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.
• Gedda, Nicolai
• Lorengar, Pilar
• Siepi, Cesare
• Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
• Baldwin, Marcia
• Love, Shirley
• Christopher, Russell
• Varviso, Silvio
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
• Butler, Henry cmm
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Masiello, Alberta
• Coveney, John
• Harrison , Jay
• Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

on 7 sides of 4 sound cassettes (243 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 18, 1969]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Faust

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in French.
• Titles from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:53:00 (synopses and features) ; 3:10:30 (opera).
• With production notes and official cast list (6 p.).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1969.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Henry Butler reads viewer questions to Rudolf Bing ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz, with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Alberta Masiello, John Coveney, Jay Harrison and Luigi Lucioni ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 through Chorale of the Swords -- side 4. Act 1, conclusion ; Act 2 through quartet -- side 5. Act 2, conclusion ; Act 3 to "Qu'attendez-vous encore?" -- side 6. Act 3, from "Que voulez-vous, messieurs?" through Walpurgis Night Ballet -- side 7. Act III, final scene (Prison scene) ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 293 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R40

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

005300 031030

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 18, 1969]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 18, 1969]

Performer

Nicolai Gedda (Faust) ; Pilar Lorengar (Marguerite) ; Cesare Siepi (Méphilstophélès) ; Robert Merrill (Valentin) ; Marcia Baldwin (Siébel) ; Sirley Love (Marthe) ; Russell Christopher (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Silvio Varviso, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 33, no. 12 (Jan. 18, 1969).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1969.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Jan. 1988, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

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

Gedda, Nicolai. Performer

Lorengar, Pilar. Performer

Siepi, Cesare. Performer

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer

Baldwin, Marcia. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Varviso, Silvio. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Butler, Henry cmm.

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

Harrison , Jay. Commentator

Lucioni, Luigi, 1900- 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 293 (F) Production notes in listening room.