booklet editor Eva Zöllner
booklet editor Ingrid H. Verch
cello, soloist Jan Vogler
choir Chor der Staatsoper Dresden
chorus master Matthias Brauer
composed by Richard Strauss
conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli
cover John Martinez
edited by Jens Schünemann
edited by Stefan Witzel
engineer [assistant] Jens Schünemann
engineer [assistant] Niels Müller
engineer [assistant] Peter Weinsheimer
engineer [assistant] Tobias Lehmann
engineer [balance] Michael Brammann
executive-producer Renate Kupfer
glass harmonica Sascha Reckert
libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
liner notes [english translation] Mary Whittall
liner notes [english translation] Stewart Spencer
liner notes [french translation] Hélène Chen-Ménissier
liner notes [french translation] Michel Roubinet
liner notes [german] Hans-Christian Schmidt
musical assistance David Alan Miller
orchestra Staatskapelle Dresden
producer Wolfgang Stengel
typography [typesetting] Offizin Paul Hartung
violin, soloist Roland Straumer
vocals [barak, der färber] Franz Grundheber
vocals [der geisterbote] Hans-Joachim Ketelsen
vocals [der kaiser] Ben Heppner
vocals [des färbers brüder: der bucklige] Roland Wagenführer
vocals [des färbers brüder: der einarmige] André Eckert
vocals [des färbers brüder: der einäugige] Andreas Scheibner
vocals [die amme] Hanna Schwarz
vocals [die dienerinnen] Angela Liebold
vocals [die dienerinnen] Barbara Hoene
vocals [die dienerinnen] Christiane Hossfeld
vocals [die erscheinung eines jünglings] Werner Güra
vocals [die kaiserin] Deborah Voigt
vocals [die stimme des falken] Sabine Brohm
vocals [die stimmen der ungeborenen] Claudia Kunz
vocals [die stimmen der ungeborenen] Elisabeth Wilke
vocals [die stimmen der ungeborenen] Helga Termer
vocals [die stimmen der ungeborenen] Nadja Michael
vocals [die stimmen der ungeborenen] Roxana Incontrera
vocals [die stimmen der wächter der stadt] Andreas Scheibner
vocals [die stimmen der wächter der stadt] Hans-Joachim Ketelsen
vocals [die stimmen der wächter der stadt] Matthias Henneberg
vocals [ein hüter der schwelle des tempels] Ute Selbig
vocals [eine stimme von oben] Nadja Michael
vocals [sein weib] Sabine Hass
Phonographic Copyright (p) Teldec Classics International GmbH
Copyright (c) Teldec Classics International GmbH
Made By Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Record Company Warner Music Group
Recorded At Semperoper
Based on live performances. Recording location: Semperoper, Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden, November/December 1996

TT CD1 67:55, CD2 57:02, CD3 59:24
Cardboard slip case holding a Double Jewel Case and a 230-p. booklet with synopsis and libretto in German, English and French
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Label Code: LC 6019
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