Research Catalog

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Part I of Goethe's drama.

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
• Alexander, John, 1923-1990.
• Tucci, Gabriella.
• Díaz, Justino.
• Walker, William, 1931-
• Baldwin, Marcia.
• Love, Shirley.
• Christopher, Russell.
• Lombard, Alain.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ducloux, Walter.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (240 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-12-24 (Dec. 24, 1966)]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Titles from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:59:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:40:30 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 24, 1966.

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (William Weaver reports on the reopening of the Teatro Comunale in Florence) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Walter Ducloux, Richard Mohr, William Weaver and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 through Chorale of the Swords -- side 4. Act 1, conclusion ; Act 2 to "Eternelle" -- side 5. Act 2, conclusion ; Act 3 to "et je tombe en soldat" -- side 6. Act 3, conclusion ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 250 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R140

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Part I of Goethe's drama.

Playing Time

005930 024030

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-12-24 (Dec. 24, 1966)]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-12-24 (Dec. 24, 1966)]

Performer

John Alexander (Faust) ; Gabriella Tucci (Marguerite) ; Justino Díaz (Méphistophélès) ; William Walker (Valentin) ; Marcia Baldwin (Siébel) ; Shirley Love (Marthe) ; Russell Christopher (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alain Lombard, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1986, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 31, no. 9 (Dec. 24, 1966).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 24, 1966.

Language

Sung in French.

Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.

Alexander, John, 1923-1990. Performer

Tucci, Gabriella. Performer

Díaz, Justino. Performer

Walker, William, 1931- Performer

Baldwin, Marcia. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Lombard, Alain. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ducloux, Walter. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 250 (F) Production notes on file.