Bliss

Opera Australia

44 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 24 MINUTES • JUN 12 2015

1

Bliss, Act I, Scene 1, "Death and Transfiguration": "Hey, listen you lot, I've something to tell you!"

Barry Ryan, Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

03:44

2

Bliss, Act I, Scene 1, "Death and Transfiguration": "This is a catastrophe"

Merlyn Quaife, Taryn Fiebig, David Corcoran, Barry Ryan, Kanen Breen, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

01:44

3

Bliss, Act I, Scene 1, "Death and Transfiguration": Interlude I, "The Descent into Hell"

Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

01:10

4

Bliss, Act I, Scene 2, "Limbo": "Did you see his wife?"

Teresa La Rocca, Jane Parkin, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

02:03

5

Bliss, Act I, Scene 2, "Limbo": "Welcome to Hell, Father!"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Shane Lowrencev, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

03:56

6

Bliss, Act I, Scene 2, "Limbo": "Ah! My wife!"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Shane Lowrencev, Merlyn Quaife, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

05:20

7

Bliss, Act I, Scene 2, "Limbo": Harry's Vision, "Listen. When it happened I had a vision"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Merlyn Quaife, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

05:06

8

Bliss, Act I, Scene 3, "The Joys of Home": "Hey Dad, when are you going back to work?"

Taryn Fiebig, Peter Coleman-Wright, Merlyn Quaife, Kanen Breen, David Corcoran, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

06:25

9

Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": "Bloody hell, Harry!"

Barry Ryan, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

04:42

10

Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": Scylla and Charybdis, "Captives, keep your wits about you"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Barry Ryan, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

04:00

11

Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": Interlude II, "An Elephant in the Room"

Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

01:15

12

Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": "Aldo, my table is taken"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Henry Choo, Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

06:22

13

Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": "Mister Joy. Harold Joy. Before we charge you"

Stephen Smith , Shane Lowrencev, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

03:04

14

Bliss, Act I, Scene 4, "Man about Town": The Ballad of Little Titch

Peter Coleman-Wright, Stephen Smith , Shane Lowrencev, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

05:04

15

Bliss, Act I, Scene 5, "Family Secrets": "I have to know. It has to be done"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Malcolm Ede, Kanen Breen, Merlyn Quaife, David Corcoran, Taryn Fiebig, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

05:43

16

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Interlude III, "Hotel Room - Awakening"

Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

01:38

17

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": "Yes. Is that Conlon Chemicals?"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

01:24

18

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Home Cameo I, "It's crazy, it's costing the earth"

Kanen Breen, Merlyn Quaife, David Corcoran, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

00:50

19

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Back at the Hotel I, "Yes! Clunes! You're here!"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Henry Choo, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

06:15

20

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Home Cameo II, "It would be simpler if we just had him committed"

Kanen Breen, Merlyn Quaife, David Corcoran, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

00:41

21

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Back at the Hotel II, "Yes! Come in!"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

03:51

22

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Home Cameo III, "I know how to do it"

David Corcoran, Kanen Breen, Merlyn Quaife, Taryn Fiebig, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

01:23

23

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Back at the Hotel III, "It's not what you think"

Lorina Gore, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

02:51

24

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Home Cameo IV, "Can you really pay for this?"

Merlyn Quaife, David Corcoran, Kanen Breen, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

00:50

25

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": Back at the Hotel IV, "Usually I don't feel a thing"

Lorina Gore, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

02:59

26

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": "Keep very clean"

Lorina Gore, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

03:14

27

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": "Hey Harry, you swine, you mongrel, you asshole!"

Barry Ryan, Peter Coleman-Wright, Malcolm Ede, Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

03:48

28

Bliss, Act II, "The Heart-Throb Hotel": "Johnny! What the hell is happening?"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

02:25

29

Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": Interlude IV, "Knocking at the Hellgate"

Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

01:42

30

Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": "Abandon hope, you who enter here"

Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

01:59

31

Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": "You are all crazy, right out of your tree"

Milijana Nikolic, Barry Ryan, Peter Coleman-Wright, Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

04:34

32

Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": "How do you do? Everybody calls me 'Nurse'"

Shane Lowrencev, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

02:12

33

Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": "Look, I won't apologise, so don't punish me"

Merlyn Quaife, Peter Coleman-Wright, Lorina Gore, Milijana Nikolic, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

02:31

34

Bliss, Act III, Scene 1, "Bedlam": "I've brought the cash to get you out"

Merlyn Quaife, Milijana Nikolic, Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

03:48

35

Bliss, Act III, Scene 2, "Dissolution": "Ah, Harry, my Harry"

Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

03:14

36

Bliss, Act III, Scene 2, "Dissolution": "Betty, your work is beautiful"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Merlyn Quaife, Lorina Gore, Kanen Breen, David Corcoran, Taryn Fiebig, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

06:08

37

Bliss, Act III, Scene 2, "Dissolution": "They shelter us well, these generous giants"

Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

01:43

38

Bliss, Act III, Scene 3, "Woman about Town": "Ah, Mrs Joy! Another year - How time flies"

Stephen Smith , Merlyn Quaife, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

01:26

39

Bliss, Act III, Scene 3, "Woman about Town": "My mother left, he brought me up"

Merlyn Quaife, Stephen Smith , Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

03:11

40

Bliss, Act III, Scene 3, "Woman about Town": "Scotch. On the rocks"

Merlyn Quaife, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

02:28

41

Bliss, Act III, Scene 3, "Woman about Town": Interlude V, "On the Rocks"

Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

00:58

42

Bliss, Act III, Scene 3, "Woman about Town": "Welcome, all of you, what an excellent turn-out!"

Merlyn Quaife, Kanen Breen, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

05:54

43

Bliss, Act III, Scene 4, "Heartbreak House": "So, you took the job?"

Taryn Fiebig, David Corcoran, Opera Australia Chorus, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

02:21

44

Bliss, Act III, Scene 5, "In Elysium": "At evening mortal memory takes its course"

Peter Coleman-Wright, Lorina Gore, Opera Australia Orchestra & Elgar Howarth

08:22

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