Research Catalog
Leos Janacek's Jenufa : opera in three acts from Moravian peasant life
- Title
- Leos Janacek's Jenufa : radio broadcast, 1974-12-21 [sound recording] : opera in three acts from Moravian peasant life / libretto by the composer after the play by Gabriela Preissová ; English translation by Otakar Kraus and Edward Downes.
- Author
- Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928.
- Publication
- Dec. 21, 1974.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Preissová, Gabriela
- Kraus, Otakar
- Downes, Edward, 1911-
- Kubiak, Teresa, 1937-
- Kraft, Jean
- Vickers, Jon
- Varnay, Astrid
- Yuscarán, Guillermo
- Reardon, John, 1930-1988.
- Gill, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1927-2010.
- Ordassy, Carlotta
- Smith, Alma Jean
- Love, Shirley
- Di Franco, Loretta
- Norden, Betsy
- Keane, Lorraine
- Nelson, John, 1941-
- Cross, John, 1897-
- Goldovsky, Boris
- Hume, Paul, 1915-
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Madrigal Singers. prf
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
- Description
- on 5 sides of 3 sound cassettes (194 min.) : stereo., Dolby processed.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 21, 1974
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 21, 1974.
- Uniform Title
- Jenůfa
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Jenůfa
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Jenufa.
- Subjects
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 2:05:00 (opera) ; 1:09:00 (synopses and features)
- Official cast list and production notes (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.
- Indexed In (note)
- Opera news
- Event (note)
- Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 21, 1974.
- Language (note)
- Sung in Czech.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Musical and dramatic analysis of Jenufa (Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Special holiday program: Metropolitan Opera Madrigal Singers (Paul Hume, host) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
- Call Number
- *LTCM 2 (F)
- OCLC
- NYPG83-R103
- Author
- Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928.
- Title
- Leos Janacek's Jenufa : radio broadcast, 1974-12-21 [sound recording] : opera in three acts from Moravian peasant life / libretto by the composer after the play by Gabriela Preissová ; English translation by Otakar Kraus and Edward Downes.
- Imprint
- Dec. 21, 1974.
- Playing Time
- 020500 010900
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 21, 1974Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 21, 1974.
- Performer
- Teresa Kubiak (Jenufa) ; Jean Kraft (Grandmother Buryja) ; Jon Vickers (Laca) ; Astrid Varnay (Kostelnicka) ; William Lewis (Steva) ; John Reardon (Starek) ; Richard T. Gill (Judge) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Judge's wife) ; Alma Jean Smith (Karolka) ; Shirley Love (Maid) ; Loretta Di Franco (Maid) ; Betsy Norden (Jano) ; Lorraine Keane (Aunt) ; Metropolitan Opera chorus and orchestra, John Nelson, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Original Version
- Re-recorded at NYPL, Nov., 1982, from borrowed copies (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 39, no. 8 (Dec. 21, 1974).
- Event
- Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 21, 1974.
- Language
- Sung in Czech.
- Added Author
- Preissová, Gabriela. Její pastorkyňa.Kraus, Otakar. TranslatorDownes, Edward, 1911- TranslatorKubiak, Teresa, 1937- PerformerKraft, Jean. PerformerVickers, Jon. PerformerVarnay, Astrid. PerformerYuscarán, Guillermo. PerformerReardon, John, 1930-1988. PerformerGill, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1927-2010. PerformerOrdassy, Carlotta. PerformerSmith, Alma Jean. PerformerLove, Shirley. PerformerDi Franco, Loretta. PerformerNorden, Betsy. PerformerKeane, Lorraine. PerformerNelson, John, 1941- ConductorCross, John, 1897- CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorHume, Paul, 1915- CommentatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) PerformerMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Madrigal Singers. Performer
- Added Title
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)Opera news on the air (Radio program)Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)Jenufa.
- Research Call Number
- *LTCM 2 (F) (Production notes filed in listening room.)