| Description |
2 audio discs (approximately 80 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| 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 |
Opera in three acts; libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein, based on Meilhac's L'attaché d'ambassade. |
| Performer |
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Hanna Glawari), Hanny Steffek (Valencienne), sopranos ; Nicolaï Gedda (Camille Rosillon), tenor ; Josef Knapp (Baron Mirko Zeta), Eberhard Wächter (Graf Danilo Danilowitsch), baritones ; supporting soloists ; The Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus ; Lovro von Matacic, conductor. |
| Original Version |
Previously released: ℗1963. Angel 3630 B/L. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Analogue recording, digitally remastered. |
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Program notes by Ernest Newman in English and German and by Jacques Slyper in French, and libretto with English translation (74 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in German. |
| 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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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Léon, Victor, 1858-1940, librettist.
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Stein, Leo, 1861-1921, librettist.
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Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth, singer.
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Steffek, Hanny, 1927-2010, singer.
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Gedda, Nicolai, singer.
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Knapp, Josef, singer.
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Wächter, Eberhard, singer.
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Matačić, Lovro von, conductor.
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Newman, Ernest, 1868-1959, writer of added commentary.
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Slyper, Jacques, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
Attaché d'ambassade.
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Container of (work): Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948.
Lustige Witwe.
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Container of (work): Léon, Victor, 1858-1940.
Lustige Witwe.
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Container of (expression): Léon, Victor, 1858-1940.
Lustige Witwe. English.
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Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England), instrumentalist.
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Philharmonia Chorus (London, England), singer.
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| Added Title |
Lustige Witwe https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79095329
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Merry widow |
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Veuve joyeuse |
| Standard No. |
077774717724 |
| Music No. |
CDCB 7 47177-2 EMI (set) |
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CDC 7 47178 2 EMI (disc 1) |
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CDC 7 47179 2 EMI (disc 2) |
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