The Ballad of Baby Doe

Album by Douglas Stuart Moore & Beverly Sills & Walter Cassel & Frances Bible & New York City Opera Chorus & New York City Opera Orchestra & Emerson Buckley

The Ballad of Baby Doe is an opera by Douglas Stuart Moore that premiered in 1956. Musically it exemplifies mid-20th-century American lyric opera, with a tonal, melody-driven orchestral language drawing on American vernacular inflections and dramatic vocal writing, and it occupies a central place in Moore's output as a composer of stage works.
First released: 1959

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene I. Opening
    4:18
  2. 2.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene I. Opening
    3:26
  3. 3.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene I. "It's a bang-up job" (Tabor, Cronies, Girls)
    4:41
  4. 4.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene I. "The fine ladies" (Baby Doe)
    2:36
  5. 5.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene I. "Horace, what is this?" (Augusta)
    2:38
  6. 6.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene I. "Mama, go inside!" (Baby Doe)
    5:45
  7. 7.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene I. "Augusta, what are you doing here?" (Tabor)
    3:37
  8. 8.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene I. "I beg your pardon" (Baby Doe)
    2:12
  9. 9.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene II. "I'll raise you" (The Four Cronies)
    5:01
  10. 10.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene II. "What a lovely evening" (Leadville Ladies & Men)
    4:01
  11. 11.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene II. "Turn tail and run!" (Tabor)
    1:44
  12. 12.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene II. Willow Song "Willow, where we met together" (Baby Doe)
    3:02
  13. 13.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene III. "La, la, la, la" (Leadville Ladies)
    5:24
  14. 14.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene II. "Oh, Mr. Tabor!" (Baby Doe, Tabor)
    1:14
  15. 15.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene III. "Good people of Leadville" (William Jennings Bryan)
    6:03
  16. 16.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene II. "Warm as the autumn light" (Tabor, Baby Doe, Augusta)
    4:10
  17. 17.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene IV. "Extra! Extra!" (Newsboys)
    4:33
  18. 18.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene III. "Now, where do you suppose?" (Augusta)
    4:29
  19. 19.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene III. "Have you seen her?" (Augusta)
    2:08
  20. 20.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene IV. "Augusta! Augusta!" (Augusta)
    4:44
  21. 21.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene III. "What are you looking for, Horace?" (Augusta)
    4:20
  22. 22.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene V. "Hey Mister!" (Stage Doorman)
    3:25
  23. 23.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene IV. "Why, Mrs. Doe!" (Hotel Clerk)
    2:48
  24. 24.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene V. "The cattle are asleep" (Tabor)
    4:37
  25. 25.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene IV. Letter Song "Dearest Mama" (Baby Doe)
    3:25
  26. 26.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene V. "Tabor owns the big hotel" (Chorus)
    5:15
  27. 27.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene V. "Horace!" (Baby Doe)
    2:22
  28. 28.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene IV. "Excuse me" (Augusta)
    1:16
  29. 29.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act II, Scene V. "Always through the changing" (Baby Doe)
    4:17
  30. 30.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene IV. "I knew it was wrong" (Baby Doe)
    3:45
  31. 31.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene IV. "No! No! No!" (Baby Doe, Horace)
    2:36
  32. 32.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene V. "What do you intend to do?" (Augusta, Old Friends of Augusta)
    5:26
  33. 33.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene VI. "Everything looks beautiful" (Mama McCourt)
    6:52
  34. 34.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene VI. "Gold is a fine thing" (Baby Doe)
    3:12
  35. 35.
    The Ballad of Baby Doe: Act I, Scene VI. "And I'll show you something else" (Tabor)
    4:37

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