| Description |
2 audio discs (119 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
015816 |
| 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 |
Capriccio: 60 091 (60 092--60 093). |
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Subtitle from container. |
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Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; book by Edwin Justus Mayer, based on his play The firebrand; script adaptation by Sam Brookes. |
| Performer |
Rodney Gilfrey (Benvenuto Cellini); Lori Ann Fuller (Angela, his model and paramour); George Dvorsky (Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence); Felicity Palmer (Duchess of Florence); Lucy Shaufer (Emilia, Cellini's servant); Stephen Charlesworth (Ascanio, Cellini's apprentice); Roger Heath (Ottaviano de' Medici, the Duke's cousin); Robert Johnston (Marquis Pierre, the French ambassador); Henry Waddington (a hangman); Stuart MacIntyre (Maffio, a Florentine count); Simon Russell Beale, narrator; supporting soloists; BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded live, Jan. 16, 2000, Barbican Hall, London. |
| Note |
Ed. recorded: pre-publication version of the critical ed. by Joel Galand. |
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Compact discs. |
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Program notes by Joel Galand in English with German and French translations, biographical notes on the performers in German, English, and French, and libretto with German translation (127 p. : ill., ports.) laid in container. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| 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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| Added Author |
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.
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Brookes, Sam, adapter.
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Gilfry, Rodney, performer.
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Fuller, Lori Ann, performer.
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Dvorsky, George, performer.
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Palmer, Felicity, performer.
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Schaufer, Lucy, performer.
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Charlesworth, Stephen, performer.
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Heath, Roger, performer.
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Johnston, Robert (Tenor), performer.
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Waddington, Henry, 1968- performer.
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MacIntyre, Stuart, performer.
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Beale, Simon Russell, narrator.
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Davis, Andrew, 1944- conductor.
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Mayer, Edwin Justus, 1896-1960.
Firebrand.
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BBC Singers, performer.
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BBC Symphony Orchestra, performer.
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| Music No. |
60 091--60 093 Capriccio |
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