The Song of Majnun, Scene 1: Tiger in the pinewood, run through the pinewood (Boys, Girls, Majnun, Layla, Layla's Mother and Father)

Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Ward Holmquist

The Song of Majnun, Scene 2: Here! What? Have you heard, have you heard? (First Gossip, Second Gossip, Majnun)

Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Ward Holmquist

The Song of Majnun, Scene 3: Light of my soul, where Are you? (Ensemble, Layla)

Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Ward Holmquist

The Song of Majnun, Scene 4: Old man, who Are you? (Majnun, Majnun's Father)

Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Ward Holmquist

The Song of Majnun, Scene 6: This letter comes from a grieving woman to a man of grief (Layla, Majnun)

Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Ward Holmquist

The Song of Majnun, Scene 7: Layla, my child, come inside (Layla's Mother, Layla)

Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Ward Holmquist

The Song of Majnun: Interlude. Majnun's Dream

Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Ward Holmquist

The Song of Majnun, Scene 8: Layla, we mourn you (Ensemble, IBN Salam, Layla Mother and Father, First Gossip, Second Gossip, Majnun)

Raymond Very, Ana María Martínez, Jill Grove, Grant Youngblood, Mary Petro, Jonita Lattimore, Patrick Blackwell, Michael Chioldi, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Ward Holmquist

Composer Bright Sheng and Librettist Andrew Porter in Coversation with Tom Sudholt, host of Saturday Afternoon at the Opera

Bright Sheng & Andrew J. Porter

The Song of Majnun, Scene 5: Has he heard, has he heard? (Fi...