Girls of the Golden West 2CD + MP3 Bundle sfccPreOrderProduct

Girls of the Golden West 2CD + MP3 Bundle sfccPreOrderProductThis first recording of John Adams 2017 opera, Girls of the Golden West, is his eighth music theater work to be released by Nonesuch. It tells the story of the California Gold Rush not through familiar time worn myth, but in the words and deeds of real people. Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars drew from original sources from the eraletters, journals, newspaper articles, and familiar song lyricsto create the libretto. The composer leads the LA

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the Nonesuch debut of Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra)

The album was created with producer Leo Abrahams and frequent Amidon collaborator Shahzad Ismaily

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