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An introduction to-- Donizetti : L'elisir d'amore / written by Thomson Smillie.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Smillie, Thomson.
- Series:
- Opera explained
- Naxos Music Library.
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Elisir d'amore.
- Donizetti, Gaetano.
- Operas--Analysis, appreciation.
- Operas.
- Operas--Stories, plots, etc.
- Operas--Excerpts.
- Genre:
- Stories, plots, etc.
- Streaming audio.
- Sound recordings.
- Plot summaries.
- Excerpts.
- Other Title:
- Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore
- Elisir d'amore
- Place of Publication:
- [Hong Kong] : Naxos Music Library, [2007]
- Language Note:
- Narrated in English; opera excerpts sung in Italian.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- System requirements: MS Windows 98SE, or 2000, or XP; MS Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla 1.7.1, FireFox 1PR, Netscape 7.1, or Opera 7.53; and Media Player 9 or 10.
- System requirements: Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.2.8 or 10.3.5; MS Internet Explorer 5.2, Mozilla 1.7, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.53, or Safari 1.0; Media Player 9.0. Or, Mac OS 8.6 / 9.0; MS Internet Explorer 5.1; Windows Media Player 7.1.
- stereo
- digital recording
- Summary:
- This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form. L'elisir d'amore, or The elixir of love, has remained popular for almost two centuries because of a touching tale and a galaxy of comic characters adapted from the traditional commedia dell' arte. Above all Donizetti poured into the score all the warmth and tenderness of the Italian temperament. His melodic invention never ceases to charm whether in the jolly rustic choruses, the exhilarating 'patter' numbers, or the sweet sadness of the beautiful arias, of which 'Una furtiva lagrima,' the great tenor showpiece, is the best known.
- Participant:
- Unidentified performers ; David Timson, narrator.
- Notes:
- Includes program notes.
- Unabridged.
- Contains:
- Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Elisir d'amore. Selections
- ISBN:
- 1843790793
- 9781843790792
- OCLC:
- 123818679
- Publisher Number:
- 8.558120 Naxos Music Library
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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