The Haunted Tower (La Tour Enchantée, un Opéra-comique)

by Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740-1814)

 

 

Marquis de Sade

The London adaptation by Storace and Cobb of Sade’s “La tour enchantée,” with Storace's entire original score and an added setting by Brian Holmes for a song from Sade's original which Storace/Cobb omitted. First performed: 24 Nov 1789.

Produced by Frederick Burwick [More information on performance.]

Adapted by James Cobb, with musical score by Stephen Storace.

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Songs :

Overture Play/Download Song (10.7 mb)
To Albion's Genius raise the strain Play/Download Song (3.7 mb)
From hope's fond dream Play/Download Song (3.4 mb)
Tho' pity I cannot deny (by Pleyel) Play/Download Song (4.3 mb)
Nature to woman still so kind (Welsh) Play/Download Song (2.0 mb)
Hark! The sweet horn proclaims afar Play/Download Song (5.0 mb)
Whither my love!" (by Paesielo) Play/Download Song (3.0 mb)
Will great lords and ladies Play/Download Song (1.9 mb)
My native land I bade adieu Play/Download Song (2.4 mb)
Against the shaft of cruel fate Play/Download Song (2.5 mb)
Be mine, tender passion Play/Download Song (6.2 mb)
Hush, hush; such counsels do not give (by Sarti) Play/Download Song (4.4 mb)
Tho' time has from your lordship's face (French) Play/Download Song (2.6 mb)
What blest hours, untainted by sorrow  (by Linley) Play/Download Song (2.7 mb)
Now all in preparation (French) & While swords and shields are clashing Play/Download Song (2.1 mb)
By mutual love delighted & Alas! behold the silly maid Play/Download Song (5.0 mb)
Attune the pipe (by Pleyel) Play/Download Song (4.0 mb)
My love is not a problem (by contemporary composer Brian Holmes) Play/Download Song (5.1 mb)
Love's sweet voice to Hymen speaking Play/Download Song (5.3 mb)
Where'er true valour can its power display Play/Download Song (4.0 mb)
Love from the heart (by Martini) Play/Download Song (4.2 mb)
Dangers unknown impending (by Sarti) Play/Download Song (3.1 mb)
Dread parent of despair (by Sarti) Play/Download Song (6.2 mb)
From high birth and all its fetters Play/Download Song (3.1 mb)
Begone! I discharge you! Play/Download Song (4.5 mb)
Spirit of my sainted sire Play/Download Song (3.3 mb)
And now we're met, a jolly set (by Purcell) Play/Download Song (2.0 mb)
The banished ills of heretofore (from Vive les fillettes by Storace) Play/Download Song (7.2 mb)

• Vocal Director — Stephen Pu
• Singers — Erik Finck, Greg Cragg, Charles Maas, Brian Hayden, Danny Cowan, A.J. Rodriguez, Robby Nadler, Amy Cox, Debbie Fry, Kristin Crawford, Schuyler Hudak, Lauren Cheak, Melanie Wong, Tammy Wong, Sean Berquist, Yvette Holzwarth, Natalie Walker, Kelsey Ramos
• Musicians — Jong-Ling Wu, Marjorie Burns, keyboards; Stephanie Cash, clarinet; Jong-Ling Wu, flute; Audrey Van Norman, cello; Trevor Pratt, violin

For more information on performance, visit "Teaching Romantic Drama: Production and Performance of The Haunted Tower" by Fred Burwick.

This not-for-profit site is intended to make vocal music and lyrics of the of the early 19th century in the British Isles, Europe, Canada, the United States, and Australia more accessible. It includes contemporary music of the period and later settings (e.g., Brian Holmes's complete score for Death's Jest Book and Lori Lange's settings of Byron lyrics). For further information, contact Paul.Douglass@sjsu.edu