| Description |
2 audio discs (120 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
020000 |
| 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 |
EMI: CDS 7 49668 2 (CDC 7 49669 2--CDC 7 49670 2). |
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EMI: CDCB 49668 (additional no. on container). |
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Opera in 3 acts. |
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Sung in Italian. |
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Libretto by Arrigo Boito, principally from Shakespeare's The merry wives of Windsor. |
| Performer |
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, sopranos ; Nan Merriman, Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-sopranos ; Luigi Alva, Tomaso Spataro, Renato Ercolani, tenors ; Tito Gobbi, Rolando Panerai, baritones ; Nicola Zaccaria, bass ; Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Apr.-May 1956, Kingsway Hall, London. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Analog recording. |
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Program notes by Francis Toye in English and German and by François Lafon in French, and libretto with German, English and French translations (264 p. : ill.) laid in container. |
| 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 |
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.
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Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth.
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Moffo, Anna.
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Merriman, Nan.
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Barbieri, Fedora.
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Alva, Luigi.
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Spataro, Tomaso, performer.
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Ercolani, Renato.
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Gobbi, Tito.
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Panerai, Rolando.
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Zaccaria, Nicola.
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Karajan, Herbert von.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Merry wives of Windsor.
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Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England)
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Philharmonia Chorus (London, England)
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| Music No. |
CDS 7 49668 2 EMI |
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CDC 7 49669 2 EMI |
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CDC 7 49670 2 EMI |
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CDCB 49668 EMI |
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