| Description |
3 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
005708 005420 003953 |
| 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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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Tragic opera in three acts. |
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Libretto by Le Blanc du Roullet. |
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Based on: Alcestis / Euripides. |
| Performer |
Jessye Norman (Alceste) ; Nicolai Gedda (Admète) ; Bernd Weikl (Apollon) ; Tom Krause (Le Grand-Prêtre) ; Siegmund Nimsgern (Hercule) ; supporting soloists ; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Serge Baudo, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1982 June 7-18 Studio I, Bayerischen Rundfunks, München. |
| Note |
Ed. recorded: Kassel : Bärenreiter. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by Rudolf Gerber in German with English and French translations, and libretto with English and German translations (57 unnumbered pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in French. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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CDs.
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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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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786, librettist.
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Norman, Jessye, singer.
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Gedda, Nicolai, singer.
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Weikl, Bernd, singer.
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Krause, Tom, singer.
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Nimsgern, Siegmund, 1940- singer.
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Baudo, Serge, 1927- conductor.
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Gerber, Rudolf, 1899-1957, writer of added commentary.
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Libretto based on (work): Euripides.
Alcestis.
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Container of (work): Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Alceste (1776)
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Container of (work): Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786.
Alceste.
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Container of (expression): Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786.
Alceste. German.
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Container of (expression): Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786.
Alceste. English.
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Bayerischer Rundfunk. Chor, singer.
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Bayerischer Rundfunk. Orchester, instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Alceste (1776) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94003646
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| Music No. |
C 027 823 F Orfeo |
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