Il crociato in Egitto / Meyerbeer.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.

Contributor:

Rossi, Gaetano, 1774-1855, librettist.

Platt, Ian, performer.

Ford, Bruce, performer.

Montague, Diana, performer.

Kenny, Yvonne, performer.

Jones, Della, performer.

Kitchen, Linda, performer.

Benelli, Ugo, performer.

Mitchell, Geoffrey, performer.

Parry, David, 1949- conductor.

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, performer.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.

Standardized Title:

Crociato in Egitto

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Operas.

Physical Description:

4 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

London : Opera Rara, [1992]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

digital recording

Participant:

Ian Platt ; Yvonne Kenny ; Diana Montague ; Della Jones ; Bruce Ford ; Linda Kitchen ; Ugo Benelli ; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir ; Geoffrey Mitchell, chorus master ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; David Parry, conductor.

Notes:

Opera in 2 acts.

Libretto by Gaetano Rossi.

Recorded at CTS Studios, Wembley, London, Dec. 1990, and Feb., Mar. and June 1991.

"Meyerbeer bicentenary issue"--Container.

"The present recording has been prepared from the copyist manuscript held in the archives of the Teatro la Fenice, Venice, the only surviving copy of the work as it was performed on March 7, 1824; the first time the opera has been presented in its original form since that date"--program notes, p. 67.

Includes nearly all the alterations, revisions, and additional music sanctioned by Meyerbeer.

Compact discs.

Program notes by Don White and libretto in Italian with English translation (191 p. : ill.) in container.

OCLC:

26225669

Publisher Number:

Opera Rara ORC 10