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Gunther Schuller: The Fisherman and His Wife

by Boston Modern Orchestra Project | Odyssey Opera

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Scene I: A humble hut, with net curtains and a plain stool; dawn 05:19
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Scene II: Seaside; water sparkling blue, sky dawn-pink yielding to fair blue 05:25
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Scene III: The hut; lunchtime 06:40
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Scene IV: Seaside; sea green and yellow, light faintly ominous 02:17
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Scene V: A cottage, with a pleasant garden and velvet chair 06:11
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Scene VI: Seaside; water purple and murky blue, hint of a storm 02:34
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Scene VIII: A castle, with a great rural vista, tapestries, and an ivory canopied bed 11:13
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Scene VIII: Seaside; water dark gray, definite howling of sullen wind 06:11
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Scene IX: Flourishes and fanfares of brass 04:51
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Scene X: Seaside; much wind, high sea and tossing, sky red along edges, red light suffuses 01:55
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Scene XI: A papal palace 07:42
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Scene XII: Seaside; storm, lightning, sea quite black. The pit of creation. 02:16
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Scene XIII: A humble hut 02:04
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about

Adapted from fable by the Brothers Grimm, Gunther Schuller’s The Fisherman and His Wife tells the tale of a poor fisherman who discovers a magical fish who grants a series of ever more extravagant rewards to him and his wife. Originally commissioned by the Junior League of Boston for their 60th anniversary and dedicated to the children of Boston, this short opera premiered in May 1970 and was adapted for WBZ-TV that fall. Full of wit and humor, The Fisherman and His Wife was not performed again until BMOP and Odyssey Opera resurrected it in November 2015. This premiere studio recording of the opera adds to the legacy of a pillar of the Boston musical community.

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released April 7, 2020

Sondra Kelly, mezzo-soprano — Ilsebill, the Wife
Steven Goldstein, tenor — The Fisherman
David Kravitz, baritone — The Magic Fish
Katrina Galka, soprano — The Cat
Ethan DePuy, tenor — The Gardener

Gil Rose, conductor

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