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Les contes d'Hoffmann : opera in three acts, prologue and epilogue

Title
Les contes d'Hoffmann : radio broadcast, 1946-01-12 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, prologue and epilogue / music by Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, founded on stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann.
Author
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Publication
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2002]

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Additional Authors
  • Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
  • Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
  • Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.
  • Alarie, Pierrette.
  • Thebom, Blanche.
  • Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994.
  • Browning, Lucielle.
  • Jobin, Raoul.
  • Singher, Martial.
  • Oliviero, Lodovico, 1886-1948.
  • De Paolis, Alessio.
  • Pechner, Gerhard.
  • Manning, Richard, 1914-1954.
  • Baker, John, 1911-
  • Moscona, Nicola.
  • Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
  • Harshaw, Margaret.
  • Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Goldovsky, Boris.
  • Munsel, Patrice, 1925-
  • St. Leger, Frank.
  • Downes, Olin, 1886-1955.
  • Bagar, Robert C.
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
4 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 12, 1946.
Uniform Title
  • Contes d'Hoffmann
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Contes d'Hoffmann
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Subtitle from house program.
  • Durations: 55:37 (announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:22:47 (opera).
  • Compact discs.
  • House program on file in Music Division.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Performer (note)
  • Pierrette Alarie (Olympia) ; Blanche Thebom (Giulietta, Muse) ; Jarmila Novotná (Antonia) ; Lucielle Browning (Niklausse) ; Raoul Jobin (Hoffmann) ; Martial Singher (Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dappertutto) ; Lodovico Oliviero (Andrés, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio) ; Alessio De Paolis (Frantz, Spalanzani) ; Gerhard Pchner (Luther) ; Richard Manning (Nathanael) ; John Baker (Hermann) ; Nicola Moscona (Crespel) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Schlemil) ; Margaret Harshaw (Mother's voice) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 12, 1946.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in French.
Contents
CD 1. Synopsis of Prologue (Milton Cross) ; Prologue ; Synopsis of Act 1 (Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Synopsis of Act 3 and Epilogue (Cross) ; Act 3 ; Epilogue ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opening remarks and synopsis of Prologue and Act 1 (Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, Patrice Munsel, and Frank St. Leger discuss Les contes d'Hoffmann) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Opera quiz (Olin Downes questions Robert Bagar, Robert Lawrence and Sigmund Spaeth) ; Synopsis of Act 3 and Epilogue (Cross).
Call Number
*LDC 32731
OCLC
NYPG04-R339
Author
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Title
Les contes d'Hoffmann : radio broadcast, 1946-01-12 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, prologue and epilogue / music by Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, founded on stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2002]
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 12, 1946.
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 12, 1946.
Cast
Pierrette Alarie (Olympia) ; Blanche Thebom (Giulietta, Muse) ; Jarmila Novotná (Antonia) ; Lucielle Browning (Niklausse) ; Raoul Jobin (Hoffmann) ; Martial Singher (Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dappertutto) ; Lodovico Oliviero (Andrés, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio) ; Alessio De Paolis (Frantz, Spalanzani) ; Gerhard Pchner (Luther) ; Richard Manning (Nathanael) ; John Baker (Hermann) ; Nicola Moscona (Crespel) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Schlemil) ; Margaret Harshaw (Mother's voice) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 10 (Jan. 7, 1946).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 12, 1946.
Language
Sung in French.
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Added Author
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist
Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist
Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.
Alarie, Pierrette. Performer
Thebom, Blanche. Performer
Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994. Performer
Browning, Lucielle. Performer
Jobin, Raoul. Performer
Singher, Martial. Performer
Oliviero, Lodovico, 1886-1948. Performer
De Paolis, Alessio. Performer
Pechner, Gerhard. Performer
Manning, Richard, 1914-1954. Performer
Baker, John, 1911- Performer
Moscona, Nicola. Performer
Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer
Harshaw, Margaret. Performer
Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Munsel, Patrice, 1925- Commentator
St. Leger, Frank. Commentator
Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. Commentator
Bagar, Robert C. Performer
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 32731
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