Other author/creator | Bacquier, Gabriel vocalist. |
Other author/creator | Baker, Janet, 1933- vocalist. |
Other author/creator | Gedda, Nicolai, vocalist. |
Other author/creator | Gibson, Alexander, 1926-1995. |
Other author/creator | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. |
Other author/creator | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust. |
Other author/creator | Nerval, Gérard de, 1808-1855 librettist. |
Other author/creator | Peronne, Maria, vocalist. |
Other author/creator | Prêtre, Georges conductor. |
Other author/creator | Thau, Pierre, cover designer. |
Other author/creator | Vieillard, P. A. (Pierre Ange), 1778-1862, librettist. |
Included Work | Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Mort de Cléopâtre. |
Other author/creator | London Symphony Orchestra, performer. |
Other author/creator | Opéra de Paris. Chœur performer. |
Other author/creator | Opéra de Paris. Orchestre, performer. |
General note | Previously released as a compact disc. |
General note | The first work an opera; text by Gérard de Nerval and the composer after Goethe; 2nd work a secular cantata, text by Vieillart. |
Performer |
Nicolai Gedda, tenor, Gabriel Bacquier, baritone, Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano, Pierre Thau, bass, Maria Peronne, soprano, Chœurs de l'Oper̓a de Paris, Orchestre de Paris, Georges Prêtre, conductor (1st work) ; Janet Baker, mezzo- soprano, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson, conductor (2nd work). |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Oct. 1969, Salle Wagram, Paris (1st work) and Sept. 1969, Watford Town Hall, London (2nd work). |
Language | Sung in French. |
Genre/form | Sound recordings. |
Other title | Mort de Cleo̓pâtre. |