Tom Cipullo: Glory Denied

Fort Worth Opera, Michael Mayes, Caroline Worra, David Blalock, Sydney Mancasola, Tyson Deaton (conductor)

Catalog #: TROY1433
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Format: Digital
Opera

Glory Denied, the new opera by Tom Cipullo, is the saga of Col. Jim Thompson, the longest-held American POW in U.S. history. Cipullo’s dramatic chamber opera based on the 2001 oral history by Tom Philpott, was recorded live with cast and ensemble of the 2013 Fort Worth Opera Festival. Glory Denied is a distinctly American story encapsulating something of the moral essence of the Vietnam War and the bitterness of the war’s legacy. Tom Cipullo’s score is beautiful and chilling and returns us to a transformative era in our nation’s history.

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Glory Denied Tom Cipullo Fort Worth Opera, Michael Mayes, Caroline Worra, David Blalock, Sydney Mancasola, Tyson Deaton, conductor

Reviews

  • "The whole piece is quite moving & a sad commentary on the incalculable toll exacted by war."

    – American Record Guide

  • "This is a terrifically powerful work, superbly written and well presented Highly recommended."

    – American Record Guide

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