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L'amfiparnaso : The twin peaks of Parnassus / Orazio Vecchi ; original production directed by Peter Wilson.

Author/creator Vecchi, Orazio, 1550-1605
Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[Conchester, Eng.] : Chandos Records, [2004]
Description1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorCallow, Simon, 1949- narrator.
Other author/creatorWilson, Peter director.
Other author/creatorHollingworth, Robert performer.
Other author/creatorBrook, Matthew, performer.
Other author/creatorLane, Carys, performer.
Other author/creatorElliott, Rachel (Soprano), performer.
Other author/creatorFagiolini (Musical group), performer.
Other author/creatorChandos Records.
Parallel title Twin peaks of Parnassus
Series Chaconne
Chaconne. ^A344185
Subject "Through a virtuosic score for vocal ensemble, Vecchi brings alive the commedia dell'arte characters of late sixteenth-century Venice: mean-hearted merchant Pantalone, the verbose bogus doctor Gratiano, the braggart and over-amorous Spanish Captain, and a host of down-at-heel servants, the sanni."--Container.
General noteTitle from container.
General noteProgram notes and, biographical information on performers in English with German, French, and Italian translations and libretto in Italian with German, French, and English translations (75 p. : facsims,, ports.) inserted in container.
Performer I Fagiolini ; Matthew Brook, Carys Lane, Rachel Elliott ; Simon Callow, narrator ; Robert Hollingworth, director.
Date/time/place of a event noteFilmed at Dartington Hall Estate, Devon, Aug. 5-6, 2003.
Technical detailsDVD; dual-sided with PAL and NTSC formats on opposite sides.
LanguageSung Italian and English, with English, German, and French subtitles.
Publisher numberCHDVD 5029 Chandos Records

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