| Description |
2 audio discs (108 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
014742 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Opera in 3 acts. |
| Language |
Sung in German. |
| Performer |
Frederica Von Stade (Hänsel) ; Ileana Cotrubas (Gretel) ; Christa Ludwig (Die Mutter) ; Siegmund Nimsgern (Der Vater) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Sandmännchen) ; Ruth Welting (Taumännchen) ; Elisabeth Söderström (Der Knusperhexe) ; Children's Chorus of Cologne Opera ; Gürzenich Orchestra ; John Pritchard, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1978 Erholungshaus, Leverkusen, Germany. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Analog recording. |
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Program notes in German by Karl Dietrich Gräwe, in English by Bruno Bettelheim and Barrymore Laurence Scherer, in French by Marcel Marnat, and in Italian by Franco Soprano, synopsis in the same languages, and libretto with English, French and Italian translations (156 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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| Added Author |
Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916, librettist.
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Cotrubas, Ileana, singer.
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Söderström, Elisabeth, 1927-2009, singer.
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Te Kanawa, Kiri, singer.
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Welting, Ruth, singer.
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Von Stade, Frederica, singer.
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Ludwig, Christa, singer.
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Nimsgern, Siegmund, 1940- singer.
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Pritchard, John, 1921-1989, conductor.
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Gräwe, Karl Dietrich, 1937- writer of added commentary.
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Bettelheim, Bruno, writer of added commentary.
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Scherer, Barrymore Laurence, writer of added commentary.
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Marnat, Marcel, 1933- writer of added commentary.
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Soprano, Franco, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921.
Hänsel und Gretel.
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Container of (work): Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916.
Hänsel und Gretel.
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Container of (expression): Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916.
Hänsel und Gretel. English.
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Container of (expression): Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916.
Hänsel und Gretel. French.
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Container of (expression): Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916.
Hänsel und Gretel. Italian.
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Kölner Oper. Kinderchor, singer.
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Gürzenich-Orchester (Cologne, Germany), instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Hänsel und Gretel
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| Note |
Container title: Hansel and Gretel |
| Standard No. |
7464358982 |
| Music No. |
M2K 79217 CBS Masterworks (container and discs) |
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M2K 35898 CBS Masterworks (discs) |
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