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Author/Creator:

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Contributors:

Minato, Niccolò

Stampiglia, Silvio, 1664-1725

Norberg-Schulz, Elizabeth

Piau, Sandrine

Otter, Anne Sofie von

Tro Santafé, Silvia

Zazzo, Lawrence, 1970-

Abete, Antonio

Furlanetto, Giovanni

Christie, William (William Lincoln)

Arts florissants (Musical group)

Languages:

Italian
English
French
German

Language Notes:

Sung in Italian.

Main Work:

Serse [by Handel, G.F.]

Related Series:

Veritas (London, England)

Subjects:

Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519-465 or 464 B.C. — Drama

Operas

Genres:

Drama

Performers:

Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Sandrine Piau, sopranos ; Anna Sofie von Otter, Silvia Tro Santafé, mezzo-sopranos ; Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor ; Antonio Abete, baritone ; Giovanni Furlanetto, bass ; Les Arts Florissants, Chœur et Orchestre ; William Christie, conductor.

General Notes:

Opera in 3 acts.
Libretto after Xerse by Nicolò Minato, revised by Silvio Stampiglia.
Title from container.
Recorded in performance Nov. 2003, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Paris.
Program notes in English, French, and German, and libretto with English and French translations (187 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Physical Description:

3 audio discs (2 hr., 46 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 114,602- 114,604

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 724354571121
[Unknown Type]: 00724354571121
Publisher Number, Virgin Classics: 7243 5 45711 2 1

OCLC Numbers:

57304294