Research Catalog

Title

Carmen : radio broadcast, 1987-03-21 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
• Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
• Hartman, Vernon.
• Cotrubas, Ileana.
• Carreras, José.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Baltsa, Agnes.
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Bybee, Ariel.
• Castel, Nico.
• Ramey, Samuel.
• Hamilton, David, 1957-
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Duval, Charles.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Mitchell, Leona.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Osbourne, Charles.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Arroyo, Martina.
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (239 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 21, 1987]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
• Third intermission feature (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in French.
• Durations: 1:08:07 (synopses and features) ; 2:50:51 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark: *LTCM 511 (F)).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 21, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 511 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Singer's round table (Richard Mohr, host, with Martina Arroyo) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with George Jellinek, M. Owen Lee and Charles Osbourne) ; Synopsis of Act III (Allen) ; Third intermission feature (Alfred Hubay) ; Synopsis of Act IV (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 511 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R631

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

Title

Carmen : radio broadcast, 1987-03-21 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.

Playing Time

010807 025051

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 21, 1987]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 21, 1987]

Performer

Vernon Hartman (Moralès) ; Ileana Cortrubas (Micaëla) ; José Carreras (Don José) ; James Courtney (Zuniga) ; Agnes Baltsa (Carmen) ; Dawn Upshaw (Frasquita) ; Ariel Bybee (Mercédès) ; Nico Castel (Lillas Pastia) ; Samuel Ramey (Escamillo) ; David Hamilton (Le Dancaïre) ; Anthony Laciura (Le Remendado) ; Charles Duval (A Mountain Guide) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 51, no. 13 (Mar. 14, 1987).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 21, 1987.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 511 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908. Librettist

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist

Hartman, Vernon. Performer

Cotrubas, Ileana. Performer

Carreras, José. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer.

Baltsa, Agnes. Performer

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Bybee, Ariel. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Ramey, Samuel. Performer

Hamilton, David, 1957- Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Duval, Charles. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Mitchell, Leona. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Osbourne, Charles. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Arroyo, Martina. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Singers' roundtable (Radio program)

Third intermission feature (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 511 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 32750.

*LDC 32750 Service copy.