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Lakmé opera in 3 acts

Title: Lakmé [sound recording] : opera in 3 acts / Léo Delibes ; libretto by Gondinet and Gille based on the novel Rarahu by Pierre Loti.
Author: Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891.

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Description

4 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Jan. 6, 1940
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Jan. 6, 1940.

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Compact discs.
Durations: Announcements and synopses (47:30) ; Opera (2:17:47).
House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Performer (note)

Lily Pons (Lakmé) ; Armand Tokatyan (Gérald) ; Irra Petina (Mallika) ; George Cehanovsky (Frédéric) ; Ezio Pinza (Nilakantha) ; Nicholas Massue (Hadji) ; Annamary Dickey (Ellen) ; Lucielle Browning (Rose) ; Helen Olheim (Mrs. Bentson) ; Lodovico Oliviero (Fortuneteller) ; Lamberto Belleri (Merchant) ; Wlfred Engelman (Thief) ; Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor.

Event (note)

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 6, 1940.

Source (note)

Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Mrs. August Belmont talks about the Metropolitan Opera Guild ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross)

Call Number

*LDC 32992

OCLC

NYPG06-R72

Author

Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891.

Title

Lakmé [sound recording] : opera in 3 acts / Léo Delibes ; libretto by Gondinet and Gille based on the novel Rarahu by Pierre Loti.

Series

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Jan. 6, 1940

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Jan. 6, 1940.

Cast

Lily Pons (Lakmé) ; Armand Tokatyan (Gérald) ; Irra Petina (Mallika) ; George Cehanovsky (Frédéric) ; Ezio Pinza (Nilakantha) ; Nicholas Massue (Hadji) ; Annamary Dickey (Ellen) ; Lucielle Browning (Rose) ; Helen Olheim (Mrs. Bentson) ; Lodovico Oliviero (Fortuneteller) ; Lamberto Belleri (Merchant) ; Wlfred Engelman (Thief) ; Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor.

Indexed In:

Opera news, (Jan. 1, 1940).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 6, 1940.

Language

Sung in French.

Source

Gift; Metropolitan Opera; May, 2003.

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Added Author

Gondinet, Edmond, 1828-1888. Librettist

Gille, Philippe, 1831-1901. Librettist

Loti, Pierre, 1850-1923. Mariage de Loti.

Pons, Lily, 1898-1976. Performer

Tokatyan, Armand, 1894-1960. Performer

Olheim, Helen. Performer

Petina, Irra, 1907- Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

Pinza, Ezio. Performer

Massue, Nicholas. Performer

Browning, Lucielle. Performer

Dickey, Annamary. Performer

Oliviero, Lodovico, 1886-1948. Performer

Belleri, Lamberto. Performer

Engelman, Wilfred. Performer

Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32992

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