Blake

H. Leslie Adams, Libretto by Daniel Mayers

Cleveland-based composer Adams sets the 1970 novel by Martin Delaney, following the lives, loves, and trials of African-Americans on the eve of the Civil War.

Conductor: Brian Garman
Miranda: Donita Volkwijn
Isabella: Jennifer Roderer
Blake: Robert Mack
Ballard: Matthew Burns

Excerpt 1(5:43)

Excerpt 2(6:02)


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VOX 2006

Blake
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Harmony
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