| Description |
4 audio discs (231 min.) ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
035100 |
| Description |
digital optical stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Opera, performed in the version of the first performance, Dresden, Sept. 13, 1731, reconstructed from various manuscript sources. |
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Libretto by Michelangelo Boccardi after Pietro Metastasio's libretto Alessandro nell'Indie. |
| Performer |
Emma Kirkby (Cleofide) ; Agnès Mellon (Erissena) ; Randall K. Wong (Gandarte) ; Derek Lee Ragin (Poro) ; Dominique Visse (Alessandro) ; David Cordier (Timagene ; Cappella Coloniensis ; William Christie, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1986 May Lindlar, Schulzentrum. |
| Note |
Program notes by Helga Lühning and Reinhard Strohm and synopsis in German with English translations, and Italian libretto (Reprint. Originally published: Dresden : G.C. Stössel, 1731) with German translation on facing pages (107 pages : illustrations), with English translation of the libretto (32 pages) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian. |
| Subject |
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Drama.
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Alexandre le Grand -- Chants et musique. |
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Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
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Opéras -- 18e siècle. |
| 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 |
Boccardi, Michelangelo, librettist.
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Kirkby, Emma, singer.
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Mellon, Agnès, singer.
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Wong, Randall K., singer.
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Ragin, Derek Lee, singer.
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Visse, Dominique, singer.
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Cordier, David, singer.
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Christie, William (William Lincoln), conductor.
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Lühning, Helga, writer of added commentary.
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Strohm, Reinhard, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782.
Alessandro nell'Indie.
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Container of (work): Boccardi, Michelangelo.
Cleofide.
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Container of (expression): Boccardi, Michelangelo.
Cleofide. German.
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Container of (expression): Boccardi, Michelangelo.
Cleofide. English.
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Container of (work): Hasse, Johann Adolf, 1699-1783.
Cleofide.
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Cappella Coloniensis, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
4006408101932 |
| Music No. |
10 193/96 Capriccio (set) |
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10 193 Capriccio (disc 1) |
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10 194 Capriccio (disc 2) |
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10 195 Capriccio (disc 3) |
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10 196 Capriccio (disc 4) |
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