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1 audio disc (1:19:49) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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011949 |
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audio disc sd rdacarrier |
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digital rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
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Operas lcsh |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Sung in English. |
| Performer |
Barbara Hannigan, soprano (Cecily Cardew) ; Katalin Károlyi, mezzo-soprano (Gwendolen Fairfax) ; Hilary Summers, contralto (Miss Prism) ; Peter Tantsits, tenor (Jack Worthing) ; Joshua Bloom, baritone (Algernon Moncrieff) ; Alan Ewing (Lady Bracknell), Benjamin Bevan (Lane/Merriman), basses ; Joshua Hart, speaker (Dr. Chasuble) ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group ; Thomas Adès, conductor. |
| Note |
Recorded live 2012 April 26 Barbican Hall, London. |
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Synopsis by Christopher Cook, program notes by Paul Griffiths, libretto, and composer biography (31 pages : portrait). |
| Subject |
Operas.
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| Genre |
Operas.
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Live sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Hannigan, Barbara, singer.
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Károlyi, Katalin, singer.
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Summers, Hilary, singer.
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Tantsits, Peter, singer.
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Bloom, Joshua (Bass), singer.
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Ewing, Alan, singer.
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Bevan, Benjamin, singer.
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Hart, Joshua, speaker.
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Adès, Thomas, conductor.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Importance of being earnest.
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, performer.
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| ISBN |
6315779565 |
| Standard No. |
5023363019729 : $18.99 |
| Music # |
NMC D197 NMC |
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