| Description |
3 audio discs (172 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
025146 |
| 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 4 acts. |
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Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on: Don Alvaro, o, La fuerza del sino by the Duke of Rivas. |
| Performer |
Leontyne Price (Donna Leonora di Vargas) ; Fiorenza Cossotto (Preziosilla) ; Plácido Domingo (Don Alvaro) ; Sherrill Milnes (Don Carlo di Vargas) ; Gabriel Bacquier (Fra Melitone) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Padre Guardiano) ; supporting soloists ; John Alldis Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Walthamstow Town Hall, London. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Duration: 2:51:46. |
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Program notes by Charles Osborne and synopsis in English, and libretto with English translation (102 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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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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| Added Author |
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876, librettist.
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Price, Leontyne, singer.
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Cossotto, Fiorenza, singer.
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Domingo, Plácido, 1941- singer.
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Milnes, Sherrill, singer.
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Bacquier, Gabriel, singer.
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Giaiotti, Bonaldo, singer.
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Levine, James, 1943-2021, conductor.
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Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Rivas, Angel de Saavedra, duque de, 1791-1865.
Don Alvaro.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Forza del destino.
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Container of (work): Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
Forza del destino.
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Container of (expression): Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
Forza del destino. English.
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John Alldis Choir, singer.
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London Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
078635186420 |
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7863518642 |
| Music No. |
RCD3-1864 RCA Red Seal |
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