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Xerxes : opera in three acts

Title
Xerxes : opera in three acts / by George Frederic Handel ; English National Opera ; opera producer, Nicholas Hytner ; directed by television by John Michael Phillips ; a Thames Television and RM Arts production for Channel 4.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : RM Associates ; Chatsworth, Calif. : Image Entertainment, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
  • Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010.
  • Murray, Ann, 1949-
  • Robson, Christopher, 1953-
  • Masterson, Valerie.
  • Garrett, Leslie.
  • Rigby, Jean.
  • Booth-Jones, Christopher.
  • Macann, Rodney.
  • English National Opera.
  • Thames Television, ltd.
  • RM Arts (Firm)
  • Channel Four (Great Britain)
  • Image Entertainment (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (186 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Opera in three acts about a water nymph, who, longing for human feeling, falls in love with a human prince.
Alternative Title
George Frideric Handel's Xerxes
Subject
Note
  • Title on container: George Frideric Handel Xerxes.
  • "Edition by Charles Mackerras and Noel Davies."
  • Original libretto by Nicolo Minato ; revised by Silvio Stampiglia ; English translation by Nicholas Hynter.
  • Dolby 5.1 surround sound.
Credits (note)
  • Senior cameraman, Peter Hodgson ; videotape editor, Mark Dobson.
Performer (note)
  • Ann Murray, Christopher Robson, Valerie Masterson, Lesley Garrett, Jean Rigby, Christopher Booth-Jones, Rodney Macann ; Orchestra and chorus of the English National Opera ; conductor, Charles Mackerras.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English.
OCLC
  • 56176679
  • ocm56176679
  • SCSB-9182303
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries