Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Gilgamesh
J. Scott Brubacher - composer
Stephen Lancaster - baritone
Susan McDaniel - piano
David James Brock - libretto
Kyle Marshall - dancer/choreographer
Four/Ten Media - direction/production

Release Date: November 7, 2025
Catalog #: NV6765

Artistically speaking, few things are as daunting as the historic Epic of Gilgamesh: How does one embody the eponymous hero that sparked the archetypal idea of the hero itself, inspiring figures like Heracles and Odysseus, and reaching as far back as 4,000 years ago? Intrepid baritone Stephen Lancaster confidently answers this question on GILGAMESH.

This commissioned song cycle is the fruit of an interdisciplinary creative collaboration that spans more than a decade — justifiable, considering the gravitas of the source material. Lancaster masterfully commands the epic role, despite the double challenge placed upon him: the historical weight of the character, and the task of single-handedly carrying the song cycle as its lone and larger-than-life protagonist. Lancaster succeeds — heroic, indeed.

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