{"product_id":"heggie-mcnally-great-scott-joyce-didonato","title":"Heggie\/ McNally: Great Scott - Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/about_this_recording_transparent_black_shadow_2_522753e9-66ba-48ea-8558-b0cd53a478e3_480x480.png?v=1646166167\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLife meets art Joyce DiDonato stars in a live world-premiere recording of an opera written for her: Great Scott by Jake Heggie In Great Scott, the Kansas-born mezzo-soprano, one of today's best-loved classical singers, creates a role conceived specifically with her in mind. The character she plays, Arden Scott, just happens to be an opera star, and she is the lynchpin of what Fred Plotkin of WQXR, the USA's leading classical music radio station, welcomed as a \"deeply moving and musically brilliant work\" that \"should enter the standard repertory just as Heggie's two previous masterpieces - Dead Man WalkingandMoby-Dick - already have\". Jake Heggie, who has been described as US opera's most successful composer, chose the celebrated playwright Terence McNally as his librettist for Great Scott. The two previously collaborated on the gripping Dead Man Walking, which has become something of a modern classic since it's premiere in 2000. Joyce DiDonato first performed it's central role, Sister Helen Prejean, at New York City Opera in 2002 and will do so again in concert stagings in London and Madrid in January\/February 2018 coinciding with the album release of Great Scott.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_transparent_blue_background_correct_version_80976754-e9e0-46de-b62f-ac42fe034a4c_480x480.png?v=1646155801\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_transparent_blue_background_correct_version_80976754-e9e0-46de-b62f-ac42fe034a4c_480x480.png?v=1646155801\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: Overtures to Great Scott and Rosa Dolorosa, Figlia Di Pompei (Orchestra)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: Rehearsal, Part One (Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony, Wendell, Roane)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: The Wedding Procession from Rosa Dolorosa (Arden, Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: \"Vesuvio, Il Mio Unico Amico\" (Arden, Winnie, Tatyana, Wendell)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: \"Five Years Ago...\" (Arden)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: Ensemble and Cabaletta (Arden, Tatyana, Eric, Winnie, Anthony, Wendell, Roane, C\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: Break (Roane, Chorus)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: \"Talk to Me About Roane, Winnie\" (Eric, Winnie, Roane)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: \"The Writing's on the Wall\" (Roane, Eric)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: \"What Are the Grizzlies' Chances?\" (Wendell, Anthony, Winnie)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: \"I Want to Be America's Soprano\" (Tatyana, Anthony, Wendell, Eric, Winnie)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: Duet Scene (Arden, Winnie)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: \"Oh, Mrs. F\" (Arden, Winnie)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: \"Sorry Tommy's Late\" (Sid, Arden, Tommy, Winnie, Roane)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: Rehearsal, Part Two (Roane, Wendell, Anthony, Eric, Tatyana, Arden, Tommy, Choru\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: \"I Get Scared, Too, Tommy\" (Arden, Tommy, Eric)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: The Fountain Dance (Chorus)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 1: \"It's a Disaster\" (Eric, Winnie, Wendell, Arden, Tatyana, Anthony, Chorus)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: Prelude (Chorus)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"The Starry-Spangled Banner\" (Tatyana, Chorus)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"Arden, You Have Seen the Future\" (Arden, Winnie, Eric, Roane, Wendell, Anthony)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: Rosa Dolorosa, Act One (Arden, Wendell, Anthony, Tatyana, Tommy, Chorus)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"I Thought That Went Extremely Well\" (Anthony, Arden, Wendell, Tommy, Eric, Taty\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat SCTT, Act 2: Sid and Arden (Arden, Sid, Roane)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"I Don't Care How Good 'What' Was\" (Roane, Arden, Eric, Anthony, Wendell)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"You'll Never Be Her\" (Arden)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"Buona Sera, Rosa\" (Arden, Bazzetti)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"Look for Me, I'm There\" (Arden, Bazzetti)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"All That You Leave Behind\" (Arden, Bazzetti)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"Arden! You're Not Dressed for the Mad Scene!\" (Roane, Arden)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: In the Wings (Anthony, Wendell)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: Rosa's Mad Scene (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Chorus)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: Rosa's Prayer (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Tommy, Chorus)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"Io Sola Posso Salvare Pompei\" (Arden, Tatyana, Wendell, Anthony, Chorus)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: Curtain Calls (Arden, Winnie)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"Thank You for Your Wonderful Support\" (Winnie, Arden)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: \"Triumph for American Opera!\" (Eric, Winnie, Roane, Arden, Anthony, Wendell, Tat\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: Quartet (Arden, Tatyana, Winnie, Roane)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: Center Stage (Arden, Sid, Tommy)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreat Scott, Act 2: Finale (Orchestra)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WARNER CLASSICS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38120858812612,"sku":"190295940782","price":30.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/3751503.jpg?v=1646261713","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/en-de\/products\/heggie-mcnally-great-scott-joyce-didonato","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}