'gespenster (ghosts)' - Bibalo & Ibsen , "polygram" 1984 3lps, Cond. Ingebretsen, Nc 4907 from BIBA
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(featuring The Bergen Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kjell Ingebretsen. They back the following players / vocalists : mezzo-soprano Edith Thallaug ; tenor Kjell Magnus Sandve ; baritone Thorbjorn Lindhjem ; bass Almar Heggen ; and, soprano Anne-Lise Berntsen) A particularly fascinating, triple-L.P.s box-set of the Norwegian-language opera "Gespenster (Ghosts)", which originally premiered in 1981 in what was, West Germany. This Mid-Eighties product was released on the "Norwegian Composers" series, of the ever-popular "Polygram" label The music was composed by the Italian-born composer (he became a naturalized Norwegian in 1967 although, by then, he had been living in Norway for more than ten years), Antonio Bibalo (1922-2008, almost a quarter-century after this product was released). The libretto was based on the "Ghosts" family-drama novel by the Norwegian legend Henrik Ibsen, which he had completed approximately a century before this opera's premiere ... Disc One :- Side One : Act I part 1 (19:02). Side Two : Act I part 2 (29:13). Disc Two :- Side One : Act II part 1 (18:48). Side Two : Act II part 2 (28:39). Disc Three :- Side One : Act III part 1 (20:06). Side Two : Act III part 2 (18:49). (Photos Two to Four : First sides of Discs 1-3. Apologies for light-interference in these three photos) The package includes a 48-page, EX- condition, booklet (sample Photos Five & Six) containing : Performance-credits ; Single-page essay on Bibalo & this opera, by L. Reitan ; Half-page essay on Ibsen's novel, by Prof. B. Erbe ; Ten pages of libretto (all texts in English, Norwegian & German languages) ; Two pages of bios. of the leading players / vocalists (inc. thumbnail stills), by anon., printed "consecutively" - i.e. bio. by bio. - in those 3 languages (Photo Six shows you what I'm trying to say!) ; Some lovely full-colour stills from the staging, printed on whole pages, by anon. ; Mono whole-page contemporary still of Bibalo, by J.M. Hansen. The Reverse of the Box-Outer (sample Photo Seven) contains, amongst other things : Recording-credits ; Package-Cover & Booklet-Cover photo-credit, by E. Berg ; Front-Covers' design-credit, by M. Hruza. Matrix-Runout codes :- Disc1 : "NC 4907 1 A 1 P1984 670 04 111" / "NC 4907 1 B 1 P1984 670 04 112". Disc2 : "NC 4907 2 A 1 P1984 670 04 112" / "NC 4907 2 B 1 P1984 670 04 113". Disc3: "NC 4907 3 A 1 P1984 670 04 111" / "NC 4907 3 B 1 P1984 670 04 112". (All typed) Records graded visually to RRPG grades (Disc1/Disc2/Disc3/Box-Outer) EX-/EX-/EX-/VG.
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