| Description |
2 audio discs (134 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
021400 |
| 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 |
Deutsche Grammophon: 289 465 148-2 (289 465 149-2--289 465 150-2). |
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Opera in 2 acts. |
| Performer |
Beverly Sills, soprano; Frances Bible, mezzo-soprano; Walter Cassel, baritone; supporting soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the New York City Opera; Emerson Buckley, conductor. |
| Note |
"Recorded under the auspices of the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Inc."--Container. |
| Event |
Recorded June 1959. |
| Note |
Previously released as Deutsche Grammophon 2709-061. |
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"The reissue of The ballad of Baby Doe commemorates the 40th anniversary of this legendary New York City Opera recording ... and the 70th birthday of Beverly Sills on May 25, 1999."--Notes, p. 9. |
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Compact discs. |
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Program notes by the composer and Beverly Sills, synopsis, biographies of principal singers, "The real Baby Doe story," and libretto (63 p. : ill.) laid in container. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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| Subject |
Baby Doe, -1935 -- Drama.
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Baby Doe, -1935. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899 -- Drama.
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Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Latouche, John, 1914-1956, librettist.
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Sills, Beverly, performer.
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Bible, Frances, performer.
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Cassel, Walter, performer.
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Buckley, Emerson, 1916-1989, conductor.
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New York City Opera, performer.
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Koussevitzky Music Foundation.
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| Music No. |
289 465 148-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
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289 465 149-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
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289 465 150-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
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2709-061 Deutche Grammophon |
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