Adès: Powder Her Face
Jill Gomez (Duchess), Valdine Anderson (Maid), Roger Bryson (Hotel Manager), Niall Morris (Electrician)
Aleida Ensemble, Thomas Ades
This mordant satire on the decline and fall of the Duchess of Argyll would be twice as incisive at half the length. But it is unlikely to be better done than here. —
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Adès: Powder Her Face
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- Valdine Anderson (soprano), Roger Bryson (bass), Niall Morris (vocals), Jill Gomez (soprano), Almeida Ensemble (lead vocals)
- Thomas Adès
- Recorded: 1995-12-20
- Recording Venue: December 1995/Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London London
Powder Her Face (an Opera in two acts) Op.14, ACT I: Overture (Orchestra)
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Nineteen ninety: Oo, aa! ha ha ha ha ha (Maid / Electrician)
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Nineteen ninety: I see. This is what it has come to
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