| Description |
3 audio discs (169 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
024820 |
| 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 |
Opera in 3 acts. |
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Libretto after Xerses by Niccolò Minato, rev. by Silvio Stampiglia. |
| Performer |
Lucia Popp (Romilda) ; Marilyn Tyler (Atalanta) ; Maureen Forrester (Serse) ; Maureen Lehane (Arsamene) ; Mildred Miller (Amastre) ; Thomas Hemsley (Ariodate) ; Owen Brannigan (Elviro) ; Vienna Academy Chorus ; Vienna Radio Orchestra ; Brian Priestman, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1965 June Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Vienna. |
| Note |
Originally released in 1965 on analog discs as Westminster: WST 321. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by Bernard Jacobson and synopsis by Richard Evidon in English with French and German translations, and libretto with English translation (111 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian. |
| Subject |
Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C. -- Drama.
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Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
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Opéras. |
| 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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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Minato, Niccolò, librettist.
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Stampiglia, Silvio, 1664-1725, librettist.
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Popp, Lucia, singer.
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Tyler, Marilyn, 1928-2017, singer.
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Forrester, Maureen, singer.
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Lehane, Maureen, singer.
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Miller, Mildred, 1924- singer.
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Hemsley, Thomas, singer.
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Brannigan, Owen, singer.
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Priestman, Brian, conductor.
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Jacobson, Bernard, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Minato, Niccolò.
Serse.
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Container of (expression): Minato, Niccolò.
Serse. English.
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Container of (work): Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Serse.
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Wiener Akademie-Kammerchor, singer.
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Grosses Wiener Rundfunkorchester, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
028947783398 |
| Music No. |
477 8339 Deutsche Grammophon (set) |
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00289 477 8340 Deutsche Grammophon (disc 1) |
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00289 477 8341 Deutsche Grammophon (disc 2) |
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00289 477 8342 Deutsche Grammophon (disc 3) |
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00289 477 8339 Deutsche Grammophon |
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WST 321 Westminster |
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