Hercules / George Frideric Handel ; [libretto, Thomas Broughton].

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.

Contributor:

Broughton, Thomas, 1704-1774, librettist.

Smith, Jennifer (Soprano), performer.

Walker, Sarah, 1943- performer.

Denley, Catherine, performer.

Rolfe Johnson, Anthony, performer.

Tomlinson, John, 1946 September 22-

Savidge, Peter, performer.

Gardiner, John Eliot, conductor.

Sophocles.

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.

Broughton, Thomas, 1704-1774.

Monteverdi Choir, performer.

English Baroque Soloists, performer.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Heracles (Greek mythological character)--Drama.

Heracles.

Heracles (Greek mythological character).

Hercules (Roman mythological character)--Drama.

Hercules.

Hercules (Roman mythological character).

Genre:

Drama.

Sound recordings.

Operas.

Physical Description:

3 audio discs (153 min.) : 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.

12 in.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg : Archiv Produktion, [1983]

System Details:

33 1/3 rpm

microgroove

stereo

Participant:

Jennifer Smith, soprano ; Sarah Walker, Catherine Denley, mezzo-sopranos ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor ; John Tomlinson, Peter Savidge, basses ; Monteverdi Choir ; English Baroque Soloists (on period instruments) ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.

Notes:

Archiv Produktion: 2742 004 (2566 111-2566 113).

"A musical drama"--Container.

Based on: The women of Trachis / Sophocles. Metamorphoses / Ovid.

Pitch: a'=415 Hz.

Edition recorded: Hrsg. v. Friedrich Chrysander. Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel, 1859. (Händel-Gesamtausgabe ; v. 4)

Digital recording.

Manual sequence.

Program notes and synopsis by Winton Dean and libretto with French and German translations (16 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.) in container.

Issued also as cassettes: 3383 004.

"Recorded [Aug. 9-14, St. John's Smith Square, London] in collaboration with West German Radio (WDR), Cologne, on the occasion of the 1982 Göttingen Handel Festival"--Container.

Related Work:

Sophocles. Trachinae.

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses.

Broughton, Thomas, 1704-1774. Hercules.

OCLC:

12913226

Publisher Number:

2742 004 Archiv Produktion

2566 111 Archiv Produktion

2566 112 Archiv Produktion

2566 113 Archiv Produktion

3383 004 Archiv Produktion