| Description |
2 audio discs (159 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
023835 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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1.4 m/s |
|
audio file |
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CD audio |
| Series |
Golden age
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Golden age (Arkadia)
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| Note |
Opera in five acts; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Goethe's Faust. |
| Performer |
Jussi Björling (Faust) ; Dorothy Kirsten (Marguerite) ; Cesare Siepi (Méphistophélès) ; Frank Guarrera (Valentin) ; Anne Bollinger (Siebel) ; Thelma Votipka (Dame Marthe) ; Lawrence Davidson (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded live 1950 January 23 Metropolitan Opera, New York. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
| Language |
Sung in French. |
| Subject |
Faust (Legendary character) -- Drama.
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Faust (Legendary character) |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Live sound recordings.
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Live sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist.
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Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist.
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Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960, singer.
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Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992, singer.
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Siepi, Cesare, singer.
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Guarrera, Frank, 1923-2007, singer.
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Bollinger, Anne, 1922-1962, singer.
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Votipka, Thelma, singer.
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Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone), singer.
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Cleva, Fausto, conductor.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Faust.
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Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Faust.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, singer.
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| Standard No. |
8011571020085 |
| Music No. |
2CD GA2008 Arkadia |
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