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Faust : opera in four acts

Title
Faust : radio broadcast, 1950-12-23 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carrʹe, after part I of Goethe's drama.
Author
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
  • Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
  • Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960.
  • Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992.
  • Siepi, Cesare
  • Guarrera, Frank, 1923-
  • Bollinger, Anne, 1919-1963.
  • Votipka, Thelma
  • Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone)
  • Cleva, Fausto
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
  • Gutman, John
  • Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995.
  • Erede, Alberto
  • Busch, Hans, 1914-
  • Armistead, Horace
  • Lloyd, John Robert
  • Levit, Max
  • Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
  • Bagar, Robert C.
  • Ducloux, Walter
  • Goldovsky, Boris
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
4 sound tape reels (228 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 23, 1950]
Uniform Title
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:56:48 (synopses and features) ; 2:51:52 (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
Performer (note)
  • Jussi Bjoerling (Dr. Faust) ; Dorothy Kirsten (Marguerite) ; Cesare Siepi (Mephistophele) ; Frank Guarrera (Valentin) ; Anne Bollinger (Siebel) ; Thelma Votipka (Marthe) ; Lawrence Davidson (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 23, 1950.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 375 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in French.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; First intermission feature (Rudolf Bing and John Gutman) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Second intermission feature (John Gutman, host, with Max Rudolf, Alberto Erede, Hans Busch, Horace Armstead, John Robert Lloyd and Max Levit) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Deems Taylor, host, Robert Bagar, Walter Ducloux and Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Introduction ; Act 1 through "Ainsi que la brise lʹegère" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded ; Act 2 through "Il se fait tard" -- side 5. Act 2 concluded ; Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LTCM 375 (F)
OCLC
NYPG89-R526
Author
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Title
Faust : radio broadcast, 1950-12-23 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carrʹe, after part I of Goethe's drama.
Playing Time
005648 025152
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 23, 1950]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 23, 1950]
Cast
Jussi Bjoerling (Dr. Faust) ; Dorothy Kirsten (Marguerite) ; Cesare Siepi (Mephistophele) ; Frank Guarrera (Valentin) ; Anne Bollinger (Siebel) ; Thelma Votipka (Marthe) ; Lawrence Davidson (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 15, no. 9 (Dec. 18, 1950).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 23, 1950.
Original Version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 375 (F)
Language
Sung in French.
Added Author
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist
Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.
Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960. Performer
Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992. Performer
Siepi, Cesare. Performer
Guarrera, Frank, 1923- Performer
Bollinger, Anne, 1919-1963. Performer
Votipka, Thelma. Performer
Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone) Performer
Cleva, Fausto. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator
Gutman, John. Commentator
Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995. Commentator
Erede, Alberto. Commentator
Busch, Hans, 1914- Commentator
Armistead, Horace. Commentator
Lloyd, John Robert. Commentator
Levit, Max. Commentator
Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
Bagar, Robert C. Commentator
Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 375 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file.
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