DISC ONE:
Act One
1 At that time
2 This is the history of the baboons:
Act Two
3 On whitened sand
4 Over there
5 Now:
watching is waiting
6 The sky is our god
7 It is so good to have a friend
8 My lord Macbeth is come:
Act Three
9 Evening, and now we take stock
10 But we are scientists
11 The task of government falls on my shoulders
12 I am tired ...
13 In Africa *Listen
14 Now he sleeps
15 It will not be easy
16 The order of our world is changed
17 How naturally lies this body dead!
2 The order has changed
3 We cannot doubt
4 Affairs of state
5 See, he is nothing now
6 On whitened sand the river flows
7 It would be a simple act
8 Our time to each of us will come
9 No one could be happy to see
10 I am alone
11 Is there no comfort?
12 What might seem a harsh end
Total playing time [33:38]

The Macbeth story as played out in a troupe of baboons in Botswana? This fanciful idea inspired the writer Alexander McCall Smith and the composer Tom Cunningham to come up with their chamber opera, The Okavango Macbeth. Set in the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana, the opera deals with the efforts of an ambitious female baboon, Lady Macbeth, to encourage her husband, Macbeth, to murder the dominant baboon, Duncan. The response to the opera’s premiere in the No 1 Ladies’ Opera House, led many to conclude that in this extraordinary and unusual tale a new operatic gem has emerged. 'McCall Smith's succinct libretto is spun by composer Tom Cunningham into gorgeous tuneful melodies that linger' - Five Stars - The Scotsman, April 2011