Niobe regina di Tebe / music by Agostino Steffani ; additional ballet music by Melchior d'Ardespin ; libretto by Luigi Orlandi, after Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Author/creator Steffani, Agostino composer.
Format Audio (CD)
Publication[France] : Erato, [2015]
Copyright Date℗2015
Description3 audio discs (3:43:44) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorArdespin, Melchior d', approximately 1643-1717, composer.
Other author/creatorOrlandi, Luigi, librettist.
Other author/creatorGauvin, Karina, singer.
Other author/creatorForsythe, Amanda, singer.
Other author/creatorJaroussky, Philippe singer.
Other author/creatorWey, Terry, 1985- singer.
Other author/creatorLemos, José, 1974- singer.
Other author/creatorSheehan, Aaron, singer.
Other author/creatorBalzer, Colin, 1974- singer.
Other author/creatorBlumberg, Jesse, singer.
Other author/creatorImmler, Christian singer.
Other author/creatorO'Dette, Paul, 1954- conductor.
Other author/creatorStubbs, Stephen, 1951- conductor.
Other author/creatorOvid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Opera adaptation of (work): Metamorphoses.
Other author/creatorBoston Early Music Festival Orchestra, instrumentalist.
Uniform titleNiobe, regina di Tebe
General noteOpera in 3 acts.
General noteTitle from disc label.
General note"This studio recording ... restores some material omitted in the live performances"--Page 1 of booklet.
General notePerformance based primarily on autograph score now held in Vienna, with some additional details and corrections from manuscripts in Schwerin and Munich; sinfonias opening acts II and III based on Steffani arias.
General noteProgram notes by Colin Timms and Paul O'Dette, and synopsis by Gilbert Blin and Ellen Hargis, in English, French, and German, and libretto with English, French, and German translations (208 pages : color illustrations) laid in container.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteAdditional ballet music by Melchior d'Ardespin ; libretto by Luigi Orlandi, after Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Credits"Co-production: Boston Early Music Festival/Radio Bremen"--Container.
Performer Karina Gauvin (Niobe), Amanda Forsythe (Manto), sopranos ; Philippe Jaroussky (Anfione), Terry Wey (Creonte), José Lemos (Nerea), countertenors ; Aaron Sheehan (Clearte), Colin Balzer (Tiberino), tenors ; Jesse Blumberg, baritone (Poliferno) ; Christian Immler, bass (Tiresia) ; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra ; Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, conductors.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 2013 November 1-14 Sendesaal, Bremen, Germany.
LanguageSung in Italian.
Genre/formOperas.
Genre/formAdaptations.
Standard identifier# 0825646343546
UPC 825646343546
Standard identifier# 00825646343546
Publisher number0825646343546 Erato