| Other author/creator | Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Ciesinski, Katherine, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Blanzat, Anne-Marie, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Chamonin, Jocelyne, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Command, Michèle, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Paunova, Mariana, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Schaer, Hanna performer. |
| Other author/creator | Bacquier, Gabriel performer. |
| Other author/creator | Jordan, Armin conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Radio-France. Chœurs performer. |
| Other author/creator | Radio-France. Nouvel Orchestre philharmonique performer. |
| General note | Opera in 3 acts ; sung in French. |
| General note | Libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck. |
| General note | Titles on back of container: Ariane & Barbe-bleu = Ariadne and Blue-Beard = Ariane und Blaubart. |
| General note | "Premier enregistrement mondial = First worldwide recording = Welterstaufnahme"--Container. |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Program notes by Harry Halbreich, the composer, and Olivier Messiaen in French with English and German translations and libretto with English and German translations laid in container. |
| Performer |
Katherine Ciesinski, Anne-Marie Blanzat, Jocelyne Chamonin, Michelle Command, sopranos ; Mariana Paunova, mezzo-soprano ; Hanna Schaer, contralto ; Gabriel Bacquier, baritone ; other soloists ; Choeurs de Radio France ; Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique ; Armin Jordan, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded January 1983 in Studio 103, Radio France, Paris. |
| Other title | Ariane et Barbe-Bleue. |
| Other title | Ariadne and Blue-Beard. |
| UPC |
269658809725 |
| Publisher number | ECD 88097 (ECD 88098--ECD 88099) Erato |
