Published
Colchester, Essex, England : Chandos, p2003.
Notes
Opera in 3 acts.
Libretto by Evelyn Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams, based on the short story by Richard Garnett, The poison maid, which was derived from Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappaccini's daughter.
Compact discs.
Program notes in English and texts in English, French and German (227 p.) included.
Recorded at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Jan. 3-6, 2003.
Sung in English.
Performers
Pamela Helen Stephen & Emer McGilloway, mezzo-sopranos ; Roderick Wililams, Richard Suart, & Neal Davies, baritones ; John Graham-Hall & James Gilchrist, tenors ; Mark Richardson, bass ; Janice Watson, Gail Pearson, & Helen Williams, sopranos ; Anne Collins, contralto ; with the Adrian Partington Singers ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales ; James Clark, leader ; Richard Hickox, conductor ; Aidan Oliver, asst. conductor.