Michael Gordon: Acquanetta - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Acquanetta
Artist: Michael Gordon
Label: Cantaloupe
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 713746315023
Genre: Classical, Opera/Operetta
Release Date: 2019-07-19
Number of Discs: 1

An homage to the campy and spine-chilling horror films of the 1940s, the stage version of Acquanetta combines theater, opera and film to explore the world of a real-life B-movie star with a mysterious past. Known for her exotic beauty, Acquanetta-aka Mildred Davenport-was the star of such cult films as Captive Wild Woman, Jungle Woman, The Sword of Monte Cristo, and Tarzan and the Leopard Woman, before she disappeared from public life. Michael Gordon's soaring and often comic score, with text by librettist Deborah Artman, is a vivid metaphor for the ways in which the movie camera manipulates how we see and are seen. The cast of characters, featuring Mikaela Bennett (Acquanetta), Amelia Watkins (Brainy Woman), Eliza Bagg (Ape), Matt Boehler (Director) and Timur (Doctor), reveals inner longings and emotional shadows in a spooky meditation on identity, transformation, stereotypes and typecasting, set in the heyday of Hollywood glamor.

Tracks:
1.1 Acquanetta (Chamber Version): The Mood
1.2 Acquanetta (Chamber Version): Conceal Me
1.3 Acquanetta (Chamber Version): Introducing Acquanetta
1.4 Acquanetta (Chamber Version): Who Am I Today? [Mad Scientist]
1.5 Acquanetta (Chamber Version): Inside This Costume
1.6 Acquanetta (Chamber Version): Gown, Gloves, Mask [The Experiment]
1.7 Acquanetta (Chamber Version): Well Done! Let's Take Five [Shadows and Light]
1.8 Acquanetta (Chamber Version): Please Don't Take My Brain [Brainy Woman]
1.9 Acquanetta (Chamber Version): Celluloid World
1.10 Acquanetta (Chamber Version): Beautiful Monster

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