William Grant Still
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Operatic Recordings

The recordings of operatic works by William Grant Still

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Bayou Legend
Opera

The first production of an opera by a man of Color to be nationally televised ( with libretto by Verna Arvey ). It tells the tale of a man in the Mississippi Bayou who falls in love with a spirit.
Item: WGSMBL-3003,   2-CD Set   Price:   $18.95

Highway I, USA
Opera

Recording of the 1962 world premiere at the University of Miami of this one-act opera by Still and Verna Arvey. The opera tells about the owners of a gasoline station who are victimized by a grasping relative.
Item: WGSM-HI3004,   CD   Price:   $17.90

Highway I, USA
Opera

A later version of the one-act opera by Still and Verna Arvey with Louise Toppin in the starring role and Philip Brunelle conducting the St. Olaf Orchestra. A Visionary Records release.
Item: VIDEMUS-H1CD,   CD   Price:   $16.99

Minette Fontaine
Opera

The story of a beautiful diva and the mistress of Black Magic, Marie Laveau, in 19th-century New Orleans, by Still and Verna Arvey.
Item: WGSMMF-3002,   2-CD Set   Price:   $18.95

Troubled Island
Opera

A reproduction of the 1949 New York performance of this Still opera in collaboration with Langston Hughes and Verna Arvey. Available on CD, this recording is a 50th anniversary tribute to the first opera by an Afro-American to be staged by a major American company. One of the first productions, with all of its technical flaws, is presented here.
Item: WGSMTI-3001,   CD   Price:   $21.95

Still Opera Collection
Opera Collection

A special collection of all four operatic recordings by Still, each a historical and musical triumph, on compact discs:
  • BAYOU LEGEND
  • HIGHWAY I, USA
  • MINETTE FONTAINE
  • TROUBLED ISLAND
Item: WGSM4-3001-4,   Four Opera Set   Price:   $69.95