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Les Contes d'Hoffmann : opera in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue

Title
Les Contes d'Hoffmann : radio broadcast, 1988-01-02 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue / music by Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on the stories of E.T.A. Hoffman.
Author
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.

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Additional Authors
  • Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
  • Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
  • Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.
  • Schicoff, Neil
  • Bradley, Gwendolyn
  • Troyanos, Tatiana
  • Alexander, Roberta
  • Morris, James, 1947-
  • Quittmeyer, Susan
  • Laciura, Anthony
  • Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
  • Macurdy, John
  • Bean, Gweneth
  • Baker, Mark (Tenor)
  • Bernard, David
  • Meredith, Morley
  • Malas, Spiro
  • Andrey, Pauline
  • Dutoit, Charles
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Te Kanawa, Kiri
  • Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Bonelli, Peter
  • Bernheimer, Martin
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 2, 1988]
Uniform Title
  • Contes d'Hoffmann
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Contes d'Hoffmann
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:59:12 (synopses and features) ; 2:43:19 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
  • Compact discs.
  • House program on file in Music Division.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 2, 1988.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 519 (F)
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in French.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Peter Bonelli, M. Owne Lee and Martin Bernheimer) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 27343
OCLC
NYPG91-R1001
Author
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Title
Les Contes d'Hoffmann : radio broadcast, 1988-01-02 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue / music by Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on the stories of E.T.A. Hoffman.
Playing Time
005912 024319
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 2, 1988]
Performer
Neil Schicoff (Hoffmann) ; Gwendolyn Bradley (Olympia) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Giulietta) ; Roberta Alexander (Antonia) ; James Morris (Lindorf, Coppélius, Dappertutto, Dr. Miracle) ; Susan Quittmeyer (Nicklausse, The Muse of Poetry) ; Anthony Laciura (Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz) ; Andrea Velis (Spalanzani) ; John Macurdy (Crespel) ; Gweneth Bean (Antonia's Mother) ; Mark Baker (Nathanael) ; David Bernard (Hermann) ; Spiro Malas (Luther) ; Morley Meredith (Schlemil) ; Pauline Andrey (Stella) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Charles Dutoit, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in Sept. 1991, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo, ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 52, no. 8 (Jan. 2, 1988).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 2, 1988.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 519 (F)
Language
Sung in French.
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Added Author
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist
Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist
Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822. Short stories. Selections. French.
Schicoff, Neil. Performer
Bradley, Gwendolyn. Performer
Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer
Alexander, Roberta. Performer
Morris, James, 1947- Performer
Quittmeyer, Susan. Performer
Laciura, Anthony. Performer
Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer
Macurdy, John. Performer
Bean, Gweneth. Performer
Baker, Mark (Tenor) Performer
Bernard, David. Performer
Meredith, Morley. Performer
Malas, Spiro. Performer
Andrey, Pauline. Performer
Dutoit, Charles. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Te Kanawa, Kiri. Commentator
Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Bonelli, Peter. Commentator
Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 27343 Service copy.
*LTCM 519 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27343.
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