Cassandra

CASSANDRA
A chamber opera in five scenes
Libretto by Gordon Portman
Music by Ian McAndrew

Ian McAndrew’s full-length chamber opera based on the story of the Trojan princess and prophetess, Cassandra, with a libretto by Gordon Portman, received its world première on 25 May 2003. This original cast recording was made at the time and released commercially in May 2010.

Track List:

Disc 1
1. Scene 1. Cassandra! 6:15
2. Scene 1. See tomorrow 4:14
3. Scene 1. The blood! All the blood! 4:58
4. Scene 2. Now, my son… 4:25
5. Scene 2. Asleep… Awake… 5:42
6. Scene 2. Cassandra… 6:30
7. Scene 3. Husband! 4:15
8. Scene 3. Athena! 3:06
9. Scene 3. Athena! 6:38

Disc 2
1. Scene 4. She whispers in the night 6:29
2. Scene 4. Agamemnon! 6:23
3. Scene 4. Prepare the dory! 3:01
4. Scene 5. In the years 8:08
5. Scene 5. O, mother! 4:57
6. Scene 5. Shadow dappled afternoons 9:20

Cast:
Cassandra: Carolyn Sinclair
Apollo: Eric Shaw
Andromache: Jane Archibald
Hecuba: Jo-Anne Bentley
Priam: Jon-Paul Décosse
Ajax: Jon-Paul Décosse
Pyrrhus: Eric Shaw
Agamemnon: Andrew Tees
Sailor: Eric Shaw
Clytemnestra: Jo-Anne Bentley
Electra: Jane Archibald