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Carmen : opera in four acts

Title
Carmen : radio broadcast, 2008-02-23 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, after the novel by Prosper Mérimée.
Author
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
Publication
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]

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Additional Authors
  • Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
  • Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
  • Herrera, Nancy Fabiola
  • Stoyanova, Krassimira
  • Álvarez, Marcelo, 1962-
  • Gallo, Lucio
  • Gaertner, Stephen
  • Wells, Jeffrey
  • Durkin, Rachelle
  • Kulczak, Edyta
  • Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul
  • Hancock, John, 1968-
  • Villaume, Emmanuel
  • Juntwait, Margaret
  • Siff, Ira
  • Lewin, Naomi
  • Spector, Susan (Oboist)
  • Voigt, Deborah
  • Berger, William, 1961-
  • Bristo, Damon
  • Preston, George
  • Zeger, Brian
  • Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
  • Verrett, Shirley
  • Linville, Janet
  • Toolajian, Loren
  • Zemsky, Bruce
  • Horne, Marilyn
  • Fleming, Renée
  • Novograd, Nancy
  • Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
3 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
  • Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
  • Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 23, 2008
Uniform Title
  • Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Compact discs.
  • House program on file in Music Division.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Event (note)
  • Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 23, 2008.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in French.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction (Margaret Juntwait interviews ticket buyers about Carmen) ; synopsis of act 1 (Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Act 1 ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews oboist Susan Spector about her daughter Melanie who sings in the children's chorus) ; Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Deborah Voigt, host, with William Berger, Damon Bristo, George Preston, and Brian Zeger) [complete] -- CD 2. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Quiz [conclusion] ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews Shirley Verrett) ; synopsis of act 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews Janet Linville, head of millinery) ; Loren Toolajian interviews Marcelo Álvarez via his translator, Bruce Zemsky ; Juntwait interviews Marilyn Horne ; Loren Toolajian interviews Nancy Fabiola Herrera ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews Renée Fleming) ; synopsis of act 3 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 3 [beginning] -- CD 3. Act 3 [complete] ; Loren Toolajian interviews animal tamer, Nancy Novograd ; synopsis of act 4 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 4 ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).
Call Number
*LDC 46566
OCLC
297117422
Author
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
Title
Carmen : radio broadcast, 2008-02-23 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, after the novel by Prosper Mérimée.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]
Series
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 23, 2008
Performer
Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Carmen) ; Krassimira Stoyanova (Micaela) ; Marcelo Álvarez (Don José) ; Lucio Gallo (Escamillo) ; Stephen Gaertner (Moralès) ; Jeffrey Wells (Zuniga) ; Rachelle Durkin (Frasquita) ; Edyta Kulczak (Mercedes) ; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Remendado) ; John Hancock (Dancaire) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 72, no. 8 (Feb. 2008).
Event
Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 23, 2008.
Language
Sung in French.
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Added Author
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist
Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908. Librettist
Herrera, Nancy Fabiola. Performer. Interviewee
Stoyanova, Krassimira. Performer
Álvarez, Marcelo, 1962- Performer. Interviewee
Gallo, Lucio. Performer
Gaertner, Stephen. Performer
Wells, Jeffrey. Performer
Durkin, Rachelle. Performer
Kulczak, Edyta. Performer
Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul. Performer
Hancock, John, 1968- Performer
Villaume, Emmanuel. Conductor
Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator
Siff, Ira. Commentator
Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer
Spector, Susan (Oboist) Interviewee
Voigt, Deborah. Host
Berger, William, 1961- Commentator
Bristo, Damon. Commentator
Preston, George. Commentator
Zeger, Brian. Commentator
Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Interviewer
Verrett, Shirley. Interviewee
Linville, Janet. Interviewee
Toolajian, Loren. Interviewer
Zemsky, Bruce. Translator
Horne, Marilyn. Interviewee
Fleming, Renée, interviewee.
Novograd, Nancy. Interviewee
Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. Carmen. Spanish.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA
Added Title
Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 46566
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