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This discography is based on the collection of Don Bewley,
Professor Emeritus, Massey University, New Zealand.
To the catalogue of the original
collection, additional recordings have been, and continue to be added
by Prof. Bewley as they become available through historic performances
or are announced in current catalogues.
How to browse this discography:
- Entries are listed alphabetically by title; therefore:
- Select the appropriate letter for the title from the alphabet in the left hand column
- Alternate titles are cross referenced; therefore:
- If you select such a title, "click" on the "see" reference given
- Use your browser find/search command within any letter file to
find entries according to:
- To return to the discography page, "click" on "discography page"
in the left hand column
- To return to the Metastasio home page, "click" on "home page" in
the left hand column.
Order of information in the individual entries:
- Title of the complete work (in italics) or
- Title of an individual number from the larger work ("in Roman")
- First composer of the original complete work
- Date and place of either first performance or of completion (a
preceding "?" = uncertain)
- Italian generic term / English generic term where appropriate
- Volume and page number in the Brunelli edition of Metastasio's
complete works; e.g. [Br.II, 33]
- Title (if alternate), composer, place, and date of this version
of the complete work or
- Type of excerpt (aria, scena, independent aria, etc.)
- Location - character, act, and scene in Metastasio's original
work; e.g. [Deidamia: 3,3]
- Location - act and scene in present work - [1,6] or [n.m. = not
a Metastasian text]
- Title of excerpt and composer
- Performer(s) - vocal, then instrumental
- Conductor and orchestra
- Title of recording
- Recording company, type of recording (CD, LP, VC, etc.), and
catalogue number
- Additional information (booklet, jacket notes, etc.) provided
with the recording
Clicking the link on the word "note" added at the end of some entries, will
open in the frame at the bottom of the screen an additional comment on
the particular item from the compiler of this discography
Clicking the link on the title of any entry, will open in the frame
at the bottom of the screen a citation for Metastasio's original work
from the Metastasio Workslist. This entry contains:
- The title of the work followed by its abbreviation (in parenthesis)
- The genre that the work represents and the abbreviation for the
genre [in square brackets]
- A full list of the dramatis personae
- The text of the first line of the work
- The composer, place and date of the first performance (or date
of completion) if known
- (In many instances), a note about the occasion of the first
performance
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