Research Catalog

Title

Carmen : radio broadcast, 1955-02-05 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Meilhac and Halévy, based on Mérimée's story.

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
• Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
• Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-
• Del Monaco, Mario, 1915-
• Amara, Lucine.
• Guarrera, Frank, 1923-
• Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
• Marsh, Calvin.
• Krall, Heidi.
• Roggero, Margaret.
• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• De Paolis, Alessio.
• Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Witherspoon, Herbert, Mrs.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Thebom, Blanche.
• Yannopoulos, Dino.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
• De Schauensee, Max.
• Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999.
• Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013.
• Siepi, Cesare.
• Fenn, Jean.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound tape reels (213 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 5, 1955]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

• Carmen
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:02:02 (synopses and features) ; 2:31:37 (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)

• Risë Stevens (Carmen) ; Mario Del Monaco (Don José) ; Lucine Amara (Micaela) ; Frank Guarrera (Escamillo) ; Norman Scott (Zuniga) ; Calvin Marsh (Morales) ; Heidi Krall (Frasquita) ; Margaret Roggero (Mercedes) ; George Cehanovsky (Dancaire) ; Alessio De Paolis (Remendado) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Max Rudolf, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 5, 1955.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 417 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Blanche Thebom and Dino Yannopoulos) ; Mrs. Herbert Witherspoon ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Mary Ellis Peltz and Max de Schauensee) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Opera anecdotes (Clifton Fadiman, host, with Regina Resnik, Jean Fenn and Cesare Siepi) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 through "Seguidilla" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded ; Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LT-10 6083

OCLC

NYPG90-R679

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

Title

Carmen : radio broadcast, 1955-02-05 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Meilhac and Halévy, based on Mérimée's story.

Playing Time

010202 023137

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 5, 1955]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 5, 1955]

Cast

Risë Stevens (Carmen) ; Mario Del Monaco (Don José) ; Lucine Amara (Micaela) ; Frank Guarrera (Escamillo) ; Norman Scott (Zuniga) ; Calvin Marsh (Morales) ; Heidi Krall (Frasquita) ; Margaret Roggero (Mercedes) ; George Cehanovsky (Dancaire) ; Alessio De Paolis (Remendado) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Max Rudolf, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 19, no. 13 (Jan. 31, 1955).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 5, 1955.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1990, 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 417 (F)

Language

Sung in French.

Added Author

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908. Librettist

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. Carmen. Spanish.

Stevens, Risë, 1913- Performer

Del Monaco, Mario, 1915- Performer

Amara, Lucine. Performer

Guarrera, Frank, 1923- Performer

Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer

Marsh, Calvin. Performer

Krall, Heidi. Performer

Roggero, Margaret. Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

De Paolis, Alessio. Performer

Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Witherspoon, Herbert, Mrs. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Thebom, Blanche. Commentator

Yannopoulos, Dino. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

De Schauensee, Max. Commentator

Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999. Commentator

Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013. Commentator

Siepi, Cesare. Commentator

Fenn, Jean. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Opera anecdotes (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10 6083 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 417 (F)

*LTCM 417 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes in file. Master tape in *LT-10 6083.