| Description |
2 audio discs (1 hr., 58 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
015758 |
| 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 Classics: 7243 5 57009 2 6 (on discs: 7243 5 57010 2 2--7243 5 57011 2 1). |
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Opera in 3 acts. |
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Libretto by Victor Léon after Johann Grimmelshausen. |
| Performer |
Eliszabeth Magnus (Hildegarde) ; Louise Martini (Schnapslotte) ; Martina Janková (Tilly) ; Liliana Nikiteanu (Ebba) ; Michael Volle (Der Einsiedler) ; Martin Zysset (Simplicius) ; Rolf Haunstein (General von Vliessen) ; Piotr Beczala (Arnim von Grübben) ; Oliver Widmer (Melchior) ; supporting soloists ; Chor des Opernhauses Zürich ; Kinderchor des Opernhauses Zürich ; Orchester der Oper Zürich ; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor. |
| Note |
"World premiere recording"--Container. |
| Event |
Recorded live 1999 October-November Opernhaus, Zürich. |
| Note |
Title from disc label |
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Program notes and synopsis by Ronny Dietrich in German with English and French translation, and libretto with English and French translations (218 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in German. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Live sound recordings.
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Plot summaries.
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Plot summaries.
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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 |
Léon, Victor, 1858-1940, librettist.
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Magnuson, Elizabeth, singer.
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Martini, Louise, singer.
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Janková, Martina, singer.
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Nikiteanu, Liliana, singer.
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Volle, Michael, singer.
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Zysset, Martin, 1965- singer.
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Haunstein, Rolf, 1943- singer.
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Beczala, Piotr, singer.
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Widmer, Oliver, singer.
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Welser-Möst, Franz, conductor.
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Dietrich, Ronny, writer of added commentary.
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Libretto based on (work): Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoph von, 1625-1676.
Simplicissimus.
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Container of (work): Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.
Simplicius.
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Container of (work): Léon, Victor, 1858-1940.
Simplicius.
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Container of (expression): Léon, Victor, 1858-1940.
Simplicius. English.
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Container of (expression): Léon, Victor, 1858-1940.
Simplicius. French.
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Opernhaus Zürich. Chor, singer.
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Opernhaus Zürich. Kinderchor, singer.
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Opernhaus Zürich. Orchester, instrumentalist.
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| Music No. |
7243 5 57009 2 6 EMI Classics |
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7243 5 57010 2 2 EMI Classics |
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7243 5 57011 2 1 EMI Classics |
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5 57009 2 EMI Classics |
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5 57010 2 EMI Classics |
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5 57011 2 EMI Classics |
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