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La Bohème : opera in four acts

Title
La Bohème : radio broadcast, 1990-03-31 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on "Scènes de la vie de bohème" by Henri Murger.
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Additional Authors
  • Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
  • Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
  • Murger, Henri, 1822-1861.
  • Schexnayder, Brian
  • Wilson, Neil, 1959-
  • Langan, Kevin
  • Noble, Tim
  • Capecchi, Renato
  • Esperian, Kallen
  • Alpert, Glenn
  • Gustafson, Nancy
  • Sendrowitz, Mitchell
  • Ghazal, Edward
  • Weikert, Ralf
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Jellinek, George, 1919-
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
  • Purdy, Christopher
  • Nilsson, Birgit
  • Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
3 sound discs (188 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 31, 1990]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Met moments (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:04:46 (synopses and features) ; 2:03:30 (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, Mar. 31, 1990.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 573 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
CD 1. Act 1 ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Peter Allen) ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 ; Opera news on the air (George Jellinek) ; Met moments (Edward Downes, host, with Birgit Nilsson and Joan Sutherland) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Innaurato, George Jellinek amd Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 28826
OCLC
NYPG92-R367
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Composer
Title
La Bohème : radio broadcast, 1990-03-31 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on "Scènes de la vie de bohème" by Henri Murger.
Playing Time
010446 020330
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 31, 1990]
Performer
Brian Schexnayder (Marcello) ; Neil Wilson (Rodolfo) ; Kevin Langan (Colline) ; Timothy Noble (Schaunard) ; Renato Capecchi (Benoit, Alcindoro) ; Kallen Esperian (Mimi) ; Glenn Alpert (Parpignol) ; Nancy Gustafson (Musetta) ; Mitchell Sendrowitz (Customhouse sergeant) ; Edward. Ghazal (Customhouse officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ralf Weikert, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 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. 54, no. 14 (Mar. 31, 1990).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 31, 1990.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 573 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
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Added Author
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist
Adaptation of: Murger, Henri, 1822-1861. Scènes de la vie de bohème.
Schexnayder, Brian. Performer
Wilson, Neil, 1959- Performer
Langan, Kevin. Performer
Noble, Tim. Performer
Capecchi, Renato. Performer
Esperian, Kallen. Performer
Alpert, Glenn. Performer
Gustafson, Nancy. Performer
Sendrowitz, Mitchell. Performer
Ghazal, Edward. Performer
Weikert, Ralf. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator
Purdy, Christopher. Commentator
Nilsson, Birgit. Commentator
Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Met moments (Radio program)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 28826 Service copy
*LTCM 573 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28826.
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