Werther / Massenet.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.

Contributor:

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.

Blau, Édouard, 1836-1906, librettist.

Milliet, Paul, 1848-1924, librettist.

Hartmann, Georges, 1843-1900, librettist.

Tucker, Norman, 1910-1978, translator.

Roberts, Joy (Joy A.), performer.

Baker, Janet, performer.

Brecknock, John, performer.

Jenkins, Terry, 1941- performer.

Wheatley, Patrick, performer.

Blackburn, Harold, performer.

Tomlinson, John, 1946 September 22- performer.

Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010, conductor.

English National Opera, performer.

Series:

Opera in English

Standardized Title:

Werther. English

Language:

English

French

German

Italian

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Operas.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs (2 hrs., 10 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Colchester, Essex, England : Chandos, [2000]

Language Note:

Sung in English.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Participant:

Joy Roberts, soprano ; Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; John Brecknock, Terry Jenkins, tenors ; Patrick Wheatley, baritone ; Harold Blackburn, John Tomlinson, basses ; English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor.

Notes:

Lyric drama in 4 acts.

Libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann after Goethe; English translation by Norman Tucker.

Recorded live at the London Coliseum, 13 Dec. 1977.

Compact discs.

Libretto in English and program notes in English, German, French, and Italian in container.

Related Work:

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Leiden des jungen Werthers.

OCLC:

44591191

Publisher Number:

Chan 3033(2) Chandos