| Description |
2 audio discs (117 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
015736 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Lyric comedy in 3 acts. |
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Libretto by Arrigo Boito, after Shakespeare's The merry wives of Windsor, and King Henry IV. |
| Performer |
Sharon Sweet (Mrs. Alice Ford) ; Marilyn Horne (Mrs. Quickly) ; Frank Lopardo (Fenton) ; Alan Titus (Ford) ; Rolando Panerai (Falstaff) ; supporting soloists ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus ; Sir Colin Davis, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1991 April 8-18 Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Co-production of BMG Classics and the Bavarian Radio. |
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Biographical and program notes by James Hepokiski, with French, German and Italian translations, and Italian libretto with English, French and German translations (307 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Local Note |
Westminster Choir College faculty publication. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.
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Sweet, Sharon, singer.
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Horne, Marilyn, singer.
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Lopardo, Frank, singer.
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Titus, Alan, singer.
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Panerai, Rolando, singer.
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Davis, Colin, 1927-2013, conductor.
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Hepokoski, James A. (James Arnold), 1946- writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Merry wives of Windsor.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
King Henry IV.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Falstaff.
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Container of (work): Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
Falstaff.
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Container of (expression): Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
Falstaff. German.
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Container of (expression): Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
Falstaff. English.
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Container of (expression): Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
Falstaff. French.
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Bayerischer Rundfunk. Orchester, performer.
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Bayerischer Rundfunk. Chor, singer.
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| Standard No. |
090266070527 |
| Music No. |
09026-60705-2 RCA Victor Red Seal |
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