The ballad of Baby Doe [opera in two acts / [sound recording] :
libretto by John Latouche ; music by Douglas Moore].
- Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, [1999]
- 2 sound discs (134 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Deutsche Grammophon : 289 465 148-2 (289 465 149-2--289 465 150-2). Compact discs. "The recording was originally released [in 1959] on MGM 3GC-1, Heliodor H 25035-3, remastered by DGG and released as 2709-061"--Booklet, p. 9. Introduction by Beverly Sills, program notes (in part by the composer), synopsis, brief biographies of principal singers, "The real Baby Doe story", and libretto (63 p.) in container.
Beverly Sills, soprano ; Frances Bible, mezzo-soprano ; Walter Cassel, baritone ; other soloists ; Chorus and Orchestra of the New York City Opera ; Emerson Buckley, conductor.
"The reissue... commemorates the 40th anniversary of this legendary New York City Opera recording, which was recorded in June 1959, and the 70th birthday of Beverly Sills on May 25, 1999"--Booklet, p. 9.
Operatic interpretation of the love story of silver baron Horace Tabor and Baby Doe (Elizabeth McCourt).
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