| Description |
1 audio disc (53:26) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Medium of Performance |
bass-baritone voice 1 orchestra 1 1 1 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Opera arias. |
| Performer |
William Powers, bass-baritone ; Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra ; Dennis Burkh, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1997 March 25-28 Janáček Cultural Center, Havíov [that is, Havírov], Czech Republic. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by William Powers and Jennifer Larmore, notes on the arias, and performer biography (7 pages : portrait) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Gianni Schicchi. Ah! che zucconi / G. Puccini (2:13) -- Otello. Credo in un Dio crudel / G. Verdi (4:34) -- Faust. Le veau d'or / C. Gounod (2:05) -- Les contes d'Hoffmann. C'est moi, Coppelius / J. Offenbach (3:08) -- Das Rheingold. Bin ich nun frei? / R. Wagner (4:07) -- Il barbiere di Siviglia. La calunnia / G. Rossini (4:59) -- Don Giovanni. Madamina / W.A. Mozart (6:15) -- Fidelio. Ha! welch ein Augenblick / Beethoven (3:19) -- Susannah. Hear me, O Lord / C. Floyd (3:29) -- Mefistofele. Ecco il mondo / A. Boito (2:51) -- Falstaff. Ehi paggio ; L'onore, ladri! / G. Verdi (4:32) -- L'italiana in Algeri. Già di solito ardore / G. Rossini (2:26) -- La gioconda. Si! morir ella de / A. Ponchielli (4:46) -- Emperor Jones. Standin' in da need of prayer / L. Gruenberg (4:03). |
| Language |
Sung in English, French, German, and Italian. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
| Genre/Form |
Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Art music.
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Art music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Operas.
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Operas.
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| Added Author |
Powers, William, 1941- singer, writer of added commentary.
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Burkh, Dennis, conductor.
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Larmore, Jennifer, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Trittico. Gianni Schicchi. Ah! che zucconi!
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Otello. Credo in un Dio crudel.
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Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Faust. Veau d'or est toujours debout.
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Container of (work): Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Contes d'Hoffmann. C'est moi, Coppélius.
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Container of (work): Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold. Bin ich nun frei?
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Container of (work): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Barbiere di Siviglia. Calunnia è un venticello.
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Container of (work): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Don Giovanni. Madamina, il catalogo è questo.
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Container of (work): Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Fidelio (1814). Ha! welch ein Augenblick.
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Container of (work): Floyd, Carlisle.
Susannah. Hear me, O Lord.
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Container of (work): Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
Mefistofele. Ecco il mondo.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Falstaff. Onore! Ladri!
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Container of (work): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Italiana in Algeri. Già d'insolito ardore.
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Container of (work): Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.
Gioconda. Sì, morir ella de'!
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Container of (work): Gruenberg, Louis, 1884-1964.
Emperor Jones. Standin' in de need of prayer.
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Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
044747238821 |
| Music No. |
CRC 2388 Centaur |
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