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L'amfiparnaso The twin peaks of Parnassus

Title
L'amfiparnaso [videorecording] = The twin peaks of Parnassus / Orazio Vecchi ; original production directed by Peter Wilson.
Author
Vecchi, Orazio, 1550-1605.
Publication
[Conchester, Eng.] : Chandos Records, [2004]

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Additional Authors
  • Callow, Simon, 1949-
  • Wilson, Peter.
  • Hollingworth, Robert.
  • Brook, Matthew.
  • Lane, Carys.
  • Elliott, Rachel.
  • Fagiolini (Musical group) prf
  • Chandos Records.
Description
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
"Through a virtuosic score for vocal ensemble, Vecchi brings alive the commedia dell'arte characters of late sixteenth-century Venice: mean-hearted merchant Pantalone, the verbose bogus doctor Gratiano, the braggart and over-amorous Spanish Captain, and a host of down-at-heel servants, the sanni."--Container.
Series Statement
Chaconne
Uniform Title
Amfiparnaso
Alternative Title
  • Amfiparnaso
  • Twin peaks of Parnassus
Subject
Madrigal comedies
Note
  • Title from container.
  • Program notes, biographical notes on performer, and libretto, all in Italian, English, French, and German (75 p. : ill., facsims., ports.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Filmed at Dartington Hall Estate, Devon, Aug. 5-6, 2003.
System Details (note)
  • DVD 10: single layer double sided disc (PAL/NTSC); picture format: 4:3; Dolby digital 5.0; region code 0.
Language (note)
  • In Italian and English.
Call Number
*LDV 244
OCLC
56497821
Author
Vecchi, Orazio, 1550-1605.
Title
L'amfiparnaso [videorecording] = The twin peaks of Parnassus / Orazio Vecchi ; original production directed by Peter Wilson.
Imprint
[Conchester, Eng.] : Chandos Records, [2004]
Series
Chaconne
System Details
DVD 10: single layer double sided disc (PAL/NTSC); picture format: 4:3; Dolby digital 5.0; region code 0.
Performer
Matthew Brook (Doctor Gratiano, Captain Cardon, Pedrolino, Frulla, Jew) ; Carys Lane (Hortensia, Francatrippa, Isabella) ; Rachel Elliott (Nisa) ; Simon Callow, narrator ; I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth (Pantalone, Lelio, Zanni, Jew), conductor.
Event
Filmed at Dartington Hall Estate, Devon, Aug. 5-6, 2003.
Language
In Italian and English.
Added Author
Callow, Simon, 1949- narrator.
Wilson, Peter. Director
Hollingworth, Robert. Conductor
Brook, Matthew. Performer
Lane, Carys. Performer
Elliott, Rachel. Performer
Fagiolini (Musical group) Performer
Chandos Records.
Publisher No.
CHDVD 5029 Chandos Records
Research Call Number
*LDV 244 Notes and libretto on file.
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