CARRY NATION

by Douglas Moore

CARRY NATION

PHCD177  |   Phoenix CD

Name Credit
Douglas Moore Douglas Moore Composer
New York City Opera New York City Opera Production Producer

Overview

PHCD177

Douglas Moore CARRY NATION (Opera in two acts)

The New York City Opera

Samuel Krachmalnick, conductor

Beverly Wolff, soprano

Arnold Voketaitis, Bass-baritone

Ellen Faull, soprano

Julian Patrick, Baritone

Deep within any fanatic there is usually a wound, often self-inflicted, that has never properly healed. At the turn of the century such a wounded soul swept out of Kansas – behind her a trail of shattered saloon glass, before a niche in history. More than anyone else, it was Carry Nation who roused the passions that led to Prohibition.