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Montezuma : Oper in drei Akten
Montezuma. German
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- Creator
- von Friedrich II. von Preussen ; Musik von Carl Heinrich Graun ; aus dem Markgräflichen Opernhaus Bayreuth
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- Language
- German
- Contributors
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- Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, librettist
- Tagliazucchi, Giampietro, active 1749-1763, librettist
- Quander, Georg, translator
- Papadjiakou, Alexandra, performer
- Boulin, Sophie, performer
- Sieber, Gudrun, performer
- Gayer, Catherine, performer
- Vogel, Barbara, 1939- performer
- Grönroos, Walton, performer
- Mercker, Karl-Ernst, performer
- Hilsdorf, Hans, conductor
- Wernicke, Herbert
- Kühn, Hellmut
- Voltaire, 1694-1778. Alzire
- Deutsche Oper Berlin. Orchester
- Markgräfliches Opernhaus
- Bayerischer Rundfunk
- Sender Freies Berlin
- Arthaus Musik (Firm)
- Publication
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- [Halle/Saale] : Arthaus Musik, 2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocn794543235
- Credits
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- Alexandra Papadjiakou (Montezuma) ; Sophie Boulin (Eupaforice) ; Gudrun Sieber (Erissena) ; Catherine Gayer (Tezeuco) ; Barbara Vogel (Pilpatoè) ; Walton Grönroos (Fernando Cortes) ; Karl-Ernst Mercker (Narvès) ; Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ; Kevin McCutcheon, harpsichord ; Hans Hilsdorf, conductor
- Stage and costume designer, Herbert Wernicke ; musicological advisor, Hellmut Kühn
- Title from container.
- Libretto by Frederick II of Prussia and Giampietro Tagliazucchi, German adaptation by Georg Quander.
- Abridged "performing version" of Graun's opera in German translation, incorporating texts from Voltaire's Alzire; some vocal parts transposed so that "the Aztecs were represented exclusively by women and the Spaniards by men"--Notes, pp. 10-11.
- Program notes in English, French, and German (25 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) in container.
- Recorded at the Markgräflichen Opernhaus, Bayreuth and broadcast by Sender Freies Berlin in cooperation with Bavrian Radio.
- DVD 9, NTSC; region code 0; NTSC; aspect ratio 4:3; PCM stereo.
- Sung principally in German, subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.