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0II. HOPEAbout the PerformersGlory to those who hope!For the future is theirs;... Hear the sound of joy and gladness; let us exult!Glory to those who hope!For the future is theirs;We love dawn as a promise....We rejoice in the light, we rejoice in the day.We rejoice in the beauty of the earthIn the love of family we rejoice.We rejoice, and shall rejoice for evermore.—Glory to those who hope!Join hands, trust in creation—Forge, then, a vision of things to come.A great hope shall be fulfilled.There will be peace in the land, we shall be unafraid.There will be peace in the land.(Glory to those who hope! )* * * * *May the words of my mouth and themeditation of my heart be acceptable unto Thee,O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Amen.[Texts from Gates of Repentance: The New UnionPrayerbook for the Days of Awe.Central Conference of American Rabbis, New York, 1978.Concept and assemblage by the composer.]Born in 1954 in Lynn, Massachusetts, baritone JAMESMADDALENA is a graduate of the New EnglandConservatory. He made his debut with the Boston PopsOrchestra in 1974 and in 1981 began an associationwith director Peter Sellars, appearing in his productionsof operas by Mozart, Haydn, and Handel. Maddalenafirst gained international recognition in 1987 for hisportrayal of Richard Nixon in the Houston GrandOpera premiere of John Adams’s Nixon in China,directed by Peter Sellars, and he sang the part againin London in 2000 when that production was mountedby the English National Opera. Maddalena has createda number of other notable operatic roles, and as anactive concert artist, he sings a repertoire rangingfrom Bach and Handel to Mozart, Brahms, Orff,and Hindemith.19 8.559444