Research Catalog

Title

Die Eroberung von Mexico [sound recording] / Wolfgang Rihm.

Author

Rihm, Wolfgang.

Publication

Georgsmarienhütte, Germany : Classic Produktion Osnabrück, p1992.

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Additional Authors

• Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948.
• Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998.
• Salter, Richard, 1943-
• Behle, Renate.
• Fugiss, Carmen.
• Otto, Susanne.
• Kollek, Peter.
• Frey, Hans Joachim.
• Becker, Georg.
• Metzmacher, Ingo.
• Hamburgische Staatsoper. Chor. prf
• Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg. prf

Description

2 sound discs (108 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

• Conquest of Mexico.
• Conquête du Mexique.

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 > Drama
• Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540 > Drama
• Operas
• Montezuma > II, > Emperor of Mexico, > approximately 1480-1520 > Drama

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Opera, sung in German.
• Parallel titles on container: The conquest of Mexico = La conquête du Mexique.
• Libretto based on texts by Antonin Artaud and Octavio Paz and the "Cantares mexicanos" (3 anonymous Indian poems).
• Ed. recorded: Wien : Universal Edition.
• Compact discs.
• Program notes, synopsis, excerpts from the libretto, and performer biographies in German, English, and French ([110] p.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Live recording of the 1st performance in Hamburg, Feb. 9, 1992.

Call Number

*LDC 7072 (F)

OCLC

NYPG94-R418

Author

Rihm, Wolfgang.

Title

Die Eroberung von Mexico [sound recording] / Wolfgang Rihm.

Imprint

Georgsmarienhütte, Germany : Classic Produktion Osnabrück, p1992.

Playing Time

015805

Performer

Richard Salter (Cortez) ; Renate Behle (Montezuma) ; Carmen Fugiss (soprano) ; Susanne Otto (alto) ; Peter Kollek (Der schreiende Mann) ; Hans Joachim Frey, Georg Becker (Zwei Sprecher) ; Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper ; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg ; Ingo Metzmacher, conductor.

Event

Live recording of the 1st performance in Hamburg, Feb. 9, 1992.

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Added Author

Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948. Librettist

Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998. Librettist

Salter, Richard, 1943- Performer

Behle, Renate. Performer

Fugiss, Carmen. Performer

Otto, Susanne. Performer

Kollek, Peter. Performer

Frey, Hans Joachim. Performer

Becker, Georg. Performer

Metzmacher, Ingo. Conductor

Hamburgische Staatsoper. Chor. Performer

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg. Performer

Added Title

Conquest of Mexico.

Conquête du Mexique.

Publisher No.

cpo 999 185-2 Classic Produktion Osnabrück

Research Call Number

*LDC 7072 (F) Libretto excerpts and program notes on file.