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Disc 01
The Okavango Macbeth (Oper in 4 Akten) (Gesamtaufnahme)

01. "At that time (1. Akt)"

02. "This is the history of the baboons"

03. "On whitened sand (2. Akt)"

04. "Over there"

05. "Now listen: watching is waiting"

06. "The sky is our god"

07. "It is so good to have a friend"

08. "My lord Macbeth is come"

09. "Evening and now we take stock (3. Akt)"

10. "But we are scientists"

11. "The task of government falls on my shoulders"

12. "I am tired..."

13. "In Africa"

14. "Now he sleeps"

15. "It will be not easy"

16. "The order of our world is changed"

17. "How naturally lies this body"

Disc 02

01. "Duncan is dead! (4. Akt)"

02. "The order has changed"

03. "We cannot doubt"

04. "Affairs of state"

05. "See, he is nothing now"

06. "On whitened sand the river flows"

07. "It would be a simple act"

08. "Our time to each of us will come"

09. "No one could be happy to see"

10. "I am alone"

11. "Is there no comfort?"

12. "What might seem a harsh end"

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Okavango Macbeth by Edinburgh Studio Opera Chorus, released 24 October 2011. This version of Okavango Macbeth comes as a 2xCD. -

The MacBeth story as played out in a troupe of baboons? This fanciful idea inspired writer Alexander McCall Smith, who had already collaborated with composer Tom Cunningham on the choral song cycles the Painter's Eye and Scotland at Night (recorded on Delphian DCD34060), with the idea for this unique chamber opera, set in the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana. It centers on the efforts of an ambitious female baboon, Lady MacBeth, to encourage her husband to murder the dominant baboon, Duncan. The opera was premiered in Botswana, in the No 1 Ladies' Opera House which McCall Smith helped found as a venue for the many talented local singers there, before transferring to this, the first of two Scottish productions to date.

Recording Dates: 22-23 April 2011

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DCD 34096

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