Nuka Alice, Nicole Haslett, Michael Celentano - Michael Dellaira: Arctic Explorations (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Arctic Explorations, Prelude Sullualuk: Qaagit, Ujartigut (Chorus, Siarnaq)
02. Arctic Explorations, Scene 1 Maggie Fox and the Spirit Circle: Margaret Fox Kane, That's Me (Maggie, Chorus)
03. Arctic Explorations, Scene 2 Lady Jane: Message from the President of the United States (Chorus, President, Lady Jane)
04. Arctic Explorations, Scene 3 The Expedition: In the Month of December, 1852 (Kane, Chorus)
05. Arctic Explorations, Scene 4 Love Letters - Interlude I: My Dearest Maggie (Kane, Chorus, Maggie)
06. Arctic Explorations, Scene 5 In the Ice: Bay Ice, Drift-Ice, Field-Ice, Floe (Chorus, Kane)
07. Arctic Explorations, Scene 6 Love Letters - Interlude II: My Dearest Maggie (Kane, Maggie)
08. Arctic Explorations, Scene 7 Siarnaq: In Christ There Is No East or West (Chorus, Siarnaq, Kane)
09. Arctic Explorations, Scene 8 Natural Laws: I Am Convinced (Kane, Maggie, Chorus)
10. Arctic Explorations, Scene 9 Christmas: December 25, Christmas, Monday (Kane, Chorus)
11. Arctic Explorations, Scene 10 Sir John: Died in Her Majesty's Service: In Christ There Is No East or West (Chorus, Reporter, Lady Jane, Siarnaq, Kane)
12. Arctic Explorations, Scene 11 The Escape: The Summer Was Wearing On (Kane, Chorus)
13. Arctic Explorations, Scene 12 New York: October 12th, 1855 (Chorus, Siarnaq)
14. Arctic Explorations, Scene 13 Spirit World: He Died Still a Young Man (Chorus, Maggie, Lady Jane, Siarnaq, Kane)
15. Arctic Explorations, Postlude Sullualuk: We Are the Spirit of the Northwest Passage (Chorus)

Michael Dellaira has become one of America’s leading opera composers, receiving acclaim and awards for compelling stage works including The Leopard (Naxos 8.669052-53). Based on Elisha Kent Kane’s expedition to find the Northwest Passage in the mid-19th century, Arctic Explorations is a study on the human desire to discover what lies beyond the boundaries of our experience. The effects of global warming and the plight of the Inuit in one of the most beautiful but endangered places on earth also forms part of the narrative.

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