Description |
160 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 19 cm + 2 audio discs (151 min., 52 sec. : digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
Series |
Black Dog opera library
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EMI classics
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Black Dog opera library.
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EMI classics.
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Note |
"A guide to understanding and appreciating opera"--Cover. |
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CD's published: Los Angeles, Calif. : EMI Records Ltd., c1990 (Digitally remastered). |
Summary |
Contains the complete text of the libretto with annotations in both English and Italian and a critical historical commentary. The text also includes the background of the composer, biographies of the principal singers and conductor. The two accompanying CDs contain the complete opera sung in Italian. |
Cast |
Grace Bumbry, Carmen ; Mirella Freni, Micaela ; Eliane Lublin, Frasquita ; Viorica Cortez, Mercedes ; Jon Vickers, Don Jose ; Kostas Paskalis, Escamillo ; Michel Trempont, Dancaire ; Albert Voli, Remendado ; Claude Meloni, Morales ; Bernard Gontcharenko, Zuniga ; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma ; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor, Jean Laforge, chorus master. |
Subject |
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen.
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Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen -- History and criticism.
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Added Author |
Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafael.
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Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
Carmen.
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Foil, David.
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Berger, William, 1961-
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Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy), performer.
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ISBN |
1579125085 hardback |
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9781579125080 hardback |
Music No. |
72438-19296-2-9 EMI Record Ltd. |
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