THE MINES OF SULPHUR

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premiere recording

The Mines of Sulphur 107:08
An Opera in Three Acts
Libretto by Beverley Cross
Dedicated to Benjamin Britten

COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
1 No. 1. Introduction 1:25
No. 2
(Rosalind enters. . .) -
2 \'Slut! You slut!\' 2:54
Braxton, Rosalind
No. 3
(The main door opens slowly and Boconnion enters cautiously. . .) -
3 \'Easy and quietly\' 2:22
Boconnion, Tovey, Rosalind, Braxton
No. 4
(Boconnion moves off into the shadows.)
4 \'The key!\' 1:53
Boconnion, Tovey, Rosalind
(They gaze in wonder at the contents of the open chest.) -
5 \'You see! What did I tell you?\' 1:06
Rosalind, Boconnion, Tovey
No. 5
6 \'Old goat!\' 4:23
Boconnion, Rosalind
No. 6
(Tovey returns, carrying logs and wine. . .) -
7 \'\'\'The cup it is white and the ale it is brown. . .\'\'\' 2:23
Tovey, Boconnion
No. 7
(Rosalind appears above. She is transformed. . .) -
8 \'Am I beautiful?\' 2:12
Rosalind, Boconnion, Tovey
(From the distance we hear the sound of a horn. . .) -
9 \'A horn!\' 0:53
Boconnion, Rosalind, Tovey, Sherrin
No. 8
(Sherrin enters, blinking, into the light. . .) -
10 \'Good evening, sir\' 5:58
Sherrin, Boconnion, Rosalind, Tovey, Leda, Fenney, Tooley
No. 9
(The players wander round the Hall. . .) -
11 \'I once played Romeo, in Chester\' 3:37
Fenney, Sherrin, Tooley, Leda
No. 10
(Rosalind enters. She moves slowly round the Hall. . .) -
12 \'It looks very well on you\' 7:13
Jenny, Rosalind

Act II
13 No. 11 Overture 1:05
No. 12
(Enter, from the lower doors, the two Flunkeys. . .) -
14 \'Good morning, your Excellency!\' 0:45
Tooley
No. 13. Recitative
15 \'Item: A fountain in the Palladian style\' 1:46
The Count
No. 14. Duet
(Hugo, the valet, enters with the Count\'s clothes and a basin. . .) -
16 \'Good morning, your Excellency\' 2:54
\'This morning I was passing the square\' -
Hugo, the Count
No. 15. Aria
17 \'O when will I a lover know\' 4:04
Haidee
No. 16
(The Count and Hugo appear below. . .) -
18 \'Well?\' 1:52
Hugo, the Count, Mrs Traxel
No. 17
(She calls up to the balcony.) -
19 \'Haidee!\' 4:03
Mrs Traxel
No. 18. Interlude
(Mrs Traxel leads the way into the house. . .) -
20 \'Your eyes are shining, Rosalind\' 1:22
Boconnion, Rosalind, Tovey
No.19
21 (Enter Trim and Tooley to prepare the bed. . .) - 2:27
56:42
COMPACT DISC TWO
1 No. 20. Nocturne I 1:09
No. 21
(A cock crows and the lights fade up on the bed. . .) -
2 \'Good morning, my doves\' 2:19
Mrs Traxel, Haidee, Hugo
No. 22
3 \'Hugo!\' 2:02
Haidee, Hugo
4 No. 23. Nocturne II 1:49
No. 24
(The lights fade up. . .) -
5 \'I said to the cook: who does he think he is?\' 2:07
Tooley, the Count
No. 25. Nocturne III -
6 \'In the moonlight they are beautiful\' 1:46
The Count
No. 26
7 \'Get up! and quickly, do you hear me\' 1:14
The Count, Haidee, Hugo
No. 27
8 \'Stop! Make them stop!\' 1:47
Tovey, Boconnion, Rosalind, Sherrin, Leda
No. 28
9 \'We must get away from here\' 1:23
Rosalind, Boconnion
No. 29
10 \'I am very sorry, Colonel Boconnion\' 1:00
Sherrin, Rosalind, Boconnion, Leda, Tooley
11 \'Well now, Colonel\' 2:28
Tooley, Boconnion, Leda
12 \'You would do better to save your new coat\' 2:05
Tooley, Boconnion

Act III
No. 30
(The players move slowly back and away from Boconnion.) -
13 \'Back! Back against the wall where I can watch you\' 1:48
Boconnion, Sherrin, Tooley, Leda, Rosalind
No. 31
\'This house is made of wood\' -
Boconnion
No. 32
14 \'What will you gain by killing us\' 3:22
Sherrin, Tooley, Boconnion
(Tovey returns.) -
\'All correct, Colonel\' -
Tovey, Boconnion, Rosalind
No. 33
\'I want to leave this house\' -
Rosalind
No. 34
15 \'We must wait till morning\' 4:21
Boconnion, Leda, Fenney
\'Ah! The poor little mute\' -
Boconnion
No. 35
(Trim obeys. He dances jerkily and awkwardly.) -
No. 36
(Boconnion stalks arrogantly along the line of frightened actors.) -
16 \'This mute!\' 2:39
Boconnion
17 \'I lived as a boy in a village by the sea\' 2:19
Boconnion
\'Tovey! Bring down the girl\' -
Boconnion, Tovey, Leda
No. 37
(Rosalind wanders away from the others.) -
18 \'I want to leave this house\' 1:54
Rosalind, Jenny, Boconnion
\'Tovey! Into the cellar with them\' -
Boconnion, Rosalind
No. 38
19 \'All correct, Colonel\' 0:55
Tovey
(Boconnion turns back to Jenny. . .) -
20 \'What was your question, in the play?\' 1:17
Boconnion, Jenny, Rosalind
No. 39
21 \'Once, once long ago some actors came riding\' 4:24
Jenny
No. 40
(The horn sounds, far beyond the house.) -
22 \'The horn! Their horn!\' 2:16
Tovey, Boconnion, Rosalind, Jenny
(Boconnion lifts his arm to strike.) -
23 \'Then look! Soldier, look!\' 3:57
Jenny, Tovey, Rosalind, Boconnion
50:26