Houston Grand Opera, Kwamé Ryan, Janai Brugger, Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges - Jake Heggie: Intelligence (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

CD1
01. Intelligence, Act One: Scene 1, The Van Lew Mansion
02. Intelligence, Act One: Help me!
03. Intelligence, Act One: Round and Round
04. Intelligence, Act One: Intelligence, Act One
05. Intelligence, Act One: Mary Jane Aria. Just one step
06. Intelligence, Act One: Scene 2, The Confederate White House
07. Intelligence, Act One: Pantomime
08. Intelligence, Act One: Scene 3, What did I marry into?
09. Intelligence, Act One: Elizabeth Aria. Look me in the eye
10. Intelligence, Act One: Scene 4, In Town
11. Intelligence, Act One: Scene 5, The Journal
12. Intelligence, Act One: Wilson Aria. Why risk everything for this?
13. Intelligence, Act One: Ensemble. What's gonna happen now?
14. Intelligence, Act One: Scene 6, Fire!

CD2
01. Intelligence, Act Two: Scene 1, What is in the ashes?
02. Intelligence, Act Two: Scene 2, Surviving is all I've ever known
03. Intelligence, Act Two: Callie/Travis Duet. Traitors
04. Intelligence, Act Two: Scene 3, It cannot be true
05. Intelligence, Act Two: Ancestral Dance
06. Intelligence, Act Two: Scene 4, Midnight outside the Van Lew Mansion
07. Intelligence, Act Two: None so wronged as Mary Jane
08. Intelligence, Act Two: Duet. Chained to you forever
09. Intelligence, Act Two: Scene 5, In Elizabeth's Rooms
10. Intelligence, Act Two: The Slave Auction
11. Intelligence, Act Two: My momma's eyes

Intelligence is based on the little-known true story of two women – one formerly enslaved, one a Southern woman of privilege – who infiltrated the Confederate White House and ran a Union spy ring during the American Civil War. Created with director and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and librettist Gene Scheer, the live recording was captured during the world-premiere run and features the original cast, led by Jamie Barton as Elizabeth Van Lew, Janai Brugger as Mary Jane Bowser, J’Nai Bridges as Lucinda, and Michael Mayes as Travis Briggs, with Kwamé Ryan conducting the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra.

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