Research Catalog

Title

Death in Venice : radio broadcast, 1994-02-26 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by Myfanwy Piper after the novella by Thomas Mann.

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Publication

Feb. 26, 1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piper, Myfanwy
• Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
• Rolfe Johnson, Anthony
• Allen, Thomas, 1944-
• Gall, Jeffrey
• Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018.
• Edwards, Jeffrey
• Mendell, Sarah Elizabeth
• Skidmore Daines, Katherine
• Laurence, Suzanne
• Pankevich, Anton
• Byrne, Richard (Singer)
• Cokorinos, Philip
• Groves, Paul (Tenor)
• Mercer, Gregory
• Schaldenbrand, Christopher
• Valdes, Eduardo (Tenor)
• Combs, Steven
• Fitch, Bernard
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Gonzales, Yvonne
• Peloso, Antoinette
• Dufford, Dean
• Stocker, Christopher
• Garvin, Bradley
• Reuter-Foss, Kitt
• De Young, Michelle
• Belliston, Seth
• Best, Michael
• Stevenson, Tony (Tenor)
• Pessolano, Jonathan
• Collins, Buck
• Gormley, Clare
• Pulley, Emily Ann
• Litherland, Victoria
• Warren, Nina
• Fiorito, John
• D'Avella, Lauren Jean
• Bramaz, Didier
• Conner, Jeremy
• Köppel, Johann Daniel
• Cornetti, Marianne
• Hoffman, Wendy (Mezzo-soprano)
• Forest, Michael
• Bybee, Ariel
• Hanna, Stephen
• Cincione, Theresa
• Di Franco, Loretta
• Bender, Howard (Baritone)
• Piper, David (Singer)
• Creech, Philip
• Jepson, Kristine
• Bishop, Elizabeth (Mezzo-soprano)
• Skok, Heidi
• Anguish, Elizabeth
• Bush, Sandra
• Green, Constance
• Olson, Joyce
• Steiner, Patricia
• Alpert, Glenn
• Asch, David (Singer)
• Crolius, Ross
• Pariso, Joseph
• Reese, Irwin
• Atherton, David, 1944-
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Burton, Humphrey, 1931-
• Graham, Colin, 1931-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• McNally, Terrence
• Purdy, Christopher
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound discs (215 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 26, 1994
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 26, 1994.

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 1:03:25 (synopses and features) ; 2:31:20 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 739 (F).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Wendy Hoffman (Lace seller) ; Michael Forest (Glass maker) ; Ariel Bybee (Beggar woman) ; Stephen Hanna (Her son) ; Steven Combs (Restaurant waiter) ; Theresa Cincione (Newspaper seller) ; Loretta Di Franco (Flower seller) ; Howard Bender (Postcard seller) ; Bradley Garvin (Photographer) ; David Piper (Pickpocket) ; Philip Creech, Gregory Mercer, Eduardo Valdes and Richard Vernon (Gondoliers) ; Kristine Jepson, Elizabeth Bishop (Venetians) ; Richard Vernon (Priest in St. Mark's) ; Theresa Cincione, Yvonne Gonzales, Heidi Skok, Elizabeth Anguish, Sandra Bush, Constance Green, Joyce Olson, Patricia Steiner, Glenn Alpert, David Asch, Ross Crolius, Joseph Pariso and Irwin Reese (Tourists) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Ballet and Chorus ; David Atherton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 26, 1994.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 739 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

CD 1. Act 1, Part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, Part 2 -- CD 3. Act 2 ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 4. Introduction (Peter Allen) ; Pre-curtain feature: Humphrey Burton discusses Death in Venice with Colin Graham, David Atherton, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, and Thomas Allen; Linda Hall, pianist ; Synopsis of Act 1 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Thor Eckert Jr., Terrence McNally and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33913

OCLC

NYPG95-R627

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title

Death in Venice : radio broadcast, 1994-02-26 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by Myfanwy Piper after the novella by Thomas Mann.

Imprint

Feb. 26, 1994.

Playing Time

010325 023120

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 26, 1994

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 26, 1994.

Performer

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Gustav von Aschenbach) ; Thomas Allen (The Traveller, The Elderly Fop, The Old Gondolier, The Hotel Manager, The Barber, The Leader of the Players and The Voice of Dionysus) ; Jeffrey Gall (The Voice of Apollo) ; Karin von Aroldingen (The Lady of the Pearls) ; Jeffrey Edwards (Tadzio) ; Sarah Elizabeth Mendell and Katherine Skidmore Daines (Tadzio's sisters) ; Suzanne Laurence (Governess) ; Anton Pankevich (Jachiu) ; Richard Byrne, Philip Cokorinos, Paul Groves, Gregory Mercer, Christopher Schaldenbrand and Eduardo Valdes (Young men on the boat to Venice) ; Steven Combs (Ship's steward/Hotel waiter) ; Bernard Fitch (Hotel Porter) ; Richard Vernon (Lido Boatman) ; Clare Gormley (Stawberry seller) ; Yvonne Gonzales, Paul Groves (Street singers) ; Antoinette Peloso (Street dancer) ; Dean Dufford, Christopher Stocker (Beach attendants, Acrobats) ; Bradley Garvin (English clerk in the travel bureau) ; Kitt Reuter-Foss (French mother) ; Clare Gormley (Her daughter) ; Michelle De Young (German mother) ; Philip Cokorinos (German father) ; Seth Belliston (Their son) ; Michael Best, Tony Stevenson (Americans) ; Richard Byrne (Jachiu's father) ; Jonathan Pessolano, Buck Collins (Polish brothers) ; Emily Ann Pulley (Danish lady) ; Victoria Litherland (English lady) ; Nina Warren (Russian mother) ; John Fiorito (Russian father) ; Lauren Jean D'Avella, Didier Bramaz, Jeremy Conner and Daniel Koppel (Their children) ; Marianne Cornetti (Their nanny) ; Christopher Schaldenbrand (Guide in Venice).

Wendy Hoffman (Lace seller) ; Michael Forest (Glass maker) ; Ariel Bybee (Beggar woman) ; Stephen Hanna (Her son) ; Steven Combs (Restaurant waiter) ; Theresa Cincione (Newspaper seller) ; Loretta Di Franco (Flower seller) ; Howard Bender (Postcard seller) ; Bradley Garvin (Photographer) ; David Piper (Pickpocket) ; Philip Creech, Gregory Mercer, Eduardo Valdes and Richard Vernon (Gondoliers) ; Kristine Jepson, Elizabeth Bishop (Venetians) ; Richard Vernon (Priest in St. Mark's) ; Theresa Cincione, Yvonne Gonzales, Heidi Skok, Elizabeth Anguish, Sandra Bush, Constance Green, Joyce Olson, Patricia Steiner, Glenn Alpert, David Asch, Ross Crolius, Joseph Pariso and Irwin Reese (Tourists) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Ballet and Chorus ; David Atherton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 58, no. 11 (Feb. 19, 1994).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 26, 1994.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1995, from borrowed masters (4 tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 739 (F)

Language

Sung in English.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Piper, Myfanwy. Librettist

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Tod in Venedig.

Rolfe Johnson, Anthony. Performer

Allen, Thomas, 1944- Performer

Gall, Jeffrey. Performer

Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018. Performer

Edwards, Jeffrey. Performer

Mendell, Sarah Elizabeth. Performer

Skidmore Daines, Katherine. Performer

Laurence, Suzanne. Performer

Pankevich, Anton. Performer

Byrne, Richard (Singer) Performer

Cokorinos, Philip. Performer

Groves, Paul (Tenor) Performer

Mercer, Gregory. Performer

Schaldenbrand, Christopher. Performer

Valdes, Eduardo (Tenor) Performer

Combs, Steven. Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Gonzales, Yvonne. Performer

Peloso, Antoinette. Performer

Dufford, Dean. Performer

Stocker, Christopher. Performer

Garvin, Bradley. Performer

Reuter-Foss, Kitt. Performer

De Young, Michelle. Performer

Belliston, Seth. Performer

Best, Michael. Performer

Stevenson, Tony (Tenor) Performer

Pessolano, Jonathan. Performer

Collins, Buck. Performer

Gormley, Clare. Performer

Pulley, Emily Ann. Performer

Litherland, Victoria. Performer

Warren, Nina. Performer

Fiorito, John. Performer

D'Avella, Lauren Jean. Performer

Bramaz, Didier. Performer

Conner, Jeremy. Performer

Köppel, Johann Daniel. Performer

Cornetti, Marianne. Performer

Hoffman, Wendy (Mezzo-soprano) Performer

Forest, Michael. Performer

Bybee, Ariel. Performer

Hanna, Stephen. Performer

Cincione, Theresa. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Bender, Howard (Baritone) Performer

Piper, David (Singer) Performer

Creech, Philip. Performer

Jepson, Kristine. Performer

Bishop, Elizabeth (Mezzo-soprano) Performer

Skok, Heidi. Performer

Anguish, Elizabeth. Performer

Bush, Sandra. Performer

Green, Constance. Performer

Olson, Joyce. Performer

Steiner, Patricia. Performer

Alpert, Glenn. Performer

Asch, David (Singer) Performer

Crolius, Ross. Performer

Pariso, Joseph. Performer

Reese, Irwin. Performer

Atherton, David, 1944- Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Burton, Humphrey, 1931- Commentator

Graham, Colin, 1931- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33913 Service copy.