OperaCréole Ensemble, Opera Lafayette Orchestra, Patrick Dupre Quigley - Edmond Dédé: Morgiane, ou, Le sultan dIspahan (Live) (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act I Ouverture (Live)
02. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act I La brise est pure (Live)
03. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act I Entoure de tous mes amis (Live)
04. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act I Seigneur, je dois vous dire (Live)
05. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act I Cet enfant qu’avec vous (Live)
06. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act I Ah ! Merci, cher Ali (Live)
07. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act I Qu’elle est belle l’etoile (Live)
08. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act I Et maintenant, amis (Live)
09. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act I Seigneur Hagi Hassan (Live)
10. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act I Quelle sotte fureur (Live)
11. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act II Introduction - Ouvrons le marche (Live)
12. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act II Ils sont jaloux, je connais la race (Live)
13. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act II On m’enchaine, on m’entraine (Live)
14. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act II Chacun est parti (Live)
15. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act III Entr’acte - Mon plan est arrete (Live)
16. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act III Par vos ordres (Live)
17. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act III Indomptable fierte (Live)
18. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act III Honneur, honneur (Live)
19. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act III Qu’on m’apporte a l’instant (Live)
20. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act III Des chanteurs deguises (Live)
21. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act III Puisque le Sultan le demande (Live)
22. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act III Pleure, pleure (Live)
23. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act III Quand l’espoir t’es ravi (Live)
24. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act III Le bonheur des familles (Live)
25. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act III Qu’on les enchaine (Live)
26. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act IV Entr’acte (Live)
27. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act IV En vain vous deployez (Live)
28. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act IV Vole, vole, notre ame (Live)
29. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act IV Imprudente reponse (Live)
30. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act IV Je reste confondu (Live)
31. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act IV Petite bague taillee (Live)
32. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act IV Au ridicule ajoutant l’infamie (Live)
33. Dede Morgiane, ou, Le sultan d'Ispahan, Act IV Vous vivrez mon pere (Live)

Delos partners with Opera Lafayette and OperaCréole to present this world premiere recording of the earliest complete opera by a Black American. This recording is not a revival – it is a revelation. More than a century after its completion, Edmond Dédé’s Morgiane is finally being heard, thanks to the tireless work of Givonna Joseph, founder of OperaCréole, conductor Patrick Dupre Quigley, and many others. Born in New Orleans, Dédé fled an apartheid-like existence for free people of color in the southern United States to build his career in France, a move that turned to exert a great influence on his composing style. In that respect, Morgiane is not only beautiful, but it also bridges worlds: American and French, Black and white, powerful and marginalized. It is the work of a composer who labored with conviction and brilliance, even as he feared no one might ever hear his music.

“Morgiane is the most important piece of American music that no one has ever heard.... The American musical community has been deprived of this masterpiece for over 130 years; it is high time that Dédé and his music take their rightful place in the American musical canon.” (Patrick Dupre Quigley, NBC Nightly News)

Joshua Conyers, baritone
Kenneth Kellogg, bass
Chauncey Packer, tenor
Taylor J. White, soprano
Mary Elizabeth Williams, soprano
Jonathan Woody, bass-baritone
OperaCreole Ensemble
Opera Lafayette Orchestra
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

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