| Description |
2 audio discs (142 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
022219 |
| 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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digital recording |
| Series |
Opera classics
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Opera classics (Naxos (Firm))
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| Note |
In 3 acts. |
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Libretto by Eric Crozier, freely adapted from a short story by Guy de Maupassant. |
| Performer |
Christopher Gillett (Albert Herring); Josephine Barstow (Lady Billows); Felicity Palmer (Florence Pike); Robert Lloyd (Superintendent Budd); Peter Savidge (Vicar, Mr Gedge); Gerard Finley (Sid); Ann Taylor (Nancy); Della Jones (Mrs. Herring); Susan Gritton (Miss Wordsworth); Stuart Kale (Mayor, Mr. Upford); Northern Sinfonia; Steuart Bedford, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Aug. 11-15, 1996, All Saint's Church, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. |
| Note |
"This recording was originally released on Collins Classics in 1997."--Container. |
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Ed. recorded: Boosey & Hawkes. |
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Compact discs. |
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Program notes by Keith Anderson in English with German and French translations, and synopsis in English, German, and French (16 p.) in container. |
| Summary |
"Albert Herring is a comedy, set around the May Day celebrations of he fictional Suffolk village of Loxford. The major issue appears to be the crowning of the May King in the absence of a young woman of sufficient virtue to be May Queen."--Notes, p. 4. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Crozier, Eric, librettist.
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Gillett, Christopher, performer.
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Barstow, Josephine, performer.
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Palmer, Felicity, performer.
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Lloyd, Robert, 1940- performer.
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Savidge, Peter, performer.
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Finley, Gerald, 1960- performer.
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Taylor, Ann (Mezzo-soprano), performer.
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Jones, Della, performer.
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Gritton, Susan, performer.
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Kale, Stuart, performer.
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Bedford, Steuart, conductor.
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Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893.
Rosier de Madame Husson.
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Northern Sinfonia, performer.
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| Music No. |
8.660107--8.660108 Naxos |
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8.660107-08 Naxos |
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