| Description |
3 audio discs (177 min.) : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
025700 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Opera in 5 acts. |
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Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's Faust. |
| Performer |
Nicolaï Gedda (Faust) ; Victoria de los Angeles (Marguerite) ; Boris Christoff (Méphistophélès) ; Jean Borthayre (Valentin) ; Martha Angelici (Siebel) ; Solange Michel (Dame Marthe) ; Robert Jeantet (Wagner) ; Choeur et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris ; André Cluytens, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1953 April 30-June 5 Salle de la Mutualité, Paris, France. |
| Note |
EMI Classics: 7243 5 65256 2 7 (in bold: 5 65256 2); on discs: 7243 5 65257 2 6--7243 5 65259 2 4 (in bold: 5 65257 2--5 65259 2). |
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Title from disc label. |
| Original Version |
Previously released: ℗1953. |
| Note |
Program notes and synopsis by Michel Beretti in French with English translation and libretto (63 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in French. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
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Faust (Legendary character) -- Drama.
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Faust (Legendary character) |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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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 |
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist.
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Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist.
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Gedda, Nicolai, singer.
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Angeles, Victoria de los, singer.
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Christoff, Boris, singer.
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Borthayre, Jean, singer.
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Angelici, Martha, 1907-1973, singer.
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Michel, Solange, singer.
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Jeantet, Robert, singer.
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Cluytens, André, conductor.
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Beretti, Michel, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Faust.
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Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Faust.
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Container of (work): Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
Faust.
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Opéra de Paris. Chœur, singer.
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Opéra de Paris. Orchestre, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
724356525627 |
| Music No. |
7243 5 65256 2 7 EMI Classics (set) |
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7243 5 65257 2 6 EMI Classics (disc 1) |
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7243 5 65258 2 5 EMI Classics (disc 2) |
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7243 5 65259 2 4 EMI Classics (disc 3) |
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5 65256 2 EMI Classics |
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5 65257 2 EMI Classics |
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5 65258 2 EMI Classics |
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5 65259 2 EMI Classics |
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