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Alceste / Gluck.

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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Contributor:
Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786.
Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795.
Baker, Janet, performer.
Tear, Robert, performer.
Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010, conductor.
Series:
Heritage series (Royal Opera House (London, England))
Royal Opera House heritage series
Standardized Title:
Alceste (1776)
Language:
English
French
German
Subjects (All):
Operas.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:
2 audio discs (147 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
London : Royal Opera House Covent Garden, [2008]
Language Note:
Sung in French.
System Details:
digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording
Participant:
Robert Tear, Admète ; Janet Baker, Alceste ; John Shirley-Quirk, Le Grand Prêtre, un Dieu infernal ; Maldywn Davies, Évandre ; Philip Gelling, Le Héraut, Le Dieu Apollon ; Jonathan Summers, Le Dieu Hercule ; Elaine Mary Hall, Janice Hooper-Roe, Mark Curtis, Coryphées ; Matthew Best, Coryphée, L'Oracle ; Maurits Sillem, harpsichord continuo ; The Royal Opera Chorus ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Charles Mackerras, conductor.
Notes:
Opera in 3 acts.
Libretto by Louis du Roullet, after Rainieri de' Calzabigi.
Recorded at the Royal Opera House, London, on Dec. 12, 1981.
Compact discs.
Duration: 2:27:00.
Libretto in French with English translations, and program notes in English with French and German translations, on insert.
Contains:
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Alceste (1776). Libretto. English & French.
OCLC:
216942603
Publisher Number:
05024545502022 gtin-14
024545502027
5024545502022
ROHS010 Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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