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Douglas Moore & John Latouche
The Ballad Of Baby Doe
Album US 1963 on Heliodor label
Classical and Soundtrack (Modern, Opera)
The Ballad Of Baby Doe (Opera in two acts) The opera's premiere took place at the Central City Opera in Colorado in 1956. (Recorded under the auspices of the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Inc.) Issued in a laid in box. Includes a 10" x 9½" 23 page Libretto with illustrations & synopsis. LP's are automatic sequenced. Note: Track durations for side A & E, the total time was given for the entire LP side and added to the first track. From the cover: (an added sticker) "This recording was previously released as MGM Records album 3-GC-1, of the same title" ®© Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc./Printed in U.S.A.
Musicians
 | Douglas Moore , US music by, liner notes, libretto, album by |
 | John Latouche , 1914-1956 US libretto by, liner notes, libretto, album by |
 | New York City Opera Chorus , *1943 chorus |
 | Emerson Buckley , 1914-1989 US conductor |
 | New York City Opera Orchestra , orchestra |
 | Anthony Balestrieri vocals, new york city opera chorus |
| Frank Ehrhardt vocals, new york city opera chorus |
| Lynn Starling vocals, new york city opera chorus |
| Mara Yavne vocals, new york city opera chorus |
| Margaret Rae vocals, new york city opera chorus |
| Marshall Stone vocals, new york city opera chorus |
| Rita Metzger vocals, new york city opera chorus |
| William Golden vocals, new york city opera chorus |
 | Keith Kaldenberg , vocals, performer, a clerk at the clarendon hotel, vocals, performer, cronies and assciates of tabor |
 | Chester Ludgin , 1925-2003 US vocals, performer, a saloon bartender / a denver politician |
| Robert Atherton vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, albert, a bellboy |
| Grant Williams vocals, performer, an old silver miner / father chappelle, priest at the wedding / stage doorman at the tabor grand theatre |
 | Frances Bible voc, 1919-2001 US vocals, performer, augusta, wife of horace tabor |
 | Arthur Newman voc, 1908-2000 US vocals, performer, cronies and assciates of tabor / a footman at the willard hotel |
 | Jack DeLon , US vocals, performer, cronies and assciates of tabor / chester a. arthur, president of the united states |
| George Del Monte vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, cronies and assciates of tabor |
 | Dorothy White , vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, effie, old friends of augusta |
| Lynn Taussig vocals, performer, elizabeth, child of horace and baby doe tabor |
| Lou Rogers vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, emily, old friends of augusta |
 | Walter Cassel voc, 1910-2000 US vocals, performer, horace tabor, mayor of leadville |
| Greta Wolff vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, kate, dance hall entertianers / mccourt family |
| Helen Baisley vocals, performer, mag, dance hall entertianers / mccourt family / silver dollar (grown-up) |
 | Beatrice Krebs , 1924-2011 US vocals, performer, mama mccourt, baby doe's mother |
 | Jennie Andrea , vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, mary, old friends of augusta |
 | Bill Saxton ts, *1946 US vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, mccort family / the mayor leadville |
 | Donald Arthur voc, 1937-2016 US vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, mccort family |
 | Beverly Sills voc, 1929-2007 US vocals, performer, mrs. elizabeth (baby) doe, a miner's wife |
| Lynda Jordan vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, samantha, a maid |
 | Mary Lesawyer voc, 1917-2004 US vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, sarah, old friends of augusta |
| John Dessison vocals, performer, washington dancers |
| Dan Marek vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, washington dancers |
| Edson Hoel vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, washington dancers |
| Peter Sliker vocals, vocals, new york city opera chorus, performer, washington dancers |
 | Joshua Hecht b, US vocals, performer, william jennings bryan, democratic presidential candidate |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Act One, Scene 1: Outside The Tabor Opera House, Leadville, 1880. | Douglas Moore & John Latouche | 25:07 | |
| 2 | Act One, Scene 2: Outside The Clarendon Hotel, Later That Evening. | Douglas Moore & John Latouche | ||
| 3 | Act One, Scene 3: The Tabor Apartment, Several Months Later. | Douglas Moore & John Latouche | 10:43 | |
| 4 | Act One, Scene 4: The Lobby Of The Clarendon Hotel, Shortly Theafter. | Douglas Moore & John Latouche | 13:41 | |
| 5 | Act One, Scene 5: Augusta's Parlor In Denver, A Year Later. | Douglas Moore & John Latouche | 5:14 | |
| 6 | Act One, Scene 6: A Suite In The Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C., 1883 | Douglas Moore & John Latouche | 14:29 | |
| 7 | Act Two, Scene 1: The Windsor Hotel, Denver, 1893. | Douglas Moore & John Latouche | 16:00 | |
| 8 | Act Two, Scene 2: The Poker Game, Two Years Later. | Douglas Moore & John Latouche | 7:05 | |
| 9 | Act Two, Scene 3: The Matchless Mine, Summer 1896. | Douglas Moore & John Latouche | 20:37 | |
| 10 | Act Two, Scene 4: Augusta's Parlor, November 1896. | Douglas Moore & John Latouche | ||
| 11 | Act Two, Scene 5: The Stage Of The Opera House, April 1899. The Matchless Mine. | Douglas Moore & John Latouche | 19:46 |
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