Roger Waters: Ca Ira / Terfel, Huang, Groves, et al

Roger Waters: Ca Ira / Terfel, Huang

Label: Sony Classical
Catalog No: SNYC 60867
Format: Super Audio Hybrid CD/CD & DVD
Release Date: 2005-09-27
Number of Discs: 3
Running time: 1 hr. 51 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 074646086766

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>Waters, Roger : Ca Ira (There Is Hope), opera

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>Waters, Roger : Ca Ira (There Is Hope), opera
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Notes & Reviews:

Brought to life by the world-renowned talents of baritone Bryn Terfel, soprano Ying Huang and tenor Paul Groves, Waters, with collaborators Etienne and Nadine Roda-Gil, sets the Opera during the optimistic early days of the French Revolution. A work of stunning beauty and power, Ca Ira invokes the passion, faith and madness of a time that forever changed the nature of the world.

Notes & Reviews:

As the primary creative force in Pink Floyd after the departure of Syd Barrett in 1968, Rogers Waters helped turn that band into one of the most successful rock acts of the '70s with his dramatic sense of sonic and conceptual scale. After leaving Pink Floyd for a solo career in the '80s, Waters continued the epic themes he'd pioneered on albums like THE WALL, a trend that continued to 2005, when he released CA IRA, an opera set during the French Revolution.

Unlike THE WALL, CA IRA is not rock music. Instead, it draws inspiration from traditional opera; it is set to a full orchestra, and features impassioned performances from soprano Ying Huang, tenor Paul Groves, and baritone Bryn Terfel. Based on a libretto by Etienne and Nadine Roda-Gil about the brewing revolution against a tyrannical nobility, the work is ambitious and grandiose in true Waters fashion, and comes complete with a 60-page booklet and a DVD about the making of the opera.

REVIEWS:

Rolling Stone (No. 985, p.81) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...[I]t's hard not to be impressed somehow by Roger Waters' CA IRA..."



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>Waters, Roger : Ça Ira (There Is Hope), opera
  • Performers: Jamie Bower (Voice); David Nowack (Sound Effects); Helen Russill (Voice); Paul Groves (Tenor); David Patterson (Sound Effects); Ismael Lo (Voice); Roger Waters; Ying Huang (Soprano); Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
  • Conductor: Richard Wentworth
  • Ensemble: The Orchestra
  • Running Time: 308 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 2005
  • Language: English
  • Studio/Live: Studio