| Description |
3 audio discs (3 hr., 10 min.) : digital, stereo, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
031000 |
| Description |
digital optical stereo |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Opera in 5 acts / libretto by Jules Barbier & Michel Carré, based on Goethe's Faust. |
| Cast |
Plácido Domingo (Faust) ; Mirella Freni (Marguerite) ; Nicolai Ghiaurov (Méphistophélès) ; Thomas Allen (Valentin) ; Michèle Command (Siébel) ; Jocelyne Taillon (Dame Marthe) ; Marc Vento (Wagner) ; Orchestre et chœurs du Théatre national de l'Opéra de Paris ; Georges Prêtre, conductor. |
| Note |
Previously released (℗1979). |
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Title from disc label. |
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Program notes and synopsis in English by Julian Budden, in French by Maurice Tassart, and in German by Michael Stegemann, and libretto with English and German translations (182 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in French. |
| Subject |
Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama.
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Faust, -approximately 1540. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Faust, m. approximately 1540 -- Théâtre. |
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Operas.
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Operas. |
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Opéras. |
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Operas.
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Songs and music.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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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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Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020, singer.
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Domingo, Plácido, 1941- singer.
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Ghiaurov, Nicolai, 1929-2004, singer.
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Allen, Thomas, 1944- singer.
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Command, Michèle, singer.
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Taillon, Jocelyne, singer.
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Vento, Marc, 1936- singer.
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Prêtre, Georges, conductor.
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Budden, Julian, writer of added commentary.
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Tassart, Maurice, writer of added commentary.
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Stegemann, Michael, writer of added commentary.
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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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Container of (work): Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
Faust.
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Container of (expression): Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
Faust. English.
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Container of (expression): Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
Faust. German.
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Opéra de Paris. Chœur, singer.
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Opéra de Paris. Orchestre, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
077774749381 |
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077774749329 |
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7777474938 |
| Music No. |
CDS 7 47493 2 EMI (set) |
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CDC 7 47493 2 EMI (disc 1) |
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CDC 7 47494 2 EMI (disc 2) |
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CDC 7 47495 2 EMI (disc 3) |
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