from
A Hidden Life and other works,
released March 27, 2015
Composition & electronics:
Simon Wickham-Smith
Libretto:
Melody Sumner Carnahan
Voices:
Robert Ashley - The Lama
Laetitia Sonami - The Narrator
Joan Stango - The Singer
With original compositions by Joan Stango, recorded and performed by Joan Stango
Robert Ashley's voice was recorded, edited and processed by Tom Hamilton
Laetitia Sonami's voice was recorded at Sonami Studios
Sound editing and mixing by Steve Peters
c 2012 Simon Wickham-Smith / Melody Summer (words) / Joan Stango (songs)
The opera was inspired by and borrows from The Hidden Life of the Sixth Dalai Lama by Ngawang Lhundrup Dargyé, translated by Simon Wickham-Smith (Lexington books) with additional material from In the presence of my enemies by Sumner Carnahan and Lama Kunga Rinpoche (Clear Light)