Description |
2 audio discs (2 hr., 9 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
Playing Time |
020900 |
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 |
Comic opera in 3 acts. |
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Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Charles Nuitter, based on the poem Ver-Vert by Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset. |
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"Peter Moores Foundation." |
Performer |
Thora Einarsdottir (Mimi), Lucy Crowe (Bathilde), sopranos ; Ann Taylor (Emma), Anne-Marie Owens (Mademoiselle Paturelle), Jennifer Larmore (La Corilla), mezzo-sopranos ; Toby Spence (Valentin), Mark Le Brocq (Binet), Loïc Félix (Chevalier de Bergerac), Sébastien Droy (Bellecour), tenors ; Mark Stone (Le Comte d'Arlange), Franck Leguérinel (Baladon), baritones ; Franck Lopez (Friquet) ; supporting soloists ; Geoffrey Mitchell Chorus ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; David Parry, conductor. |
Event |
Recorded 2008 September Henry Wood Hall, London, England. |
Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by Patrick O'Connor in English, conductor's notes and synopsis in English with French, German, and Italian translations, and libretto with English translation (203 pages : illustrations, portaits) laid in container. |
Local Note |
Westminster Choir College alumna (Larmore). |
Language |
Sung in French. |
Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
Genre/Form |
Operas.
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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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Added Author |
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897, librettist.
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Nuitter, Charles, 1828-1899, librettist.
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Þora Einarsdóttir (Soprano), singer.
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Crowe, Lucy, singer.
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Taylor, Ann (Mezzo-soprano), singer.
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Owens, Anne-Marie, singer.
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Larmore, Jennifer, singer.
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Spence, Toby, singer.
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Le Brocq, Mark, 1966- singer.
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Félix, Loïc, singer.
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Droy, Sébastien, 1975- singer.
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Stone, Mark, 1969- singer.
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Leguérinel, Franck, singer.
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Parry, David, 1949- conductor, writer of added commentary.
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O'Connor, Patrick, 1949-2010, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Gresset, 1709-1777.
Ver-Vert.
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Container of (work): Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Vert-vert.
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Container of (work): Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
Vert-Vert.
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Container of (expression): Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
Vert-Vert. English.
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Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, singer.
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Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England), instrumentalist.
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Peter Moores Foundation, sponsoring body.
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Standard No. |
792938004129 |
Music No. |
ORC41 Opera Rara |
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