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Title:
The art of singing : golden voices of the century / a BBC, IMG Artists [and others] ; producers, Mark Pickering, Peter R. Smith ; adapted for Home Video by Peter R. Smith ; directed by Donald Sturrock.
ISBN:
9780769791135
Publication Information:
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur : BBC : Warner Classics, [2011]
[©2011]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from container.
Based on Donald Sturrock's The art of singing: golden voices on film.
Originally produced in 1996.
DVD; NTSC all region; aspect ratio 4:3 full screen; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Summary:
Many illustrious opera stars of the twentieth century are featured in sound and vision in rare footage, much of it previously unavailable.
Added Author:
Language Note:
English and French language soundtracks; English, French, Spanish and Japanese subtitles.
Performer:
Musical performances by Enrico Caruso, Giovanni Martinelli, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Schipa, Giuseppe De Luca, Luisa Tetrazzini, Conchita Supervía, Rosa Ponselle, Richard Tauber, Fyodor Chaliapin, Kirsten Flagstad, Lawrence Tibbett, Risë Stevens, Lauritz Melchior, Ezio Pinza, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi, Victoria De Los Angeles, Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Boris Christoff, Magda Olivero, Fritz Wunderlich, Jon Vickers, Franco Corelli, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas ; with contributions and commentary by Kirk Browning, Shuyler Chapin, Thomas Hampson, Giovanni Martinelli, Magda Olivero, Nicola Rescigno, Risë Stevens and Jon Vickers ; narrated by Penny Gore.
Production Credits:
Executive producers, Stephen Wright, Pierre-Olivier Bardet ; producers, Mark Pickering, Peter R. Smith ; editor, Clare Palmer.
OCLC Number:
ocn746641303
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
