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Le cinesi : opera seria Echo et Narcisse : lyric drama

Title
Le cinesi : opera seria [videorecording] ; Echo et Narcisse : lyric drama / music [by] Christoph Willibald Gluck ; libretto [for Le cinesi] by Pietro Metastasio ; libretto [for Echo et Narcisse] by L. Th. von Tschudi ; a Schwetzinger Festspiele/RM Arts co-production.
Author
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Publication
Chicago : Home Vision, c1988.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782.
  • Tschudi, Ludwig Theodor von.
  • Streit, Kurt.
  • Boulin, Sophie.
  • Högman, Christina, 1956-
  • Tersson, Eva Maria.
  • Massell, Deborah.
  • Galliard, Peter.
  • Hoffstedt, Gertrud.
  • Krogen, Hanne.
  • Jacobs, René.
  • Concerto Köln (Musical group) prf
  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
  • La Sept (Firm)
  • Home Vision (Firm)
  • RM Arts. prd
  • Schwetzinger Festspiele.
Description
2 videocassettes : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  • Le cinesi is a lighthearted comedy born out of the boredom of three young ladies and their endeavors to entertain a young male visitor. In the end they put on a ballet, L'innocenza ed il piacer.
  • Echo et Narcisse is the age-old myth of the unrequited love of Echo for Narcissus, the youth entranced by his own reflection, and the battle between the two gods Amor and Apollo.
Series Statement
The compleat operagoer ; #71
Uniform Title
  • Cinesi
  • Compleat operagoer ; 71.
Alternative Title
  • Cinesi
  • Gluck's L'innocenza ed il piacer, the Schwetzingen Festival.
  • Innocenza ed il piacer.
Subject
Operas
Note
  • Le cinesi, opera in one act, with ballet L'innocenza et il piacer; Echo et Narcisse, opera in 3 acts with a prologue.
  • Le cinesi sung in Italian with English subtitles; Echo et Narcisse sung in French with English subtitles.
  • Title on container: Gluck's L'innocenza ed il piacer, the Schwetzinger Festival.
  • Homve Vision: INN 01.
Credits (note)
  • Cameras: Bruno Hoffmann, Thomas Dillmann, Peter-Jürgen Gersonde, Elmar Kerkrath, Wolfgang Lehr; videotape editor, Hans-Jochen Brauns.
Event (note)
  • "Recorded live from the resplendent rococco theater at the Schwetzingen Palace near Heidelberg, this double bill by Gluck coincides with the anniversary of his death in 1787"--Container.
System Details (note)
  • VHS; Hi-fi stereo.
Contents
Tape 1: Le cinesi (69 min.) -- Tape 2: Echo et Narcisse (99 min.).
Call Number
*LVH 428 (F)
OCLC
  • 22925315
  • NYPG90-F376
Author
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Title
Le cinesi : opera seria [videorecording] ; Echo et Narcisse : lyric drama / music [by] Christoph Willibald Gluck ; libretto [for Le cinesi] by Pietro Metastasio ; libretto [for Echo et Narcisse] by L. Th. von Tschudi ; a Schwetzinger Festspiele/RM Arts co-production.
Imprint
Chicago : Home Vision, c1988.
Series
The compleat operagoer ; #71
Compleat operagoer ; 71.
System Details
VHS; Hi-fi stereo.
Performer
Le cinesi: Kurt Streit (Silango), Sophie Boulin (Sivene), Christina Högman (Lisinga), Eva Maria Tersson (Tangia). Echo et Narcisse: Deborah Massell (Amor), Sophie Boulin (Echo), Kurt Streit (Narcisse), Peter Galliard (Cynire), Gertrud Hoffstedt (Eglé), Christina Högman (Algaé), Hanne Krogen (Thanais, a nymph), Eva Maria Tersson (Sylphie, a nymph) ; Concerto Köln ; René Jacobs, conductor.
Credits
Cameras: Bruno Hoffmann, Thomas Dillmann, Peter-Jürgen Gersonde, Elmar Kerkrath, Wolfgang Lehr; videotape editor, Hans-Jochen Brauns.
Event
"Recorded live from the resplendent rococco theater at the Schwetzingen Palace near Heidelberg, this double bill by Gluck coincides with the anniversary of his death in 1787"--Container.
Added Author
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Echo et Narcisse.
Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782. Librettist
Tschudi, Ludwig Theodor von. Librettist
Streit, Kurt. Performer
Boulin, Sophie. Performer
Högman, Christina, 1956- Performer
Tersson, Eva Maria. Performer
Massell, Deborah. Performer
Galliard, Peter. Performer
Hoffstedt, Gertrud. Performer
Krogen, Hanne. Performer
Jacobs, René. Conductor
Concerto Köln (Musical group) Performer
Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
La Sept (Firm)
Home Vision (Firm)
RM Arts. Production personnel
Schwetzinger Festspiele.
Added Title
Gluck's L'innocenza ed il piacer, the Schwetzingen Festival.
Innocenza ed il piacer.
Research Call Number
*LVH 428 (F) Notes on file.
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