Research Catalog

Title

Carmen : radio broadcast, 1941-03-15 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Meihac and Halévy, based on Merimée's story.

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metopolitan Opera, 1941.

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Additional Authors

• Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
• Meihac, Henri, 1831-1897.
• Merimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
• Swarthout, Gladys, 1900-1969.
• Kullman, Charles, 1903-1983.
• Albanese, Licia
• Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
• Olheim, Helen
• De Paolis, Alessio
• Votipka, Thelma
• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958.
• Engelman, Wilfred
• Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 15, 1941
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 15, 1941.

Uniform Title

• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 0:13:26 (announcements and synopses) ; 2:39:23 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Intermission discs not available for this broadcast.

Performer (note)

• Gladys Swarthout (Carmen) ; Charles Kullman (Don José) ; Licia Albanese (Micaela) ; Leonard Warren (Escamillo) ; Thelma Votipka (Frasquita) ; Helen Olheim (Mercédès) ; Alessio De Paolis (Remendado) ; George Cehanovsky (Dancaïre) ; Louis D'Angelo (Zuniga) ; Wilfred Engelman (Moralès) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfred Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 15, 1941.

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 -- CD 4. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 32996

OCLC

NYPG06-R409

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

Title

Carmen : radio broadcast, 1941-03-15 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Meihac and Halévy, based on Merimée's story.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metopolitan Opera, 1941.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 15, 1941

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 15, 1941.

Cast

Gladys Swarthout (Carmen) ; Charles Kullman (Don José) ; Licia Albanese (Micaela) ; Leonard Warren (Escamillo) ; Thelma Votipka (Frasquita) ; Helen Olheim (Mercédès) ; Alessio De Paolis (Remendado) ; George Cehanovsky (Dancaïre) ; Louis D'Angelo (Zuniga) ; Wilfred Engelman (Moralès) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfred Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 15, 1941.

Language

Sung in French.

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Added Author

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908. Librettist

Meihac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist

Merimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. Carmen.

Swarthout, Gladys, 1900-1969. Performer

Kullman, Charles, 1903-1983. Performer

Albanese, Licia. Performer

Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer

Olheim, Helen. Performer

De Paolis, Alessio. Performer

Votipka, Thelma. Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958. Performer

Engelman, Wilfred. Performer

Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. 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 32996