Niobe regina di Tebe [sound recording] / music by Agostino Steffani ; additional ballet music by Melchior d'Ardespin ; libretto by Luigi Orlandi, after Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Format:
[sound recording] /
Publisher:
Erato,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
3 audio discs (3:13:44) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (207 pages : illustrations ; 13 cm)
Compact disc. Opera in 3 acts. "This studio recording ... restores some material omitted in the live performances"--Page 1 of booklet. Program notes by Colin Timms and Paul O'Dette, and synopsis by Gilbert Blin and Ellen Hargis, in English, French, and German, and libretto with English, French, and German translations (208 pages : color illustrations) inserted in case. Karina Gauvin, Amanda Forsythe, sopranos ; Philippe Jaroussky, Terry Wey, José Lemos, countertenors ; Aaron Sheehan, Colin Balzer, tenors ; Jesse Blumberg, baritone ; Christian Immler, bass ; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra ; Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, musical directors. Recorded 2013 November 1-14 Sendesaal, Bremen.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.