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Cold Mountain (opera), the Glossary

Cold Mountain is an American opera in two acts and an epilogue, with music by Jennifer Higdon and the libretto by Gene Scheer, based on Charles Frazier's 1997 novel of the same name.^[1]

30 relations: American Civil War, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Baritone, Bass (voice type), Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain (novel), Elaine J. McCarthy, Gene Scheer, Heather Phillips, Isabel Leonard, Jay Hunter Morris, Jennifer Higdon, Kevin Burdette, Leonard Foglia, Libretto, List of compositions by Jennifer Higdon, Mezzo-soprano, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Minnesota Opera, Music Academy of the West, Nathan Gunn, Opera News, Opera Philadelphia, Robert Pomakov, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Soprano, Tenor, The Santa Fe New Mexican, Voice type.
2015 operas
Modern adaptations of the Odyssey
Musical compositions about the American Civil War
Operas based on the Odyssey
Operas by Jennifer Higdon
Operas set in the 1860s

American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Anthony Michaels-Moore

Anthony Michaels-Moore (born 8 April 1957) is an English operatic baritone and the first British winner of the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition (Philadelphia, 1985).

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Baritone

A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types.

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Bass (voice type)

A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.

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Charles Frazier

Charles Frazier (born November 4, 1950) is an American novelist.

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Cold Mountain (novel)

Cold Mountain is a 1997 historical novel by Charles Frazier which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. Cold Mountain (opera) and Cold Mountain (novel) are Modern adaptations of the Odyssey.

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Elaine J. McCarthy

Elaine J. McCarthy (born May 11, 1966) is an American projection and video designer for theater and opera.

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Gene Scheer

Gene Scheer (born April 28, 1958) is an American songwriter, librettist and lyricist.

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Heather Phillips

Heather Phillips is an American operatic coloratura soprano.

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Isabel Leonard

Isabel Leonard (born February 18, 1982) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer based in New York City.

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Jay Hunter Morris

Jay Hunter Morris (born July 3, 1963) is an American operatic tenor.

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Jennifer Higdon

Jennifer Elaine Higdon (born December 31, 1962) is an American composer of contemporary classical music.

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Kevin Burdette

Kevin Burdette is an American bass who has worked as a soloist with the Teatro alla Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón, Dallas Opera, San Diego Opera, Washington National Opera, New York City Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Boston Lyric Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Philadelphia, and the Spoleto Festival USA, as well as many regional opera companies including Florentine Opera, Opéra de Québec, Portland Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Atlanta Opera, Virginia Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Memphis, Gotham Chamber Opera, Knoxville Opera, Opera Grand Rapids, Toledo Opera, and the Lyric Opera of San Antonio.

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Leonard Foglia

Leonard Foglia (born August 24, 1954) is an American theatre director, librettist, and novelist.

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Libretto

A libretto (an English word derived from the Italian word libretto) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

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List of compositions by Jennifer Higdon

List of compositions by Jennifer Higdon.

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Mezzo-soprano

A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.

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Miguel Harth-Bedoya

Miguel Alberto Harth-Bedoya (born 1968) is a Peruvian conductor.

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Minnesota Opera

Minnesota Opera is a performance organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Music Academy of the West

The Music Academy of the West is a summer classical music training program in Montecito, California, and festival with performances in the County of Santa Barbara.

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Nathan Gunn

Nathan T. Gunn (born November 26, 1970, in South Bend, Indiana) is an American operatic baritone who performs regularly around the world.

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Opera News

Opera News was an American classical music magazine.

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Opera Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia is an American opera company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Robert Pomakov

Robert Pomakov (born February 25, 1981) is a Canadian operatic bass.

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San Francisco Opera

The San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881–1953) based in San Francisco, California.

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Santa Fe Opera

Santa Fe Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Tenor

A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.

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The Santa Fe New Mexican

front page of ''The Daily New Mexican'' for 24 November 1868 The Santa Fe New Mexican or simply The New Mexican is a daily newspaper published in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Voice type

A voice type is a group of voices with similar vocal ranges, capable of singing in a similar tessitura, and with similar vocal transition points (passaggi).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Mountain_(opera)