Alceste / Gluck.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.

Contributor:

Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786, librettist.

Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795, librettist.

Lunn, Joanne, performer.

Fuge, Katharine, performer.

Otter, Anne Sofie von, performer.

Groves, Paul (Tenor), performer.

Beuron, Yann, performer.

Tézier, Ludovic, 1968- performer.

Henschel, Dietrich, 1967- performer.

Testé, Nicolas, performer.

Gardiner, John Eliot, conductor.

Euripides.

Monteverdi Choir, performer.

English Baroque Soloists, performer.

Standardized Title:

Alceste (1776)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Operas.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs (134 min., 57 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Philips : Distributed by Universal Music and Video Distribution, [2002]

Language Note:

Sung in French.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Participant:

Joanne Lunn, Katharine Fuge, sopranos; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano; Paul Groves, Yann Beuron, tenors; Ludovic Teźier, baritone; Dietrich Henschel, Nicolas Testé, basses; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.

Notes:

Philips: 289 470 293-2 (289 470 294-2--289 470 295-2).

Opera in 3 acts.

Libretto by F.L.G. Leblanc Du Roullet, after Calzabigi; based on the play by Euripides.

"Version de Paris, 1776"--Container.

Recorded live, Oct. 26-30, 1999, at the Barbican Hall, London.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Patricia Howard and John Eliot Gardiner, synopsis, biographical notes on the performers, and libretto with English translation (75 p. : ill.) in container.

Related Work:

Euripides. Alcestis.

OCLC:

50957804

Publisher Number:

028947029328

289 470 293-2 Philips

289 470 294-2 Philips

289 470 295-2 Philips