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Moravec: The Shining

Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Gerard Schwarz

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This 2024 release appeared in the PentaTone Classics series of American opera, one of several underway. Is it too soon to say that American opera is in a golden age? Maybe, but Paul Moravec's The Shining is tightly constructed and would make a strong impact even on audiences unacquainted with contemporary opera. To get the big question out of the way, yes, the opera is based on Stephen King's 1977 horror novel, the ultimate snowed-in craziness tale (and not, Moravec points out, on Stanley Kubrick's film of the novel, which is a different animal). Part of the credit goes to librettist Mark Campbell, who boils King's 500 pages down to 68 compact scenes, which go by with impressive speed and momentum. As Moravec puts it, "The story strikingly demonstrates three of the most basic elements of opera -- love, death, and power." Moravec's settings of Campbell's words are straightforward and build to compelling climaxes. The composer devises leitmotifs for each character ("including the Overlook Hotel," he notes) and divides the opera into natural and supernatural worlds, the latter murkier and less tonal. The singers of the Kansas City Lyric Opera, led by baritone Edward Parks in a live performance that will not suffer beside Jack Nicholson's, deserve credit as well, as does conductor Gerard Schwarz, for whom contemporary opera is a specialty. Those wanting to dive into that genre could do much worse than start here. This album made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2024.

© James Manheim /TiVo

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The Shining, Act I (Paul Moravec)

1
Danny! Danny! Don't run.
00:01:20

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

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2
There it is
00:01:06

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

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3
Think of it - the three of us
00:01:43

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

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4
So it begins
00:01:18

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

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5
Interlude 1
00:01:01

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

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6
Ninety-nine guest quarters
00:00:56

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

7
The Overlook has a great and honorable past
00:01:49

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Aubrey Allicock, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Roger Honeywel, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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8
A word with you, Mr. Torrance
00:02:01

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Roger Honeywel, MainArtist, TenorSolo

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9
All will be fine
00:03:03

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Aubrey Allicock, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Roger Honeywel, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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10
This basement gives me the willies
00:01:50

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

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11
Here we are
00:02:15

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Aubrey Allicock, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

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12
Hey Doc - how hard can you hit?
00:03:34

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Aubrey Allicock, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Roger Honeywel, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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13
Interlude 2
00:00:54

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

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14
So there we had to stay
00:01:13

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

15
I never stopped loving you
00:03:31

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

16
Hey, Mr. Shakespeare
00:01:59

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

17
Bad stuff. Bad.
00:01:18

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

18
Time for bed, my child
00:02:30

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Malcolm Mackenzie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

19
Daddy, you'd never hurt Mommy, would you?
00:00:50

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

20
She creeps.
00:00:56

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

21
What have we here?
00:01:22

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

22
Here we go...
00:02:48

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Wayd Odle, MainArtist, TenorSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

23
But who kept the scrapbook...
00:01:37

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Trent Green, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Powell Brumm, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

24
God, what a story! One hell of a story!
00:01:43

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Trent Green, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Kelly Morel, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Powell Brumm, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Wayd Odle, MainArtist, TenorSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

25
Doc, you always know
00:01:55

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

26
BOO!
00:00:45

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

27
What's this?
00:00:49

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

28
Jack, maybe we should reconsider
00:01:50

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

29
Interlude 3
00:01:08

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

30
Jack? What was that?
00:02:07

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

31
Hold on, Jacky Boy, hold on
00:03:08

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

32
Just as I thought. A short circuit.
00:01:42

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

33
Interlude 4
00:01:29

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

34
Overlook...you there?
00:00:53

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Nathan Whitson, MainArtist, BassVocals - Malcolm Mackenzie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

35
KILL HIM
00:00:40

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Malcolm Mackenzie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

36
Jack?
00:01:16

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

37
DANNY!
00:01:36

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

38
I am the husband. I am the father.
00:02:42

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Powell Brumm, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Roger Honeywel, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo - Wayd Odle, MainArtist, TenorSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

DISC 2

The Shining, Act II (Paul Moravec)

1
She creeps.
00:03:05

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

2
Here you are, Mr. Torrance.
00:01:54

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wayd Odle, MainArtist, TenorSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

3
We husbands and fathers...
00:02:18

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wayd Odle, MainArtist, TenorSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

4
All that snow!
00:01:04

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

5
They got him!
00:00:39

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

6
All will be fine, Doc.
00:02:46

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

7
Where is Daddy right now?
00:01:05

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus, Choir, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

8
Scene 3: introduction
00:00:25

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus, Choir, MainArtist

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

9
What will it be, Mr. Torrance?
00:01:28

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Wayd Odle, MainArtist, TenorSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

10
Three, Two, Three...Unmask, unmask
00:01:18

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Jennifer Weiman, MainArtist, AltoVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Powell Brumm, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Roger Honeywel, MainArtist, TenorSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

11
And now, dear friends...
00:02:09

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Malcolm Mackenzie, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Powell Brumm, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Roger Honeywel, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Wayd Odle, MainArtist, TenorSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

12
Jack - are you here?
00:02:30

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Moravec, Composer - Kelly Kaduce, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Edward Parks, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tristan Hallett, MainArtist, VocalSolo

2024 Pentatone Music B.V. 2024 Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Albumbeschreibung

This 2024 release appeared in the PentaTone Classics series of American opera, one of several underway. Is it too soon to say that American opera is in a golden age? Maybe, but Paul Moravec's The Shining is tightly constructed and would make a strong impact even on audiences unacquainted with contemporary opera. To get the big question out of the way, yes, the opera is based on Stephen King's 1977 horror novel, the ultimate snowed-in craziness tale (and not, Moravec points out, on Stanley Kubrick's film of the novel, which is a different animal). Part of the credit goes to librettist Mark Campbell, who boils King's 500 pages down to 68 compact scenes, which go by with impressive speed and momentum. As Moravec puts it, "The story strikingly demonstrates three of the most basic elements of opera -- love, death, and power." Moravec's settings of Campbell's words are straightforward and build to compelling climaxes. The composer devises leitmotifs for each character ("including the Overlook Hotel," he notes) and divides the opera into natural and supernatural worlds, the latter murkier and less tonal. The singers of the Kansas City Lyric Opera, led by baritone Edward Parks in a live performance that will not suffer beside Jack Nicholson's, deserve credit as well, as does conductor Gerard Schwarz, for whom contemporary opera is a specialty. Those wanting to dive into that genre could do much worse than start here. This album made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2024.

© James Manheim /TiVo

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