Opera Australia

Bliss

Opera Australia

44 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 24 MINUTES • JUN 12 2015

1
Bliss, Act I, Scene 1, "Death and Transfiguration": "Hey, listen you lot, I've something to tell you!"
Barry Ryan, Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
03:44
2
Bliss, Act I, Scene 1, "Death and Transfiguration": "This is a catastrophe"
Merlyn Quaife, Taryn Fiebig, David Corcoran, Barry Ryan, Kanen Breen, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
01:44
3
Bliss, Act I, Scene 1, "Death and Transfiguration": Interlude I, "The Descent into Hell"
Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
01:10
4
Bliss, Act I, Scene 2, "Limbo": "Did you see his wife?"
Teresa La Rocca, Jane Parkin, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
02:03
5
Bliss, Act I, Scene 2, "Limbo": "Welcome to Hell, Father!"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Shane Lowrencev, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
03:56
6
Bliss, Act I, Scene 2, "Limbo": "Ah! My wife!"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Shane Lowrencev, Merlyn Quaife, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
05:20
7
Bliss, Act I, Scene 2, "Limbo": Harry's Vision, "Listen. When it happened I had a vision"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Merlyn Quaife, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
05:06
8
Bliss, Act I, Scene 3, "The Joys of Home": "Hey Dad, when are you going back to work?"
Taryn Fiebig, Peter Coleman-Wright, Merlyn Quaife, Kanen Breen, David Corcoran, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
06:25
9
Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": "Bloody hell, Harry!"
Barry Ryan, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
04:42
10
Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": Scylla and Charybdis, "Captives, keep your wits about you"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Barry Ryan, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
04:00
11
Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": Interlude II, "An Elephant in the Room"
Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
01:15
12
Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": "Aldo, my table is taken"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Henry Choo, Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
06:22
13
Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": "Mister Joy. Harold Joy. Before we charge you"
Stephen Smith , Shane Lowrencev, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
03:04
14
Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": The Ballad of Little Titch
Peter Coleman-Wright, Stephen Smith , Shane Lowrencev, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
05:04
15
Bliss, Act I, Scene 5, "Family Secrets": "I have to know. It has to be done"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Malcolm Ede, Kanen Breen, Merlyn Quaife, David Corcoran, Taryn Fiebig, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
05:43
16
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Interlude III, "Hotel Room - Awakening"
Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
01:38
17
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": "Yes. Is that Conlon Chemicals?"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
01:24
18
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Home Cameo I, "It's crazy, it's costing the earth"
Kanen Breen, Merlyn Quaife, David Corcoran, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
00:50
19
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Back at the Hotel I, "Yes! Clunes! You're here!"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Henry Choo, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
06:15
20
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Home Cameo II, "It would be simpler if we just had him committed"
Kanen Breen, Merlyn Quaife, David Corcoran, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
00:41
21
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Back at the Hotel II, "Yes! Come in!"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
03:51
22
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Home Cameo III, "I know how to do it"
David Corcoran, Kanen Breen, Merlyn Quaife, Taryn Fiebig, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
01:23
23
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Back at the Hotel III, "It's not what you think"
Lorina Gore, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
02:51
24
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Home Cameo IV, "Can you really pay for this?"
Merlyn Quaife, David Corcoran, Kanen Breen, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
00:50
25
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Back at the Hotel IV, "Usually I don't feel a thing"
Lorina Gore, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
02:59
26
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": "Keep very clean"
Lorina Gore, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
03:14
27
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": "Hey Harry, you swine, you mongrel, you asshole!"
Barry Ryan, Peter Coleman-Wright, Malcolm Ede, Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
03:48
28
Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": "Johnny! What the hell is happening?"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
02:25
29
Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": Interlude IV, "Knocking at the Hellgate"
Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
01:42
30
Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": "Abandon hope, you who enter here"
Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
01:59
31
Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": "You are all crazy, right out of your tree"
Milijana Nikolic, Barry Ryan, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
04:34
32
Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": "How do you do? Everybody calls me 'Nurse'"
Shane Lowrencev, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
02:12
33
Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": "Look, I won't apologise, so don't punish me"
Merlyn Quaife, Peter Coleman-Wright, Lorina Gore, Milijana Nikolic, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
02:31
34
Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": "I've brought the cash to get you out"
Merlyn Quaife, Milijana Nikolic, Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
03:48
35
Bliss, Act III, Scene 2, "Dissolution": "Ah, Harry, my Harry"
Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
03:14
36
Bliss, Act III, Scene 2, "Dissolution": "Betty, your work is beautiful"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Merlyn Quaife, Lorina Gore, Kanen Breen, David Corcoran, Taryn Fiebig, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
06:08
37
Bliss, Act III, Scene 2, "Dissolution": "They shelter us well, these generous giants"
Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
01:43
38
Bliss, Act III, Scene 3, "Woman about Town": "Ah, Mrs Joy! Another year - How time flies"
Stephen Smith , Merlyn Quaife, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
01:26
39
Bliss, Act III, Scene 3, "Woman about Town": "My mother left, he brought me up"
Merlyn Quaife, Stephen Smith , Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
03:11
40
Bliss, Act III, Scene 3, "Woman about Town": "Scotch. On the rocks"
Merlyn Quaife, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
02:28
41
Bliss, Act III, Scene 3, "Woman about Town": Interlude V, "On the Rocks"
Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
00:58
42
Bliss, Act III, Scene 3, "Woman about Town": "Welcome, all of you, what an excellent turn-out!"
Merlyn Quaife, Kanen Breen, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
05:54
43
Bliss, Act III, Scene 4, "Heartbreak House": "So, you took the job?"
Taryn Fiebig, David Corcoran, Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
02:21
44
Bliss, Act III, Scene 5, "In Elysium": "At evening mortal memory takes its course"
Peter Coleman-Wright, Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth
08:22
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