Research Catalog

Title

La bohème : radio broadcast, 1989-03-04 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Murger, Henri, 1822-1861.
• Coni, Paolo
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Hamilton, David, 1957-
• Tajo, Italo
• D'Amico, Fiamma Izzo
• Hanriot, John
• Neblett, Carol
• Coffey, Frank (Singer)
• Peck, Donald
• Santi, Nello
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Gniewek, Raymond
• Woitach, Richard
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Krisel, Michelle
• Hubay, Alfred
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound discs (175 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 4, 1989]

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

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 0:54:55 (synopses and features) ; 2:00:53 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (under classmark: *LTCM 548(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. 4, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 548 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Act II -- CD 2. Act III ; Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. Opera news on the air (Raymond Gniewek and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Michelle Krisel, Alfred Hubay and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 548 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R73

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

La bohème : radio broadcast, 1989-03-04 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.

Playing Time

005455 020053

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 4, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 4, 1989]

Performer

Paolo Coni (Marcello) ; Plácido Domingo (Rodolfo) ; Paul Plishka (Colline) ; David Hamilton (Schaunard) ; Italo Tajo (Alcindoro) ; Carol Neblett (Musetta) ; Frank Coffey (Customhouse Sergeant) ; Donald Peck (Customhouse Officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 12 (Mar. 4, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 4, 1989.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Nov. 1991, from borrowed masters (3 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 548 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Murger, Henri, 1822-1861. Scènes de la vie de Bohème.

Coni, Paolo. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Hamilton, David, 1957- Performer

Tajo, Italo. Performer

D'Amico, Fiamma Izzo. Performer

Hanriot, John. Performer

Neblett, Carol. Performer

Coffey, Frank (Singer) Performer

Peck, Donald. Performer

Santi, Nello. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Gniewek, Raymond. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Krisel, Michelle. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. 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

*LTCM 548 (F) Cassette copy. (Production in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 31943.

*LDC 31943 Service copy.