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Orlando : [opera in three acts]
- Title
- Orlando : [opera in three acts] / music by Handel ; libretto adapted from Carlo Sigismondo Capece's L'Orlando after Ludovico Ariosto's epic poem Orlando Furioso.
- Author
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Music CD | Use in library | *LDC 52584 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 4 audio discs : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in
- Subject
- Note
- Title and credits from audition.
- The history and story line of the opera narrated by an unidentified host precede the opening and each musical scene.
- Access (note)
- Access to original item restricted.
- Credits (note)
- Presented by BBC radio.
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian.
- Call Number
- *LDC 52584
- OCLC
- 835162300
- Author
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer.
- Title
- Orlando : [opera in three acts] / music by Handel ; libretto adapted from Carlo Sigismondo Capece's L'Orlando after Ludovico Ariosto's epic poem Orlando Furioso.
- Playing Time
- 004630 004620 004714 002953
- Type of Content
- performed music
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audio disc
- Credits
- Presented by BBC radio.
- Performer
- Studio performance: Stanislav Pieczora (Zoroastro, a magician) ; Janet Baker (Orlando) ; Heather Harper (Dorinda, a shepherdess) ; April Cantelo (Angelica, Queen of Cathay) ; Pamela Bowden (Medoro, an African prince) ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Arnold Goldsbrough, conductor.
- Event
- Recorded from a BBC broadcast London 1963.
- Access
- Access to original item restricted.
- Language
- Sung in Italian.
- Local Note
- Part of a collection of 7 inch tapes of recorded opera (in ReCap box: 415), batch loaded from AREV.Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 4 track, mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7 5409.Service CD (4 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archive originals.
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- Added Author
- Pieczora, Stanislav, performer.Baker, Janet, 1933- performer.Harper, Heather, performer.Cantelo, April, performer.Bowden, Pamela, performer.Goldsbrough, Arnold, 1892-1964, conductor.Adapted from: Capece, Carlo Sigismondo, 1652-1728. Orlando.Based on: Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso.BBC Radio.English Chamber Orchestra, performer.
- Research Call Number
- *LDC 52584*LT-7 5409