The First Emperor - Ópera en 2 Actos Compositor: Tan Dun Libreto:Tan Dun y Ha Jin Obra escrita en 2006 Disco 1 1 Opening Titles: The First Emperor 2 Introduction Act I Scene 1 3 In Chinese: Two Thousand Years Ago... 4 Ha Wu Ka Hashi Wu 5 Come Spirits Of Awesome Power 6. Silence! Silence! Is This Music? 7 The Shadow That Haunts Me Wherever I Go (Emperor) 8 General Wang, Once You Find The Shadow Scene 2 9 Zhong Guo, Zhong Guo 10 Father, Can This Be The Shadow? 11 Intermezzo Scene 3 12 The Wind Sent Me The News Of Snow 13 Has The Shadow Changed His Mind? 14 Sage Of Music 15 Ah, I Can Walk! 16 Forever I´m Bound To The Man 17 Like Water - Like Fire Disco 2 Act II Scene 1 1 Beyond The Great Wall 2 Hei Zo Hei Zo Zo 3 Jianli, How Is You Composition? 4 My Lord, Please Master Your Temper 5 Our Own Happiness Is Nothing Scene 2 6 Intermezzo 7 Glory! The Emperor Shinse Like The Morning Sun 8 Now Let The Emperor Ascend! 9 Ritual Dance 10 Beloved Papa, It Was Not The General 11 The Bell Of Heaven Rings 12 Your Majesty 13 Death! 14 My Heart Is Like Your Wound, Bleeding 15 Oh, We Are Building The Dream 16 End Credits Plácido Domingo tenor (Emperador Qin) Sarah Coburn soprano (Princesa Yueyang, hija del emperador) Wu Hsing-Kuo (Maestro de Yin-Yang, oficial geomancer) Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano (Shaman) Haijing Fu barítono (Primer Ministro) Hao Jiang Tian bajo (General Wang Bi) Susanne Mentzer mezzo-soprano (Madre de Yueyang) Paul Groves tenor (Gao Jianli, un músico) Danrell Williams (Guardia) Dou Dou Huang (Bailarín Principal) Qi Yao (Interprete de Zheng) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Tan Dun dirección Metropolitan Opera Chorus Metropolitan Ballet Zhang Yimou dirección de grabación Grabada en el Lincoln Center, New York, el 21 de diciembre de 2006 Fecha de edición: febrero de 2009