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Highlights From Glyndebourne / Various

Highlights From Glyndebourne / Various
Release Date: 01/30/2007 
Label:  Kultur Video   Catalog #: 4170  
Composer:  Gioachino Rossini,  Christoph W. Gluck,  Georges Bizet,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,   ... 
Performer:  John Rawnsley,  Maria Ewing,  Dame Janet Baker,  Barry McCauley,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 0 Hours 59 Mins. 

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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Glyndebourne Festival Opera is feted worldwide. Situated in the heart of some of England's loveliest countryside, it is a perfect setting for combining operatic excellence with a unique sense of occasion. Glyndebourne excels in the production of pieces that are enhanced by the intimate setting of its auditorium, as evidenced here in extracts from works by Rossini, Gluck, Bizet, Mozart and Monteverdi. Starring: Maria Ewing, Janet Baker.

Region: 1
Running Time: 59 minutes
Picture Format: NTSC Full Screen
Color: Color
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Glyndebourne Festival Opera is feted worldwide. Situated in the heart of some of England's loveliest countryside, it is a perfect setting for combining operatic excellence with a unique sense of occasion. Glyndebourne excels in the production of pieces that are enhanced by the intimate setting of its auditorium, as evidenced here in extracts from works by Rossini, Gluck, Bizet, Mozart and Monteverdi. Starring: Maria Ewing, Janet Baker.

Region: 1
Running Time: 59 minutes
Picture Format: NTSC Full Screen
Color: Color
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

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Works on This Recording

1.
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  John Rawnsley (Baritone)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1816; Italy 
2.
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa...Io sono dolcile by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Maria Ewing (Soprano)
3.
Orfeo ed Euridice: Che puro ciel! by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:  Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria 
4.
Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice? by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:  Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria 
5.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Maria Ewing (Soprano)
Written: 1873-1874 
6.
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée "Flower song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Barry McCauley (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
7.
Idomeneo, K 366: Andrò rammingo e solo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Carol Vaness (Soprano), Philip Langridge (Tenor), Yvonne Kenny (Soprano),
Jerry Hadley (Tenor)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1781; Munich, Germany 
8.
La Cenerentola: Del barone le figlie io chiedo Signor . . . Altezza è in tavola by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Alberto Rinaldi (Baritone), Roderick Kennedy (Bass), Claudio Desderi (Baritone),
Kathleen Kuhlmann (Mezzo Soprano), Laurence Dale (Tenor), Laura Zannini (Mezzo Soprano),
Marta Taddei (Voice)
Period: Romantic 
9.
L'Incoronazione di Poppea: The coronation by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:  Maria Ewing (Soprano), Dennis Bailey (Tenor)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1642; Venice, Italy 

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