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Le Cinesi [videorecording] : opera seria ; Echo et Narcisse : lyric drama / music, Christoph Willibald Gluck ; a Schwetzinger Festspiele/RM Arts co-production

Author:: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787
Additional Titles:: Cinesi ; Echo et Narcisse and Title on cassette label: Innocenza ed il piacer: a Gluck double-bill
Published:: [Place of publication not identified] : RM Arts ; West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, 1988.
Physical Description:: 1 videocassette (170 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Additional Creators:: Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782, Tschudi, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Théodore, baron de, 1734-1784, Streit, Kurt, Boulin, Sophie, Högman, Christina, 1956-, Tersson, Eva Maria, Massell, Deborah, Galliard, Peter, Jacobs, René, Wernicke, Herbert, Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787, RM Arts (Firm), Kultur International Films, Concerto Köln (Musical group), and Schwetzinger Festspiele

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Language Note:

Le cinesi sung in Italian with English subtitles; Echo et Narcisse sung in French with English subtitles.

Summary:

Two one-act operas by Gluck. Le cinesi is a comedy about three bored young women trying to entertain a young male visitor by enacting roles from three contrasting styles of drama. Echo et Narcisse concerns the myth of Echo's unrequited love for Narcisse and the battle between the gods Amor and Apollo.

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ISBN:

1561270822

Related Titles:

Echo et Narcisse

Note:

Le cinesi, opera in one act, with ballet L'innocenza ed il piacer; Echo et Narcisse, opera in 3 acts with a prologue.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Le cinesa: libretto, Pietro Metastasio ; Echo et Narcisse: libretto, L. Th. von Tschudi. Production design and costumes, Herbert Wernicke.

Participant/Performer Note:

Le cinesi: Kurt Streit, Sophie Boulin, Christina Högman, Eva Maria Tersson. Echo et Narcisse: Deborah Massell, Sophie Boulin, Kurt Streit, Peter Galliard. Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, conductor.

Data/Place of Event:

Videorecording of a performance at the Schwetzinger Palace in 1987.

Technical Details:

VHS; hi-fi stereo, Dolby system.

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