Research Catalog

Title

Carmen : radio broadcast, 1969-03-15 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Georges Bizet ; libretto by Meilhac and Halévy, based on Merimée's story.

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875

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Details

Additional Authors

• Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908
• Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897
• Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870
• Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013
• Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975
• Raskin, Judith
• Díaz, Justino
• Meredith, Morley
• Goodloe, Robert
• De Paul, Judith
• Forst, Judith
• Boucher, Gene
• Schmorr, Robert
• Mehta, Zubin
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
• Butler, Henry
• Lear, Evelyn
• Stewart, Thomas, 1926-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Coveney, John
• Goldovsky, Boris
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Randall, Tony
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (222 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 15, 1969
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 15, 1969.

Uniform Title

• Carmen
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Biographies in music (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

• Carmen
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Fremstad, Olive, -1951
• Operas

Note

• Sung in French.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:12:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:30:15 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Broadcast performance from Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 15, 1968.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Henry Butler interviews Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz, with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Boris Goldovsky, Robert Lawrence, John Coveney, and Tony Randall ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross ; Biographies in music: Francis Robinson recalls Olive Fremstad ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 -- side 4. Ecntr'ancte ; Act 2 -- side 5. Entr'acte ; Act 3 -- side 6. Entr'acte ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 301 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R49

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

Title

Carmen : radio broadcast, 1969-03-15 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Georges Bizet ; libretto by Meilhac and Halévy, based on Merimée's story.

Playing Time

011200 023015

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 15, 1969

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 15, 1969.

Performer

Regina Resnik (Carmen) ; Richard Tucker (Don José) ; Judith Raskin (Micaela) ; Justino Díaz (Escamillo) ; Morley Meredith (Zuniga) ; Robert Goodloe (Morales) ; Judith DePaul (Frasquita) ; Judith Forst (Mercedes) ; Gene Boucher (Dancaire) ; Robert Schmorr (Remendado) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Zubin Mehta, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 33, no. 20 (Mar. 15, 1969).

Event

Broadcast performance from Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 15, 1968.

Original Version

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

Added Author

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908. Librettist

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist

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

Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013. Performer

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Performer

Raskin, Judith. Performer

Díaz, Justino. Performer

Meredith, Morley. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

De Paul, Judith. Performer

Forst, Judith. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Mehta, Zubin. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Butler, Henry. Commentator

Lear, Evelyn. Commentator

Stewart, Thomas, 1926- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Randall, Tony. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 301 (F) Production notes in listening room.