Research Catalog

Title

Eugene Onegin [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, based on the book by Alexander Pushkin.

Author

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837.
• Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020.
• Svendén, Birgitta.
• Elias, Rosalind.
• Christin, Judith.
• Hadley, Jerry.
• Leĭferkus, Sergeĭ, 1946-
• Fiorito, John.
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Short, Kevin.
• Ghiaurov, Nicolai, 1929-2004.
• Ozawa, Seiji, 1935-2024.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Livingstone, William.
• Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Wynne, Peter.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (208 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 19, 1992]

Uniform Title

• Evgeniĭ Onegin
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Evgeniĭ Onegin

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:44:44 (synopses and features) ; 2:43:24 (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, Dec. 19, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 708 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Russian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I, scene 1 ; Act I, scene 2 -- CD 2. Act I, scene 3 ; Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (William Livingstone with Regina Resnik) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with M. Owen Lee, William Livingstone and Peter Wynne) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1570

OCLC

NYPG94-R329

Author

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.

Title

Eugene Onegin [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, based on the book by Alexander Pushkin.

Playing Time

004444 024324

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 19, 1992]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 19, 1992]

Performer

Mirella Freni (Tatiana) ; Birgitta Svendʹen (Olga) ; Rosalind Elias (Madame Larina) ; Judith Christin (Filippyevna) ; Jerry Hadley (Lenski) ; Sergei Leiferkus (Eugene Onegin) ; John Fiorito (A captain) ; Anthony Laciura (Triquet) ; Kevin Short (Zaretski) ; Nicolai Ghiaurov (Prince Gremin) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 7 (Dec. 19, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 19, 1992.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1993, from borrowed masters (3 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 708 (F).

Language

Sung in Russian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Evgeniĭ Onegin.

Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020. Performer

Svendén, Birgitta. Performer

Elias, Rosalind. Performer

Christin, Judith. Performer

Hadley, Jerry. Performer

Leĭferkus, Sergeĭ, 1946- Performer

Fiorito, John. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Short, Kevin. Performer

Ghiaurov, Nicolai, 1929-2004. Performer

Ozawa, Seiji, 1935-2024. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Wynne, Peter. 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

*LT-10-A 1570 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31780.

*LTCM 708 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31780.

*LDC 31780 Service copy.