The Play of Daniel (Ludus Danielis)
Elaborately staged live performance of the play, following a scholarly
commentary on the musical, linguistic, historical and cultural
context, along with a synopsis of the plot, provided by Sean Daniel
(Professor of Voice, University of Oklahoma), Eugene Enrico (Professor
of Musicology, University of Oklahoma), Frederick Renz (ensemble
director), Tom Zajac (performer), Susan H. Caldwell (Professor of
Art History University of Oklahoma), David H. Miller (Professor of
History, University of Oklahoma) & George Economou (Professor
of English, University of Oklahoma).
Playing time: 59' 30"
Performers:
New York's Ensemble for Early Music
Oklahoma Collegium Musicum
Skip Klingman (Daniel)
William Higgins (Belshazzar & Habbakkuk)
Robert Jones (Darius & Courtier)
David Settle (Belshazzar's Prince & Envious Counsellor)
Melissa Kamm (Belshazzar's Queen & Courtier)
Roxane LaCombe (Envious Counsellor & Queen's Attendant)
Jennie Olson (Angel & Queen's Attendant)
David Wilson-Burns (Wiseman & Adviser)
Paul Burns (Wiseman & Adviser)
Jennifer Oates (Courtier)
Rocky Massey (Courtier)
Tina Kambour (Court Dancer & Lion)
Cynthia Bond Perry (Court Dancer & Lion)
Tom Zajac (medieval winds), Terry Pollack (medieval fiddle), Sherry
Cheng (psaltery, lion roarer), Melody Gibson (percussion), Jennifer
Hall (recorders), Virginia Burdine (harps), William Carmichael
(medieval trumpet)
Sean Daniel (stage director)
Tina Kambour (choreographer)
Frederick Renz (guest artistic director)
Eugene Enrico (music director, television producer)
Recording site and date:
Unknown, filmed before a live audience [1996];
Rel. 1996
Comments:
Funded in part by Oklahoma Foundation for the Humanities, National
Endowment for the Humanities & State Arts Council of Oklahoma.
Information from owned VHS.
A previous recording of this material by New York's Ensemble for Early Music is Ludus Danielis - Daniel and the Lions.
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Jorge Salazar