Sheng: The Song of Majnun
Ana Maria Martinez (soprano), Jill Grove (mezzo-soprano), Raymond Very (tenor), Grant Youngblood (baritone), Mary Petro (soprano), Jonita Lattimore (soprano), Patrick Blackwell (bass-baritone), Michael Chioldi (baritone), Bright Sheng (narrator), Andrew J. Porter (narrator)
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Sheng: The Song of Majnun, Scene 1
- Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi
- Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Ward Holmquist
Tiger in the pinewood, run through the pinewood (Boys, Girls, Majnun, Layla, Layla's Mother and Father)
Sheng: The Song of Majnun, Scene 2
- Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi
- Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Ward Holmquist
Here! What? Have you heard, have you heard? (First Gossip, Second Gossip, Majnun)
Sheng: The Song of Majnun, Scene 3
- Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi
- Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Ward Holmquist
Light of my soul, where Are you? (Ensemble, Layla)
Sheng: The Song of Majnun, Scene 4
- Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi
- Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Ward Holmquist
Old man, who Are you? (Majnun, Majnun's Father)
Sheng: The Song of Majnun, Scene 5
- Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi
- Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Ward Holmquist
Has he heard, has he heard? (First Gossip, Second Gossip, Ensemble, Layla's Mother and Father, IBN Salam)
Sheng: The Song of Majnun, Scene 6
- Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi
- Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Ward Holmquist
This letter comes from a grieving woman to a man of grief (Layla, Majnun)
Sheng: The Song of Majnun, Scene 7
- Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi
- Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Ward Holmquist
Layla, my child, come inside (Layla's Mother, Layla)
Sheng: The Song of Majnun
- Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi
- Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Ward Holmquist
Interlude. Majnun's Dream
Sheng: The Song of Majnun, Scene 8
- Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi
- Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Ward Holmquist
Layla, we mourn you (Ensemble, IBN Salam, Layla Mother and Father, First Gossip, Second Gossip, Majnun)
Bright Sheng, Andrew J. Porter: Composer Bright Sheng and Librettist Andrew Porter in Coversation with Tom Sudholt, host of Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
- Bright Sheng, Andrew J. Porter