Research Catalog

Title

Roméo et Juliette [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré.

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Glassman, Allan.
• Bernard, David.
• Kavrakos, Dimitri.
• Malfitano, Catherine.
• Schexnayder, Brian.
• Shicoff, Neil.
• Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah.
• Andersson, Norman, 1953-
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Harris, Hilda, 1930-
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Wentzel, Andrew.
• Cambreling, Sylvain.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Te Kanawa, Kiri.
• Habachy, Nimet.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Gainsley, Philip.
• Guarino, Florence.
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (223 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 25, 1986]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:45:44 (synopses and features) ; 2:57:35 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Allan Glassman (Tybalt) ; David Bernard (Paris) ; Dimitri Kavrakos (Capulet) ; Catherine Malfitano (Juliette) ; Brian Schexnayder (Mercutio) ; Neil Shicoff (Roméo) ; Batyah Godfrey Ben-David (Gertrude) ; Norman Andersson (Gregorio) ; Paul Plishka (Friar Laurent) ; Hilda Harris (Stephano) ; Anthony Laciura (Benvolio) ; Andrew Wentzel (The Duke of Verona) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Sylvain Cambreling, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 25, 1986.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 483 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Nimet Habachy) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Philip Gainsley, Florence Guarino and Alberta Masiello) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 2. Overture ; Act 1 -- side 3. Act 2 -- side 4. Act 3 -- side 5. Act 4 through Synopsis of scene 2 -- side 6. Act 4 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 483 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R389

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

Roméo et Juliette [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré.

Playing Time

004544 025735

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 25, 1986]

Cast

Allan Glassman (Tybalt) ; David Bernard (Paris) ; Dimitri Kavrakos (Capulet) ; Catherine Malfitano (Juliette) ; Brian Schexnayder (Mercutio) ; Neil Shicoff (Roméo) ; Batyah Godfrey Ben-David (Gertrude) ; Norman Andersson (Gregorio) ; Paul Plishka (Friar Laurent) ; Hilda Harris (Stephano) ; Anthony Laciura (Benvolio) ; Andrew Wentzel (The Duke of Verona) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Sylvain Cambreling, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in May 1991, from aluminum-based acetates (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 50, no. 9 (Jan. 18, 1986).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 25, 1986.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 483 (F)

Language

Sung in French.

Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Glassman, Allan. Performer

Bernard, David. Performer

Kavrakos, Dimitri. Performer

Malfitano, Catherine. Performer

Schexnayder, Brian. Performer

Shicoff, Neil. Performer

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Andersson, Norman, 1953- Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Harris, Hilda, 1930- Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Wentzel, Andrew. Performer

Cambreling, Sylvain. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Te Kanawa, Kiri. Commentator

Habachy, Nimet. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Gainsley, Philip. Commentator

Guarino, Florence. Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 483 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)