Performer:  Robert Hovencamp (), Carol Loverde (), Richard Alderson (),
Darrell Rowader ()
Conductor:  Lawrence Rapchak
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Chamber Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1988-1989; USA 
 Length: 77 Minutes 10 Secs. 

Sound Samples

The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Scene 1: Juan! Juan, my husband! What is wrong? What is wrong? (Maria, Juan, Alejandro, Tourists, Jorge)
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Scene 2: Are those the footsteps of Juan Diaz? (Alejandro, Juan)
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Interlude
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Scene 3: What sort of man am I to starve my children and hunger my wife? (Juan, Maria)
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Scene 4: Maria Diaz, once of the wife of Juan Diaz? (Alejandro, Maria, Jorge)
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Interlude
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Scene 5: Maria, my sister, and Jorge, little one. Come in, come in! (Ricardo, Maria)
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Interlude
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Scene 6: Is that Ricardo, the Chief of Police? (Alejandro, Ricardo)
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Scene 7: Where are you going, Jorge? (Voice 1, Voice 2, Jorge, Maria)
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Scene 8: Someone is coming! (Jorge, Alejandro)
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Interlude
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Scene 9: Knock again, knock again! Hurry, hurry! (Alejandro, Ricardo, Maria)
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: The Celestial Vigil - Interlude
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Scene 10: Jorge, Ramona, hurry up. It is the Day of the Dead (Maria)
The Lifework of Juan Diaz: Final Aria

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