First Listen: "Wait for Me" From New Live Hadestown London Cast Album

A live original West End cast album of Hadestown will be released by Sing It Again Records on Friday, December 6. Here, we bring you a first-listen to the track “Wait for Me,” sung by star Dónal Finn (Orpheus), Melanie La Barrie (Hermes), and the company.

Featuring music, lyrics, and book by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, the award-winning show has direction by Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin.

Recorded live at the Lyric Theatre during their final matinee performance, the album features vocals from Finn as Orpheus and Grace Hodgett Young as Eurydice, as well as La Barrie (Hermes), Gloria Onitiri (Persephone) and Zachary James (Hades). The three Fates are Madeline Charlemagne, Allie Daniel and Bella Brown. Lauren Azania, Tiago Dhondt Bamberger, Beth Hinton-Lever, Waylon Jacobs, and Christopher Short play the Workers, with Lucinda Buckley, Ryesha Higgs, Miriam Nyarko, and Simon Oskarsson as Swings.

Hadestown – Live From London will be available in three physical formats: standard black vinyl, a limited edition deluxe gatefold “pop-up” vinyl, and on CD, as well as on digital download and streaming services.

Pre-save the album here.