| Description |
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD 9; region code 0; NTSC; aspect ratio 4:3; PCM stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Alexandra Papadjiakou (Montezuma) ; Sophie Boulin (Eupaforice) ; Gudrun Sieber (Erissena) ; Catherine Gayer (Tezeuco) ; Barbara Vogel (Pilpatoè) ; Walton Grönroos (Ferdinando Cortes) ; Karl-Ernst Mercker (Narvès) ; Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ; Kevin McCutcheon, harpsichord ; Hans Hilsdorf, conductor. |
| Credits |
Stage and costume designer, Herbert Wernicke ; musicological advisor, Hellmut Kühn. |
| Note |
Libretto by Frederick II of Prussia and Giampietro Tagliazucchi, German adaptation by Georg Quander. |
| Event |
Recorded at the Markgräflichen Opernhaus, Bayreuth and broadcast by Sender Freies Berlin in cooperation with Bavarian Radio. |
| Note |
Abridged "performing version" of Graun's opera in German translation, incorporating texts from Voltaire's Alzire; some vocal parts transposed so that "the Aztecs were represented exclusively by women and the Spaniards by men"--Notes, pp. 10-11. |
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Program notes in German with English and French translations (25 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung principally in German, subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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| Subject |
Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520 -- Drama.
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Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 -- Drama.
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Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Graun, Karl Heinrich, 1704-1759.
Montezuma. German.
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Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, librettist.
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Tagliazucchi, Giampietro, active 1749-1763, librettist.
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Quander, Georg, translator.
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Papadjiakou, Alexandra, performer.
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Boulin, Sophie, performer.
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Sieber, Gudrun, performer.
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Gayer, Catherine, performer.
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Vogel, Barbara, 1939- performer.
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Grönroos, Walton, performer.
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Mercker, Karl-Ernst, performer.
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Hilsdorf, Hans, conductor.
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Wernicke, Herbert.
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Kühn, Hellmut.
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Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Alzire.
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Deutsche Oper Berlin. Orchester, performer.
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Markgräfliches Opernhaus.
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Bayerischer Rundfunk.
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Sender Freies Berlin.
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Arthaus Musik (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
807280162998 |
| Music No. |
101 629 Arthaus |
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