Listen to An American Soldier, Act II Scene 3: What is an American (Marcum, Mother Chen, Danny, Soldiers) by American Composers Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan, Nina Yoshida Nelsen, Alex DeSocio & Brian Vu

An American Soldier, Act II Scene 3: What is an American (Marcum, Mother Chen, Danny, Soldiers)

American Composers Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan, Nina Yoshida Nelsen, Alex DeSocio & Brian Vu

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

American Composers Orchestra

American Composers Orchestra

Orchestra

Carolyn Kuan

Conductor

Nina Yoshida Nelsen

Nina Yoshida Nelsen

Mezzo-Soprano

Alex DeSocio

Baritone

Brian Vu

Tenor

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Huang Ruo

Composer

Henry David Hwang

Henry David Hwang

Librettist

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jan "Stan" Kybert

Jan "Stan" Kybert

Immersive Mixing Engineer

Doron Schachter

Doron Schachter

Recording Engineer

Silas Brown

Recording Engineer

Adam Abeshouse

Producer

Lyrics

MARCUM

Incoming!

MOTHER CHEN

It hit my boy on his back.

MARCUM

Everyone!

We’re training dragon lady!

SOLDIERS CHORUS

Incoming!

Incoming!

MOTHER CHEN

First the privates

Following orders

Picked up rocks

And stoned my son.

The other officers,

They just laughed.

MARCUM

Think this is hard?

This is a game!

Incoming!

Toughen up!

DANNY

Who is on my side?

Who are my enemies?

I’m an American.

What is an American?

MARCUM

Egg roll,

Get to the guard tower,

Out of my sight.

MOTHER CHEN

He went to the tower,

Where no one could see him,

And that was where,

That was where ...

Written by: Henry David Hwang, Huang Ruo

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