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Title

The ghosts of Versailles [sound recording] : a grand opera buffa in two acts / music by John Corigliano ; libretto by William M. Hoffman, suggested by "La mère coupable" of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.

Author

Corigliano, John, 1938-

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hoffman, William M. (William Moses), 1939-2017
• Stratas, Teresa
• Shaulis, Jane
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Drews, Richard (Singer)
• Norden, Betsy
• Reuter-Foss, Kitt
• Hoffman, Wendy (Mezzo-soprano)
• Flanigan, Lauren
• Kelly, Sondra
• Best, Michael
• Short, Kevin
• Hagegård, Håkan
• Quilico, Gino
• Christin, Judith
• Kazaras, Peter
• Fleming, Renee
• Dahl, Tracy
• Rosenshein, Neil
• Clark, Graham, 1941-2023.
• Pauley, Wilbur
• Zambalis, Stella
• Berberian, Ara
• Badolato, Dean
• Cokorinos, Philip
• Horne, Marilyn
• Serbagi, Midhat
• Bernard, David
• Combs, Steven
• Darrenkamp, John
• Murray, John Horton
• Bender, Howard (Baritone)
• Dobriansky, Andrij
• Cincione, Theresa
• Uecker, Korliss
• Di Franco, Loretta
• Hopkins, Janet (Singer)
• Keith, Lynda
• McCormick, Mary Ann
• Harris, Hilda, 1930-
• Thompson, Linda (Vocalist)
• Chester, Kenn
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Gainsley, Philip
• Purdy, Christopher
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound discs (225 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 4, 1992]

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: 0:37:55 (synopses and features) ; 3:07:11 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Teresa Stratas (Marie Antoinette) ; Jane Shaulis (Woman in hat) ; James Courtney (Louis XVI) ; Richard Drews (The Marquis) ; Betsy Norden, Kitt Reuter-Foss and Wendy Hoffman (The Gossips) ; Lauren Flanigan (Lucienne) ; Sondra Kelly (Diane) ; Michael Best (The Bishop) ; Kevin Short (Joseph) ; Håkan Hagegård (Beaumarchais) ; Gino Quilico (Figaro) ; Judith Christin (Susanna) ; Peter Kazaras (Count Almaviva) ; Renée Fleming (Rosina) ; Tracy Dahl (Florestine) ; Neil Rosenshein (Léon) ; Graham Clark (Bégearss) ; Wilbur Pauley (Wilhelm) ; Stella Zambalis (Cherubino) ; Ara Berberian (Suleyman Pasha) ; Dean Badolato (His page) ; Philip Cokorinos (The English ambassador) ; Marilyn Horne (Samira) ; Midhat Serbagi (An Egyptian violist) ; David Bernard, Steven Combs and John Darrenkamp (Three Muscovite traders) ; John Horton Murray (A Man with a ladder) ; Howard Bender (A Man with lather on his face) ; Andrij Dobriansky (The other man) ; Theresa Cincione and Korliss Uecker (Two women with babies) ; Loretta Di Franco, Janet Hopkins, Lynda Keith and Mary Ann McCormick (Four other women with children) ; Hilda Harris and Linda Thompson (Ladies of town) ; Kenn Chester and Andrea Velis (Two bailiffs) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 4, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 601 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, pt. 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, pt. 2 -- CD 3. Act 2, pt. 1 -- CD 4. Act 2, pt. 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Philip Gainsley, George Jellinek and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 30390

OCLC

NYPG92-R1392

Author

Corigliano, John, 1938-

Title

The ghosts of Versailles [sound recording] : a grand opera buffa in two acts / music by John Corigliano ; libretto by William M. Hoffman, suggested by "La mère coupable" of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 4, 1992]

Cast

Teresa Stratas (Marie Antoinette) ; Jane Shaulis (Woman in hat) ; James Courtney (Louis XVI) ; Richard Drews (The Marquis) ; Betsy Norden, Kitt Reuter-Foss and Wendy Hoffman (The Gossips) ; Lauren Flanigan (Lucienne) ; Sondra Kelly (Diane) ; Michael Best (The Bishop) ; Kevin Short (Joseph) ; Håkan Hagegård (Beaumarchais) ; Gino Quilico (Figaro) ; Judith Christin (Susanna) ; Peter Kazaras (Count Almaviva) ; Renée Fleming (Rosina) ; Tracy Dahl (Florestine) ; Neil Rosenshein (Léon) ; Graham Clark (Bégearss) ; Wilbur Pauley (Wilhelm) ; Stella Zambalis (Cherubino) ; Ara Berberian (Suleyman Pasha) ; Dean Badolato (His page) ; Philip Cokorinos (The English ambassador) ; Marilyn Horne (Samira) ; Midhat Serbagi (An Egyptian violist) ; David Bernard, Steven Combs and John Darrenkamp (Three Muscovite traders) ; John Horton Murray (A Man with a ladder) ; Howard Bender (A Man with lather on his face) ; Andrij Dobriansky (The other man) ; Theresa Cincione and Korliss Uecker (Two women with babies) ; Loretta Di Franco, Janet Hopkins, Lynda Keith and Mary Ann McCormick (Four other women with children) ; Hilda Harris and Linda Thompson (Ladies of town) ; Kenn Chester and Andrea Velis (Two bailiffs) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in June, 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 8 (Jan. 4, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 4, 1992.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 601 (F)

Language

Sung in English.

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Added Author

Hoffman, William M. (William Moses), 1939-2017, librettist.

Stratas, Teresa. Performer

Shaulis, Jane. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Drews, Richard (Singer) Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Reuter-Foss, Kitt. Performer

Hoffman, Wendy (Mezzo-soprano) Performer

Flanigan, Lauren. Performer

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Best, Michael. Performer

Short, Kevin. Performer

Hagegård, Håkan. Performer

Quilico, Gino. Performer

Christin, Judith. Performer

Kazaras, Peter. Performer

Fleming, Renee. Performer

Dahl, Tracy. Performer

Rosenshein, Neil. Performer

Clark, Graham, 1941-2023. Performer

Pauley, Wilbur. Performer

Zambalis, Stella. Performer

Berberian, Ara. Performer

Badolato, Dean. Performer

Cokorinos, Philip. Performer

Horne, Marilyn. Performer

Serbagi, Midhat. Performer

Bernard, David. Performer

Combs, Steven. Performer

Darrenkamp, John. Performer

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Bender, Howard (Baritone) Performer

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Cincione, Theresa. Performer

Uecker, Korliss. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Hopkins, Janet (Singer) Performer

Keith, Lynda. Performer

McCormick, Mary Ann. Performer

Harris, Hilda, 1930- Performer

Thompson, Linda (Vocalist) Performer

Chester, Kenn. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Gainsley, Philip. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 30390 Service copy.

*LTCM 601 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30390.