Folk opera based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

Anais Mitchell creates a folk opera based upon the Greek myth of the poet Orpheus

"Songs by Anaïs Mitchell, score by Michael Chorney"--Container

Compact disc

Synopsis, libretto, and credits ([24] p. : col. ill.) inserted in container

Produced by Todd Sickafoose

Anaïs Mitchell (Eurydice), Greg Brown (Hades), Ani DiFranco (Persephone), Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) (Orpheus), Ben Knox Miller (Hermes), Petra Haden, Rachel Haden, Tanya Haden (The Fates), vocal soloists ; additional vocal performers ; Michael Chorney, Anaïs Mitchell, guitars; Ben T. Matchstick, harmonica, vocals; Jim Black, drums, percussion; Todd Sickafoose, bass, piano, pump organ; Tanya Kalmanovitch, viola; Marika Hughes, cello; Josh Roseman, trombone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; Rob Burger, accordion, piano; Miguel Frasconi, glass orchestra; Rich Hinman, pedal steel; Brandon Seabrook, four-string banjo, noise tapes, electric guitar; Jonathan Goldberger, electric guitar; Mike Dillon, vibraphone

Recorded primarily at Brooklyn Recording in Brooklyn, N.Y.; with additional recording at Earycanal in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Dugout in New Orlenas, Louis., Minstrel Recording in Iowa City, Iowa, Eau Claire, Wisc., Glenwood Place Studios in Los Angeles, Calif., and Lovetown in Middlesex, Vt

Wedding song -- Epic. Part one -- Way down Hadestown -- Songbird, intro. -- Hey, little songbird -- Gone, I'm gone -- When the chips are down -- Wait for me -- Why we build the wall -- Our lady of the underground -- Flowers, Eurydice's song -- Nothing changes -- If it's true -- Papers, Hades finds out -- How long? -- Epic. Part two -- Lover's desire -- His kiss, the riot -- Doubt comes in -- I raise my cup to him