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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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AudioUse in library *LDC 52584Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
  • Pieczora, Stanislav
  • Baker, Janet, 1933-
  • Harper, Heather
  • Cantelo, April
  • Bowden, Pamela
  • Goldsbrough, Arnold, 1892-1964
  • Capece, Carlo Sigismondo, 1652-1728.
  • Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533.
  • BBC Radio.
  • English Chamber Orchestra, performer.
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
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