baritone vocals [abraham lincoln] Zheng Zhou
bass vocals [hercules] Stephen Morscheck
choir The Morgan State University Choir
chorus master [chorus music director] Nathan Carter
composed by Philip Glass
conductor Dennis Russell Davies
engineer [additional recording engineering] John Billingsley
engineer [additional recording engineering] Martin Stumpf
engineer [additional recording engineering] Tim Conklin
engineer [assistant] Ryoji Hata
engineer [assistant] Steef Van De Gevel
engineer [assistant] Tony DiCarlo
engineer [mix engineer] Tucker Burnes
engineer [recording] Rich Costey
executive-producer Robert Hurwitz
liner notes David Wright
mezzo-soprano vocals [earth mother, mrs. lincoln] Denyce Graves
narrator [robert e. lee] Robert Wilson
narrator [young mrs. lincoln] Laurie Anderson
orchestra American Composers Orchestra
producer Kurt Munkacsi
producer Michael Riesman
producer [nonesuch] Karina Beznicki
soprano vocals [snow owl, alcmene] Sondra Radvanovsky
technician [technical engineer] Jamie Mereness
tenor vocals [garibaldi] Giuseppe Sabbatini
text by, libretto by Maita Di Niscemi
text by, libretto by Robert Wilson
Phonographic Copyright (p) Nonesuch
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Copyright (c) Nonesuch
Copyright (c) WEA International Inc.
Manufactured By Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Recorded At The Looking Glass Studios
Recorded At Electric Lady Studios
Recorded At Sorcerer Sound
Mixed At Electric Lady Studios
Pressed By WMME Alsdorf
Recorded 1995-1999 at The Looking Glass Studios, Electric Lady Studios, and Sorcerer Sound, New York.
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York.

the CIVIL warS (1984) was commissioned by Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; première March 1984, at Teatro dell'Opera, Rome, Italy.

Presented in a cardboard slip case (see images), including a 44-page booklet, with texts in English as well as Libretto in Latin/Italian/English and English translation.

Made in Germany
Barcode: 0 7559 79487 2 1
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
Label Code: LC 00286
Price Code: WE 810 (On back slipcase and CD)
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Mastering SID Code: IFPI L011 (Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0511 (Variant 1)
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