The Saint of Bleecker Street

Album by Gian Carlo Menotti & Spoleto Festival Choir & Spoleto Festival Orchestra & Richard Hickox

The Saint of Bleecker Street is an opera by American composer Gian Carlo Menotti, first performed in 1954. The score employs a mid-20th-century operatic idiom that blends lyrical, verismo-influenced melodies, tonal harmonies and dramatic choral writing to portray urban religious themes, and it exemplifies Menotti's mature focus on narrative-driven opera set in contemporary American life.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 1. Introduction "Rosa Mystica" (Assunta, Chorus, A Young Man)
    3:16
  2. 2.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 1. "Well, I'm tired of waiting" (Maria Corona, Assunta, Carmela, Chorus, A Young Woman)
    3:25
  3. 3.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 1. "The vision has begun" (Don Marco, Chorus)
    3:49
  4. 4.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 1. "Ah, sweet Jesus, spare me this agony" (Annina, Chorus)
    8:30
  5. 5.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 1. "Look, the stigmata!" (Chorus)
    0:54
  6. 6.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 1. "Stop it" (Michele, Chorus, Don Marco)
    4:44
  7. 7.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 1. "Ah, poor Michelle, it is not I your rival" (Don Marco)
    2:49
  8. 8.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 1. Interlude
    2:09
  9. 9.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 2. "Canta ninna, canta nanna al mio bambino" (Assunta, Carmela, An Old Woman, Renata, Annina, Man's Voice, Woman's Voice, Concettina)
    2:35
  10. 10.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 2. "Annina, I've something to confess to you" (Carmela, Annina, Assunta)
    5:45
  11. 11.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 2. "Annina, Annina" (Maria Corona, Assunta, Carmela, Annina, Son of Maria Corona)
    2:14
  12. 12.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 2. "Michele, Michele" (Annina, Michele)
    4:27
  13. 13.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 2. "Sister, I shall hide you and take you Aaway" (Michele, Annina)
    1:49
  14. 14.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act I, Scene 2. "Veglia su di noi, Santo del Sangue" (Chorus, Annina, Michele)
    4:49

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act II. "Hai l'occhio neronero, nero della quaglia" (One Tenor, Chorus, One Baritone, Michele, Annina, Carmela, Salvatore, A Guest)
    6:29
  2. 3.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act II. "Where is Michele?" (Desideria, Bartender, Michele)
    4:01
  3. 4.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act II. "Eh già giovinotti voglion stare attorno a te" (Chorus, Desideria, Michele)
    3:12
  4. 5.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act II. "Ah, Michele, don't you know that love can turn to hate (Desideria)
    3:01
  5. 6.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act II. "You will regret it" (Michele, Don Marco, Chorus, Annina, Salvatore)
    1:46
  6. 7.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act II. "I know that you all hate me" (Michele)
    3:27
  7. 8.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act II. "You are wrong, Michele" (Don Marco, Annina, Michele)
    1:32
  8. 9.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act II. "Yes, Michele, go home, go, go..." (Desideria, Michele, Annina, Chorus)
    6:35
  9. 10.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act III, Scene 1. Introduction "Stop worrying, Annina" (Maria Corona, Annina)
    4:53
  10. 11.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act III, Scene 1. "There she is" (Don Marco, Maria Corona, Annina, Michele)
    5:18
  11. 12.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act III, Scene 1. "Weeping, these, for him, are days of weeping" (Maria Corona, Annina, Michele)
    5:20
  12. 13.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act III, Scene 1. Interlude
    4:33
  13. 14.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act III, Scene 2. "Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi" (Assunta, Chorus, Annina, Carmela)
    4:24
  14. 15.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act III, Scene 2. "Annina, Annina, prepare yourself for a great joy" (Don Marco, Annina, Carmela)
    1:44
  15. 16.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act III, Scene 2. "Oh, my Love, at last the hour has come" (Annina, Carmela)
    3:42
  16. 17.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act III, Scene 2. "Maria, Salvatore!" (Assunta, Maria Corona, Salvatore, Don Marco, One Tenor, One Bass, Carmela)
    1:47
  17. 18.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act III, Scene 2. "Gloria tibi Domine in saeculum et in saeculum saeculi" (Chorus, Don Marco, Annina)
    6:31
  18. 19.
    The Saint of Bleecker Street: Act III, Scene 2. "Annina, Annina!" (Michele, Salvatore, Don Marco, Maria Corona, Carmela, Assunta, Chorus)
    5:09

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