Douglas Moore

An important figure in American musical education and the promotion of American music, Moore is one of the few American composers best known for his operas. His The Ballad of Baby Doe is, along with the similarly folk-influenced Susannah of Carlisle Floyd, one of only two American operas of its era to find a solid place in the operatic repertory.

• White Wings, chamber opera
  Libretto by P. Barry.
  1935
• The Headless Horseman
  Libretto by Stephen Vincent Benet after the story by Washington Irving.
  1936
• The Devil and Daniel Webster
  Libretto by Stephen Vincent Benet.
  May 18, 1939, New York, New York
• The Emperor's New Clothes
  Libretto by R. Abrashkin.
  February 19, 1949, New York, New York
  (Revised version premiered 1956)
• Giants in the Earth
  Libretto by Arnold Sundgaard after Rolvaag.
  March 28, 1951
  (Revised version premiered 1963)
• The Ballad of Baby Doe, folk opera
  Libretto by John Latouche.
  July 7, 1956, Central City Opera House, Central City, Colorado
• Gallantry, a soap opera
  Libretto by Arnold Sundgaard.
  March 15, 1958, Columbia University, New York, New York
• Wings of the Dove
  Libretto by E. Ayer after the novel by Henry James.
  October 12, 1961, New York, New York
• The Greenfield Christmas Tree, christmas entertainment
  Libretto by Arnold Sundgaard.
  December 8, 1962, Hartford Symphony, Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut
• Carrie Nation
  Libretto by W. N. Jayme.
  April 28, 1966, Lawrence, Kansas

Discography

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Douglas Moore The Devil and Daniel Webster Kansas City Symphony/Russell Patterson CD / Newport 85585 (1996)	Gallantry on New York Chamber Ensemble/Radcliffe Happy Endings: Comic Chamber Operas CD / Albany 173 (1995)
Willow Song from The Ballad of Baby Doe on Dawn Upshaw The World So Wide CD / Nonesuch 79458 (1998)	Douglas Moore The Ballad of Baby Doe (premiere recording) Sills/Cassel/Bible, NY City Opera/Buckley 2 CD / Polygram 465148 (1999)
Letter Song from The Ballad of Baby Doe on Renee Fleming I Want Magic! American Opera Arias CD / Polygram 160567 (1998)	Douglas Moore The Devil and Daniel Webster The Festival Orchestra/Aliberti CD / Phoenix USA (1997)

Bibliography

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Douglas Moore The Greenfield Christmas Tree (piano-vocal score) G. Schirmer 1963	"Augusta! How can you turn away?" from The Ballad of Baby Doe "We've always known each other" from The Wings of the Dove in G. Schirmer American Opera Anthology: Mezzo-Soprano G. Schirmer 2004
"Good people of Leadville" from The Ballad of Baby Doe "Turn tail and run then" from The Ballad of Baby Doe "Warm as the autumn light" from The Ballad of Baby Doe in G. Schirmer American Opera Anthology: Baritone/Bass G. Schirmer 2004	"In ancient times there was a god" from The Wings of the Dove in G. Schirmer American Opera Anthology: Tenor G. Schirmer 2004
"Always Through The Changing" from The Ballad of Baby Doe "Dearest Mama" from The Ballad of Baby Doe Lola's Aria from Gallantry "Silver Aria" from The Ballad of Baby Doe Willow Song from The Ballad of Baby Doe in G. Schirmer American Opera Anthology: Soprano G. Schirmer 2004	Scratch's Aria from The Devil and Daniel Webster in Boosey & Hawkes American Arias: Tenor Boosey and Hawkes 2004
"I've got a ram, Goliath" from The Devil and Daniel Webster in Boosey & Hawkes American Arias: Bass Boosey and Hawkes 2004

Last update: January 1, 2009