| Other author/creator | Ardespin, Melchior d', approximately 1643-1717, composer. |
| Other author/creator | Orlandi, Luigi, librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Gauvin, Karina, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Forsythe, Amanda, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Jaroussky, Philippe singer. |
| Other author/creator | Wey, Terry, 1985- singer. |
| Other author/creator | Lemos, José, 1974- singer. |
| Other author/creator | Sheehan, Aaron, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Balzer, Colin, 1974- singer. |
| Other author/creator | Blumberg, Jesse, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Immler, Christian singer. |
| Other author/creator | O'Dette, Paul, 1954- conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Stubbs, Stephen, 1951- conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Opera adaptation of (work): Metamorphoses. |
| Other author/creator | Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, instrumentalist. |
| Uniform title | Niobe, regina di Tebe |
| General note | Opera in 3 acts. |
| General note | Title from disc label. |
| General note | "This studio recording ... restores some material omitted in the live performances"--Page 1 of booklet. |
| General note | Performance 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 note | Program 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 note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Additional 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 note | Recorded 2013 November 1-14 Sendesaal, Bremen, Germany. |
| Language | Sung in Italian. |
| Genre/form | Operas. |
| Genre/form | Adaptations. |
| Standard identifier# |
0825646343546 |
| UPC |
825646343546 |
| Standard identifier# |
00825646343546 |
| Publisher number | 0825646343546 Erato |