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Raymond J. Lustig - Semmelweis  24-48
On April 17, nearly two decades of work came to fruition with the release of the album Semmelweis, a song cycle by composer Raymond J. Lustig and lyricist Matthew Doherty, by the US label Sono Luminus. Back in 2007, with several years of research experience in molecular biology under his belt, Ray Lustig – while pursuing his studies in music – decided to adapt the life of a 19th-century physician for the stage. After numerous revisions, the opera premiered in 2018 at the Bartók Plus Opera Festival and at the Budapest Operetta & Musical Theatre, directed by Martin Boross. The contemporary work premiered in Hungary on the 200th anniversary of Ignác Semmelweis’s birth, thanks to the initiative and active involvement of Dr. László Rosivall, Chairperson of the university’s Semmelweis Memorial Committee.

The newly released work is not a mere recording of the stage production, but rather a studio album comprising a cycle of twenty songs inspired by it. As the composer shared on the label’s website, he had always envisioned singer Charlotte Mundy’s voice for this work. 



01 Semmelweis No. 1, What Is the Day.flac
02 Semmelweis No. 2, Market Squares.flac
03 Semmelweis No. 3, Give Birth on the Earthworks.flac
04 Semmelweis No. 4, Best Idea.flac
05 Semmelweis No. 5, My Doctor's Hands.flac
06 Semmelweis No. 6, Never a Choice.flac
07 Semmelweis No. 7, Out in the Yard.flac
08 Semmelweis No. 8, Archaeology.flac
09 Semmelweis No. 9, Our Skin So Fair.flac
10 Semmelweis No. 10, As If Your Body Were a Cathedral.flac
11 Semmelweis No. 11, You Cannot Stay.flac
12 Semmelweis No. 12, My Dark Disgrace.flac
13 Semmelweis No. 13, Etiology.flac
14 Semmelweis No. 14, Eureka.flac
15 Semmelweis No. 15, I Am the Experiment.flac
16 Semmelweis No. 16, Madness.flac
17 Semmelweis No. 17, Once a Candle.flac
18 Semmelweis No. 18, The Only One.flac
19 Semmelweis No. 19, Lullaby.flac
20 Semmelweis No. 20, Finale.flac



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