MICHAEL NYMAN - FACING GOYA

An Opera In Four Acts
Music By Michael Nyman - Libretto By Victoria Hardie

|Craniometrist 1
|Eugenist / Art Critic 1
|Microbiologist ...............................Winnie Böve

|Craniometry Assistant 2
|Art Critic 2
|Genetic Research Doctor .....................Marie Angel

|Art Banker / Widow ...........................Hilary Summers

|Craniometry Assistant 2
|Eugenist / Art Critic 3
|Chief Executive Of A Bio-tech Company.........Harry Nicoll

|Craniometrist 2
|Art Critic 4
|Genetic Academic
|Goya..........................................Omar Ebrahim
CD: 1
01. ACT 1: Prelude/Dogs drowning in sand
02. How do I know you
03. Lavater
04. Leonardo says
05. The size of the brain
06. Weight the brain
07. ACT II: The theory of proportions
08. Stand up and be counted
09. Measure my body
10. Galton
11. Goya's snub nose
12. Lombroso
13. And Goya cried
CD: 2
01. ACT 2: Where is Goya?
02. The sequence of the gene
03. A man impaled
04. The risky gene
05. Mutation
06. Brilliant body
07. Take its DNA
08. Give me Goya's skull
09. Tortured prisoner
10. ACT 4: That day we decided
11. We've cracked the genome
12. I wanted rid of it
13. And cloning is here to stay
14. How can you be so stupid
15. Forgive me