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Le sacre du printemps ballet in one act

Title: Le sacre du printemps [sound recording] : ballet in one act / music by Igor Stravinsky. Le rossignol : lyric tale in three acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by the composer and Stepan Mitousoff, based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Oedipus Rex : opera-oratorio in two acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by Jean Cocteau, after Sophocles.
Author: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (200 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 25, 1984]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Works.
Rossignol.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 56:16 (synopses and features) ; 35:54 (Le sacre du printemps) ; 51:55 (Le rossignol) ; 55:54 (Oedipus Rex).
Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Performer (note)

In 2nd work: Philip Creech (The fisherman) ; Gianna Rolandi (The nightingale) ; Claudia Catania (The cook) ; John Cheek (The chamberlain) ; Ara Berberian (The bonze) ; Morley Meredith (The Emperor of China) ; Michael Best, Gene Boucher and Paul Franke (Japanese envoys) ; Jean Kraft (Death).
In 3rd work: Anthony Dowell (The speaker) ; William Lewis (Oedipus) ; Franz Mazura (Creon and The messenger) ; Florence Quivar (Jocasta) ; Ara Berberian (Tiresias) ; Charles Anthony (The shepherd).

Event (note)

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 25, 1984.

Reproduction (note)

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 447 (F)

Language (note)

The 2nd work sung in Russian; the 3rd work sung in Latin with English narration.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Le sacre du printemps (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Florence Guarino, M. Owen Lee and John Pfeiffer) ; Robert Merrill ; Synopsis of Le rossignol (Allen) -- side 2. Opera news on the air (William Weaver) ; Synopsis of Oedipus Rex (Allen) -- side 3. Le sacre du printemps -- side 4. Le rossignol through ceremonial procession -- side 5. Le rossignol concluded ; Oedipus Rex through "Invidia fortunam odit" -- side 6. Oedipus Rex concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 447 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R133

Author

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Title

Le sacre du printemps [sound recording] : ballet in one act / music by Igor Stravinsky. Le rossignol : lyric tale in three acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by the composer and Stepan Mitousoff, based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Oedipus Rex : opera-oratorio in two acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by Jean Cocteau, after Sophocles.

Playing Time

005616 003554 005155 005554

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 25, 1984]

Cast

In 2nd work: Philip Creech (The fisherman) ; Gianna Rolandi (The nightingale) ; Claudia Catania (The cook) ; John Cheek (The chamberlain) ; Ara Berberian (The bonze) ; Morley Meredith (The Emperor of China) ; Michael Best, Gene Boucher and Paul Franke (Japanese envoys) ; Jean Kraft (Death).

In 3rd work: Anthony Dowell (The speaker) ; William Lewis (Oedipus) ; Franz Mazura (Creon and The messenger) ; Florence Quivar (Jocasta) ; Ara Berberian (Tiresias) ; Charles Anthony (The shepherd).

Performer

In all works: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1990, 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. 48, no. 11 (Feb. 18, 1984).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 25, 1984.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 447 (F)

Language

The 2nd work sung in Russian; the 3rd work sung in Latin with English narration.

Added Author

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Vesna svi︠a︡shchennai︠a︡.

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Soloveĭ.

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Oedipus Rex.

Mitousov, Stepan Nikolaevich. Librettist

Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875. Nattergalen.

Dowell, Anthony. Performer

Creech, Philip. Performer

Rolandi, Gianna. Performer

Catania, Claudia. Performer

Cheek, John, 1948- Performer

Berberian, Ara. Performer

Meredith, Morley. Performer

Best, Michael. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963. Librettist

Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.

Yuscarán, Guillermo. Performer

Mazura, Franz. Performer

Quivar, Florence. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Guarino, Florence. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Pfeiffer, John, 1920- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Rossignol.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 447 (F) \(Production notes on file.)

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