The Ghosts of Versailles
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Disc1
| 1 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. Prologue "Mon coursier hors d'haleine" (Woman with Hat, Louis XVI, Marquis, Gossips, Aristocrats) | John Corigliano | 7:11 |
| 2 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "All-powerful Queen of Beauty and ruler of my willing heart" (Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette) | John Corigliano | 1:44 |
| 3 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. Aria "They are always with me: the unbounded waiting, the odor of blood on steel, the terrible sound" (Marie Antoinette) | John Corigliano | 8:09 |
| 4 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "My wife was always hard to please" (Louis XVI, Aristocrats, Woman with Hat, Marquis, Gossips, Beaumarchais) | John Corigliano | 2:17 |
| 5 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "Oh no. Here we go again!!" (Chorus, Figaro, Susanna, Almaviva, Aristocrats) | John Corigliano | 1:39 |
| 6 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. Prologue "They wish they could kill me" (Figaro, Marie Antoinette, Woman with Hat, Aristocrats) | John Corigliano | 8:43 |
| 7 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "Bravo, Beaumarchais! Brilliant!" - "Then why are you weeping, your Majesty?" (Louis XVI, Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette, Aristocrats) | John Corigliano | 2:12 |
| 8 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "Magic! It is Paris, the autumn of '93" (Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, Almaviva) | John Corigliano | 2:52 |
| 9 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "And with the one million pounds, grant Her Majesty a safe refuge in the New World" (Almaviva, Figaro, Susanna, Louis XVI, Wilhelm) | John Corigliano | 3:51 |
| 10 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "Fool! Idiot! Moron! You forgot where Almaviva plans to sell the jewels?" (Bégearss, Wilhelm, Aristocrats, Marie Antoinette) | John Corigliano | 1:12 |
| 11 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. Recitative "I can't wait to betray Almaviva" (Bégearss, Florestine) | John Corigliano | 2:20 |
| 12 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. Aria "Oh, the lion may roar and the eagle may soar." (Bégearss) | John Corigliano | 3:58 |
| 13 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "I remember, Master, I remember!" (Wilhelm, Bégearss, Susanna, Figaro, Aristocrats, Woman with Hat) | John Corigliano | 1:18 |
| 14 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "Poor Florestine, I pity her." (Marie Antoinette, Beaumarchais, Louis XVI, Aristocrats) | John Corigliano | 1:59 |
| 15 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "New Scene: Rosina's boudoir. They say New York is a lively town" (Beaumarchais, Louis XVI, Bégearss, Rosina, Almaviva) | John Corigliano | 2:09 |
| 16 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "Now we go back in time" - "Cherubino, Cherubino" (Rosina, Beaumarchais, Cherubino) | John Corigliano | 0:48 |
| 17 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. Duet "Look at the green here in the glade" (Beaumarchais, Rosina, Cherubino, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI) | John Corigliano | 7:33 |
| 18 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. "No. I've had enough. I see what's happening here" (Louis XVI, Beaumarchais, Woman with Hat, Aristocrats, Marie Antoinette, Marquis, Chorus) | John Corigliano | 2:27 |
| 19 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. Finale "Selamünaleyküm {Welcome!}" (Pasha, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Léon, Florestine, Almaviva, Rosina, Susanna, Marquis, Beaumarchais, Bégearss) | John Corigliano | 4:01 |
| 20 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. Finale "His Excellency, the English Ambassador" (Page, English Ambassador, Almaviva, Pasha) | John Corigliano | 2:36 |
| 21 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. Finale "I am in a valley and you are in a valley" (Samira, Pasha) | John Corigliano | 3:37 |
| 22 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. Finale "Ya omri. Limatha hajartani?" (Samira, Figaro, Chorus) | John Corigliano | 3:01 |
| 23 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I. Finale "Tafaddaloo marhabun bikoom" - "Shall we?" (Figaro, Chorus, Almaviva, English Ambassador, Bégearss, Wilhelm, Marie Antoinette, Aristocrats, Florestine, Rosina, Susanna) | John Corigliano | 5:10 |
Disc2
| 1 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "Hurry, hurry... It's late! The second act is beginning!" (Beaumarchais, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Almaviva, Marquis, Susanna, Florestine, Woman with Hat, Rosina) | John Corigliano | 3:02 |
| 2 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "Watch. Now Figaro comes back" (Beaumarchais, Louis XVI, Almaviva, Susanna, Figaro, Marie Antoinette, Florestine, Rosina, Woman with Hat, Marquis) | John Corigliano | 2:21 |
| 3 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "Wait!... Figaro was supposed to return the necklace" (Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, Woman with Hat, Marquis) | John Corigliano | 5:12 |
| 4 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "Damn that Figaro. He's your husband" (Almaviva, Marquis, Susanna, Woman with Hat, Marie Antoinette, Florestine, Rosina) | John Corigliano | 1:36 |
| 5 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. Duet "As summer brings a wistful breeze" (Susanna, Rosina, Marie Antoinette, Léon) | John Corigliano | 3:05 |
| 6 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "And now I must go" - "Bless you, Madam, bless you" (Rosina, Susanna, Figaro, Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette) | John Corigliano | 1:24 |
| 7 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "What is happening?" (Susanna, Marie Antoinette, Figaro, Chorus) | John Corigliano | 1:56 |
| 8 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "Antoinette, we want your head!" - "Order! Order!" (Chorus, Beaumarchais) | John Corigliano | 0:54 |
| 9 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "Marie Antoinette of Lorraine and Austria" (Marie Antoinette, Chorus, Beaumarchais, Figaro) | John Corigliano | 6:38 |
| 10 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "Monarchy. Revolution. It's all the same to me" - "Women of Paris, listen!" (Bégearss, Chorus) | John Corigliano | 5:46 |
| 11 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "Welcome, Madeleine, welcome" (Rosina, Aristocrats, Almaviva, Florestine, Bishop, Léon) | John Corigliano | 3:09 |
| 12 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. Quartet "Remember the chestnut trees in the gardens of the Tuileries?" (Léon, Florestine, Almaviva, Rosina) | John Corigliano | 3:03 |
| 13 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "I hope I'm not too late for your party" (Bégearss, Almaviva, Aristocrats, Rosina, Léon, Florestine, Chorus, Figaro, Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, Wilhelm, Susanna) | John Corigliano | 5:20 |
| 14 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. Interlude | John Corigliano | 3:01 |
| 15 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "I am very well, my dear Marquis" (Duchess, Aristocrats, Marquis, Wilhelm, Chorus, Rosina, Florestine, Susanna, Léon, Almaviva) | John Corigliano | 4:05 |
| 16 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. Quintet "O God of love, O Lord of light" (Almaviva, Rosina, Florestine, Léon, Susanna, Marie Antoinette) | John Corigliano | 7:06 |
| 17 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "We are finished" - "Farewell, my faithful friend" (Susanna, Rosina, Florestine, Léon, Almaviva, Figaro, Duchess, Beaumarchais, Wilhelm) | John Corigliano | 3:09 |
| 18 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "Look, her breathing is diminished" (Florestine, Rosina, Almaviva, Beaumarchais, Figaro, Léon, Wilhelm, Susanna, Bégearss, Duchess, Chorus) | John Corigliano | 3:12 |
| 19 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "Goodbye, Figaro. Goodbye, Beaumarchais" (Beaumarchais, Marie Antoinette) | John Corigliano | 1:59 |
| 20 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. Aria "No, Beaumarchais. It is as it should have been. Once there was a golden bird" (Marie Antoinette, Beaumarchais) | John Corigliano | 5:01 |
| 21 | The Ghosts of Versailles: Act II. "Come, Antonia" (Beaumarchais, Chorus) | John Corigliano | 3:31 |