| Description |
3 audio discs (199 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
031828 |
| 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 5 acts; libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier, after Shakespeare. |
| Performer |
June Anderson (Ophélie) ; Denyce Graves (La Reine Gertrude) ; Thomas Hampson (Hamlet) ; Samuel Ramey (Claudius, roi du Danemark) ; Gregory Kunde (Laërte) ; Jean-Philippe Courtis (Le spectre) ; Gérard Garino (Marcellus) ; François Le Roux (Horatio) ; Michel Trempont (Polonius) ; Thierry Félix (Premier Fossoyeur) ; Jean-Pierre Furlan (Second Fossoyeur) ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; London Philharmonic ; Antonio de Almeida, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1993 March 8-19 St. Augustine, Kilburn Park Road, London. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Edition performed: Heugel. |
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Appendices include the so-called "Covent Garden" finale, an additional duet (Act II, no. 8), and the ballet. |
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Program notes in French by André Tubeuf, in English by Elizabeth Forbes, and in German by Annegret Fauser, synopsis in English, French and German, and libretto with English translation (120 pages : illustrations, 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. |
| 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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Studio recordings.
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Studio recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist.
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Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist.
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Anderson, June, 1952- singer.
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Graves, Denyce, singer.
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Hampson, Thomas, singer.
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Ramey, Samuel, singer.
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Kunde, Gregory, singer.
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Courtis, Jean-Philippe, singer.
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Garino, Gérard, singer.
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Le Roux, François, singer.
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Trempont, Michel, singer.
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Felix, Thierry, singer.
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Furlan, Jean-Pierre, singer.
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Almeida, Antonio de, 1928-1997, conductor.
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Tubeuf, André, 1930- writer of added commentary.
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Forbes, Elizabeth, 1924-2014, writer of added commentary.
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Fauser, Annegret, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Hamlet.
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Container of (work): Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896.
Hamlet.
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Container of (work): Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
Hamlet.
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Container of (expression): Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
Hamlet. English.
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Ambrosian Opera Chorus, singer.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
077775482027 |
| Music No. |
0777 7 54820-2 7 EMI Classics (jewel case spine) |
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CDCC 7 54820 2 EMI Classics (slipcover) |
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54821 EMI Classics (disc 1) |
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54822 EMI Classics (disc 2) |
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54823 EMI Classics (disc 3) |
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