Opera, music and film
King Gesar
Peter Lieberson; libretto by Douglas Penick
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King Gesar, Peter Lieberson’s work for narrator and chamber ensemble, with a text by Douglas Penick drawn from the Gesar epic. Sony Classical recording with Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Peter Serkin and Omar Ebrahim, narrator.
Also by Douglas J. Penick
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