Research Catalog

Title

Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Dvorský, Peter, 1951-
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Bybee, Ariel.
• Carlson, Lenus.
• Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Steff, Dennis.
• Meredith, Morley.
• Darrenkamp, John.
• Kesling, Diane.
• Myers, Alexander.
• Fulton, Thomas.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Fiedler, Johanna.
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Pfeiffer, John, 1920-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (171 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 17, 1987]

Uniform Title

• 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: 0:28:44 (synopses and features) ; 1:43:01 (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)

• Peter Dvorsky (B.F. Pinkerton) ; Charles Anthony (Goro) ; Ariel Bybee (Suzuki) ; Lenus Carlson (U.S. Consul Sharpless) ; Renata Scotto (Cio-Cio-San) ; James Courtney (Imperial Commissary) ; Dennis Steff (The Registrar) ; Morley Meredith (The Uncle-Priest) ; John Darrenkamp (Yamadori) ; Diane Kesling (Kate Pinkerton) ; Alexander Myers (Cio-Cio-San's Child) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Fulton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 17, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 502 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Johanna Fiedler, Alberta Masiello John Pfeiffer) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Act 1 through "Ieri son salita tutta sola" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Spoglio è l'orto" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 502 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R616

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Playing Time

002844 014301

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 17, 1987]

Cast

Peter Dvorsky (B.F. Pinkerton) ; Charles Anthony (Goro) ; Ariel Bybee (Suzuki) ; Lenus Carlson (U.S. Consul Sharpless) ; Renata Scotto (Cio-Cio-San) ; James Courtney (Imperial Commissary) ; Dennis Steff (The Registrar) ; Morley Meredith (The Uncle-Priest) ; John Darrenkamp (Yamadori) ; Diane Kesling (Kate Pinkerton) ; Alexander Myers (Cio-Cio-San's Child) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Fulton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 51, no. 9 (Jan. 17, 1987).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 17, 1987.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 502 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Dvorský, Peter, 1951- Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Bybee, Ariel. Performer

Carlson, Lenus. Performer

Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Steff, Dennis. Performer

Meredith, Morley. Performer

Darrenkamp, John. Performer

Kesling, Diane. Performer

Myers, Alexander. Performer

Fulton, Thomas. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Fiedler, Johanna. Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Performer

Pfeiffer, John, 1920- Performer

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 502 (F) (Production notes in listening room).