Dukas - Ariane Et Barbe-Bleue / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein / Lori Phillips (soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), Peter Rose (bass), Laura Vlasak Nolen (mezzo-soprano) / Telarc 2x Audio CD 2007 / CD-80680
UPC 089408068027
Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Ariadne and Bluebeard) is an opera in three acts by Paul Dukas. The French libretto is adapted (with very few changes) from the symbolist play of the same name by Maurice Maeterlinck, itself loosely based on the French literary tale La Barbe bleue by Charles Perrault.
Dukas had been impressed by Maeterlinck's play when it was first published in 1899. Maeterlinck had initially reserved the rights to use Ariane as a libretto for Edvard Grieg. When Grieg abandoned his plans to compose the opera, Maeterlinck offered it to Dukas instead. Dukas worked on the score between 1899 and 1906.
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Telarc – CD-80680 |
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2 x CD, Album
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US |
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Released:
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2007 |
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| Genre: |
Classical |
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| Style: |
Romantic, Opera |
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Tracklist:
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Ariane Et Barbe-Bleue, Opera |
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Acte Premier |
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| 1-5 |
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Scène 5 |
4:26 |
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Acte Deuxième
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| 2-2 |
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Scène 5 |
7:39 |
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Acte Troisième
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- Baritone Vocals – Chris De Moor
- Bass Vocals – Graeme Danby, Peter Rose (3)
- Chorus – BBC Singers
- Chorus Master – Stephen Betteridge
- Co-producer – BBC Radio 3
- Composed By – Paul Dukas
- Conductor – Leon Botstein
- Engineer – Everett Porter
- Libretto By – Maurice Maeterlinck
- Liner Notes – John Ashbery
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Laura Vlasak Nolen, Patricia Bardon
- Orchestra – BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Producer – Thomas C. Moore
- Soprano Vocals – Ana James, Daphne Touchais, Lori Phillips (2)
