| Description |
2 audio discs (123 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
020244 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
|
plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
|
optical |
|
stereo |
|
1.4 m/s |
|
audio file |
|
CD audio |
| Note |
Romantic opera in 3 acts. |
|
Libretto by James Robinson Planché, after the epic poem by Christoph Martin Wieland ; narrative by John Eliot Gardiner. |
| Performer |
Steve Davislim, tenor (Oberon) ; Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano (Reiza) ; Marina Comparato, mezzo-soprano (Fatima) ; Jonas Kaufmann, tenor (Sir Huon of Bordeaux) ; William Dazeley, baritone (Sherasmin) ; Monteverdi Choir ; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 2002 March 15-19 The Colosseum, Watford. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
|
Program notes in English by Richard Wigmore and John Eliot Gardiner with French and German translations, and English libretto (61 pages : illustrations) laid in container. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Operas.
|
|
Operas. |
|
Operas -- Librettos.
|
|
Operas -- Librettos. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
|
|
Operas.
|
|
Librettos.
|
|
Librettos.
|
|
Adaptations.
|
|
Adaptations.
|
|
Studio recordings.
|
|
Studio recordings.
|
|
Sound recordings.
|
|
Sound recordings.
|
| Added Author |
Planché, J. R. (James Robinson), 1796-1880, librettist.
|
|
Martinpelto, Hillevi, 1958- singer.
|
|
Comparato, Marina, singer.
|
|
Kaufmann, Jonas, singer.
|
|
Davislim, Steve, singer.
|
|
Dazeley, William, 1966- singer.
|
|
Gardiner, John Eliot, conductor, author, writer of added commentary.
|
|
Wigmore, Richard, writer of added commentary.
|
|
Opera adaptation of (work): Wieland, Christoph Martin, 1733-1813.
Oberon.
|
|
Container of (work): Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826.
Oberon.
|
|
Container of (work): Planché, J. R. (James Robinson), 1796-1880.
Oberon.
|
|
Monteverdi Choir, singer.
|
|
Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique, instrumentalist.
|
| Note |
Alternate title in booklet: Elf king's oath |
| Standard No. |
028947565635 |
|
00028947565635 |
| Music No. |
475 6563 Philips (set) |
|
475 6564 Philips (disc 1) |
|
475 6565 Philips (disc 2) |
|
