tracks 1-6 to 1-10, 2-2 to 2-4, 2-7 to 2-9 baritone vocals [don manuel, syn kněžny = don manuel, the princess's son] Václav Zítek tracks 1-3, 2-4, 2-11, 2-12, 2-14 bass vocals [diego, starý sluha = diego, old servant] Karel Hanuš tracks 1-4, 1-9, 1-10, 2-6, 2-7, 2-9, 2-14 bass vocals [kajétan, náčelník manuelovy družiny = cayetan, leader of manuel's company] Jaroslav Horáček booklet editor Dana Melanová choir Czech Radio Choir chorus Sbor Národního Divadla chorus master Milan Malý composed by Zdeněk Fibich conductor František Jílek tracks 1-2, 1-6, 2-2 to 2-4, 2-11 to 2-14 contralto vocals [donna isabella, messinská kněžna = donna isabella, princess of messina] Libuše Márová costume designer [1938, costumes featured on booklet cover] Jan Zrzavý engineer Jaroslav Vašíček graphic design Magdalena Lášková libretto by Otakar Hostinský libretto by [original play] Friedrich Schiller libretto by [translation] Ivan Vomáčka liner notes Jaroslav Jiránek liner notes [translation] Zoja Joachimová liner notes [translation], libretto by [translation] Bedřiška Adamičková liner notes [translation], libretto by [translation] Helena Beguivinová orchestra Orchestr Národního Divadla photography by [artists] Jan Králík photography by [stage design (première), costume design] Pavel Dosoudil producer Jana Smékalová recording supervisor Bohumil Čipera tracks 1-12, 1-13, 2-8, 2-9, 2-12 to 2-14 soprano vocals [beatrice, dcera kněžny = beatrice, the princess's daughter] Gabriela Beňačková tracks 1-8, 2-14 soprano vocals [panoš z družhiny cesarovy = page of cesar's company] Naďa Šormová tracks 1-4, 1-8, 2-6, 2-7, 2-9, 2-12 to 2-14 tenor vocals [bohemund, náčelník cesarovy družiny = bohemund, leader of cesar’s company] Miroslav Švejda tracks 1-6 to 1-8, 1-13, 2-2 to 2-4, 2-8, 2-9, 2-14 tenor vocals [don cesar, syn kněžny = don cesar, the princess's son] Ivo Žídek typography, lithography SSV Repro Phonographic Copyright (p) Supraphon Pressed By GZ Digital Media Pressed By GZ Digital Media Recorded At Čs. Rozhlas Praha ℗ 1993 Supraphon Recorded at the Prague Radio studio, 3-22 November, 1975.
Made in the Czech Republic. MA in GZ Digital Media matrices denotes manufacture in October 2001. Glass-mastering code LD01 was used until 2001.
CD1: 63:47 + CD2: 72:00 = Total time: 135:47
Packaging: 2 CDs in fat jewel case, contained in card slipcase along with 148-page booklet. Front panel of slipcase / jewel case insert: colour image of Robert Holzer's stage design for Act 2, 1884 premiere. See booklet p.141 and http://archiv.narodni-divadlo.cz/inscenace/1322. Booklet cover: colour image of costume designs by Jan Zrzavý, designer of staging in Prague repertory from 1938 to 1964. See booklet p.141 and http://archiv.narodni-divadlo.cz/umelec/4334/seznam-predstaveni.
Booklet: contains cast and tracklist in English (pp.2-4) and Czech (pp.5-7); liner notes in English, German, French and (the original) Czech (pp.8-14); artists' biographies in English, German, French and Czech, with photographs (pp.15-26); and Czech libretto with parallel-text English, German and French translations (pp.27-141). Barcode: 8596911149225 Label Code: LC 0358 Matrix / Runout: GZ MA0514 11 1492-2 612 (CD 1) Matrix / Runout: GZ MA0515 11 1493-2 612 (CD 2) Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD01 (CDs 1 & 2) Mould SID Code: IFPI 5J19 (CDs 1 & 2) SPARS Code: AAD (on label side of CDs ) SPARS Code: DDD (on back panel of slipcase) Rights Society: BIEM Rights Society: OSA