baritone vocals [il principe travestito da ciarlatana] Bernd Valentin
baritone vocals [una maschera] Jörg Sabrowski
composed by Gian Francesco Malipiero
conductor Peter Marschik
design Lothar Bruweleit
directed by [stage production, kiel première] Katja Czellnik
illustration [illustrations printed with libretto] Jacques Callot
libretto by [source] E.T.A. Hoffmann
liner notes Tilman Schlömp
liner notes [german libretto translation] Karl-Heinz Werner
liner notes [english libretto translation] Gwynne Newton
liner notes [english libretto translation] Michael Berridge
liner notes [english translation] J & M Berridge
liner notes [french translation] Sophie Liwszyc
liner notes [german libretto translation] Barbara Cappel
liner notes, advisor [dramaturge] Andreas K.W. Meyer
mezzo-soprano vocals [la vecchia beatrice] Gro Bente Kjellevold
orchestra Philharmonisches Orchester Kiel
photography by Joachim Thode
piano Thorsten Schmid-Kapfenburg
producer [recording] Eberhard Schnellen
set designer, costume designer Heike Scheele
soprano vocals [giacinta] Martina Winter
tenor vocals [giglio] Markus Müller
tenor vocals [il poeta, che appare anche sotto le vesti del piccolo vecchio] Burkhard Ulrich
Recorded By Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Published By Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
Recorded At Opernhaus Kiel
Glass Mastered At Sonopress
Glass Mastered At Sonopress
℗ 2002
Made in Germany

Recording: Norddeutscher Rundfunk, live, Opernhaus Kiel, May 22 & 23, 1999
First German production: 1st September 1951, Berlin
Kiel première: 4 October 1998.

Score's publisher Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Milan, is represented in Germany by Schott Musik International, Mainz.

112-page booklet includes notes, synopsis, artist biographies, and full libretto.

Libretto and its translations are laid out L-R across each spread from p.62 to p.109 in 4 parallel-text columns, as follows: (1) original Italian libretto, (2, 3) its German and English translations, (4) small illustration in lower right-hand section from the Balli di Sfessania, a series of etchings by Jacques Callot (1592-1635) featuring satirical Commedia dell’Arte figures (column blank otherwise). Malipiero’s opera is based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s novella Prinzessin Brambilla, subtitled A Caprice After Jacques Callot, and the Balli are integral to both. Karl-Heinz Werner’s German translation of the libretto draws on both Prinzessin Bambilla itself and the singing translation used for the opera's German première during the 1951 Berliner Festwochen, with material added by Barbara Cappel.

Cover and production photos ©️Joachim Thode

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) logo on front and back

Packaging: One thick jewel case
Barcode: 761203983025
Label Code: LC 8492
Matrix / Runout: [Sonopress logo] A66170 / 999830-2 /1 A (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: [Sonopress logo] A66172 / 999830-2 /2 A (CD2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LB47 (CD1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LB30 (CD2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0721 (CD1, CD2)
SPARS Code: DDD
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