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Faust opera in four acts

Title
Faust [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, 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.
  • Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
  • Angeles, Victoria de los.
  • Siepi, Cesare.
  • Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
  • Miller, Mildred, 1924-
  • Votipka, Thelma.
  • Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone)
  • Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008.
  • Sternfeld, Frederick William, 1914-
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Biancolli, Louis.
  • Cleva, Fausto.
  • Ducloux, Walter.
  • Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999
  • Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
4 sound tape reels (240 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 19, 1955]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Third intermission feature (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:03:33 (synopses and features) ; 2:46:55 (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, Feb. 19, 1955.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 419 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in French.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Norman Dello Joio, host, with Frederick W. Sternfeld) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Louis Biancolli, Fausto Cleva and Walter Ducloux) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Third intermission feature (Clifton Fadiman, host, with Dame Edith Sitwell) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Introduction ; Act 1 through "Ainsi que la brise légère" -- 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
*LT-10 6085
OCLC
NYPG90-R444
Author
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Title
Faust [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after part I of Goethe's drama.
Playing Time
010333 024655
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 19, 1955]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 19, 1955]
Performer
Jan Peerce (Faust) ; Victoria de los Angeles (Marguerite) ; Cesare Siepi (Mephistopheles) ; Robert Merrill (Valentin) ; Mildred Miller (Siebel) ; Thelma Votipka (Martha) ; Lawrence Davidson (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Pierre Monteux, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 19, no. 15 (Feb. 14, 1955).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 19, 1955.
Original Version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Jan. 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 419 (F)
Language
Sung in French.
Added Author
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist
Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.
Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984. Performer
Angeles, Victoria de los. Performer
Siepi, Cesare. Performer
Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer
Miller, Mildred, 1924- Performer
Votipka, Thelma. Performer
Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone) Performer
Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Commentator
Sternfeld, Frederick William, 1914- Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Biancolli, Louis. Commentator
Cleva, Fausto. Commentator
Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999, host.
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Third intermission feature (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LT-10 6085 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 419 (F)
*LTCM 419 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6085.
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