Research Catalog

Title

Eugene Onegin [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, based on the poem by Alexaander Pushkin.

Author

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837
• Milnes, Sherrill
• Zylis-Gara, Teresa
• Gedda, Nicolai
• Jones, Isola
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Kraft, Jean
• Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah
• Atherton, James
• Best, Richard, 1935-2022
• Dobriansky, Andrij
• Levine, James, 1943-2021
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
• Goldovsky, Boris
• Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
• Masiello, Alberta
• Coveney, John
• Levarie, Siegmund, 1914-2010
• Woitach, Richard
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 18, 1978

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Evgeniĭ Onegin

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 18, 1978.

Language (note)

• Sung in Russian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky presents a musical and dramatic analysis of Eugene Onegin) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions Alberta Masiello, John Coveney, Siegmund Levarie, and Richard Woitach) ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1, scene 1 -- side 4. Act 1, scenes 2 and 3 -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 753

OCLC

NYPG05-R10559

Author

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.

Title

Eugene Onegin [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, based on the poem by Alexaander Pushkin.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 18, 1978

Performer

Sherrill Milnes (Onegin) ; Teresa Zylis-Gara (Tatiana) ; Nicolai Gedda (Lensky) ; Isola Jones (Olga) ; Paul Plishka (Gremin) ; Jean Kraft (Larina) ; Batyah Godfrey Ben-David (Filipievna) ; James Atherton (Triquet) ; Richard Best (Captain) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Zaretsky) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 18, 1978.

Original Version

Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in 1982 from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.).

Language

Sung in Russian.

Added Author

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Evgeniĭ Onegin.

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Zylis-Gara, Teresa. Performer

Gedda, Nicolai. Performer

Jones, Isola. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Atherton, James. Performer

Best, Richard, 1935-2022. Performer

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

Levarie, Siegmund, 1914-2010, commentator.

Woitach, Richard. 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 753