| Description |
3 audio discs (188 min., 12 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
030812 |
| Description |
digital optical |
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audio file CD audio |
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Operas |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Grand opera in four acts. |
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Title from disc label. |
| Performer |
Joyce El-Khoury (Pauline) ; Michael Spyres (Polyeucte) ; David Kempster (Sévère) ; Brindley Sherratt (Félix) ; Clive Bayley (Callisthènes) ; Wynne Evans (Néarque) ; with supporting soloists ; Opera Rara Chorus ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Sir Mark Elder, conductor. |
| Note |
Libretto by Eugène Scribe, translated from Salvadore Cammarano's libretto for Donizetti's opera Poliuto, which was based on Pierre Corneille's tragedy Polyeucte; and with substantial additions, including elements from Chateaubriand's prose epic Les martyrs. |
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Edition recorded: critical edition, Ricordi; edited by Flora Willson. |
| Event |
Recorded 2014 October-November, St. Clement's Church, London. |
| Note |
Program notes by Flora Willson and Jonathan Keates, synopsis in English with French, German, and Italian translations, and libretto with English translation (148 pages : portraits (some color)) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in French. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861, librettist.
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El-Khoury, Joyce, singer.
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Spyres, Michael, singer.
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Kempster, David, singer.
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Sherratt, Brindley, singer.
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Bayley, Clive, singer.
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Evans, Wynne (Tenor), singer.
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Elder, Mark, 1947- conductor.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684.
Polyeucte.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848.
Martyrs.
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Opera Rara Chorus, singer.
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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
00792938005225 |
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792938005225 |
| Music No. |
ORC52 Opera Rara |
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