Research Catalog

Title

La Bohème : radio broadcast, 1993-01-02 [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
• Robertson, Christopher (Baritone)
• Leech, Richard (Tenor)
• Robbins, Julien
• Oswald, Mark
• Capecchi, Renato
• Mitchell, Leona
• Derr, Meredith
• Soviero, Diana, 1952-
• Young, Kenneth (Singer)
• Asch, David (Singer)
• Fiore, John
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Purdy, Christopher
• Bonelli, Peter
• McNally, Terrence
• Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
• Levy, Marvin David
• 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 the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 2, 1993]

Uniform Title

• Record collectors' roundtable (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.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:52:03 (synopses and features) ; 2:03:16 (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

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 2, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 710 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of acts I and II (Peter Allen) ; Act I ; Act II -- CD 2. Act III ; Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. Record collectors' roundtable (Thor Eckert Jr., host, with Christopher Purdy, Peter Bonelli and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Marvin David Levy, Terrence McNally and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of act IV (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 31778

OCLC

NYPG94-R331

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

La Bohème : radio broadcast, 1993-01-02 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.

Playing Time

005203 020316

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 2, 1993]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 2, 1993]

Performer

Christopher Robertson (Marcello) ; Richard Leech (Rodolfo) ; Julien Robbins (Colline) ; Mark Oswald (Schaunard) ; Renato Capecchi (Benoit, Alcindoro) ; Leona Mitchell (Mimi) ; Meredith Derr (Parpignol) ; Diana Soviero (Musetta) ; Kenneth Young (Customhouse Sergeant) ; David Asch (Customhouse Officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; John Fiore, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 8 (Jan. 2, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 2, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in June 1993, from borrowed masters (3 sound 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 710 (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

Robertson, Christopher (Baritone) Performer

Leech, Richard (Tenor) Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Oswald, Mark. Performer

Capecchi, Renato. Performer

Mitchell, Leona. Performer

Derr, Meredith. Performer

Soviero, Diana, 1952- Performer

Young, Kenneth (Singer) Performer

Asch, David (Singer) Performer

Fiore, John. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Bonelli, Peter. Commentator

McNally, Terrence, commentator.

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Levy, Marvin David. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Record collectors' roundtable (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 31778 Service copy.

*LTCM 710 (F) Cassette copy. (Program notes on file.) Use Service copy in *LDC 31778.

*LT-10-A 1572 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31778.