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Manon Lescaut : opera in four acts

Title
Manon Lescaut : radio broadcast, 2008-02-16 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Domenico Oliva and Luigi Illica, after a novel by Antoine-François Prévost.
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Publication
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]

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Additional Authors
  • Oliva, Domenico
  • Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
  • Mattila, Karita
  • Giordani, Marcello
  • Croft, Dwayne
  • Travis, Dale
  • Panikkar Sean
  • Plishka, Paul, 1941-
  • Mumford, Tamara
  • Oropesa, Lisette
  • Black, Jennifer (Soprano)
  • Cooke, Sasha
  • Rabiner, Ellen
  • Fitch, Bernard
  • Courtney, James, 1946-
  • Smith, Patti
  • Stevenson, Tony (Tenor)
  • Bernstein, Richard (Bass-baritone)
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021.
  • Juntwait, Margaret
  • Siff, Ira
  • Fleming, Renée.
  • Lewin, Naomi
  • Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023
  • Berger, William, 1961-
  • Marx, Robert
  • McNally, Terrence
  • Plotkin, Fred
  • Toolajian, Loren
  • Racette, Patricia, 1967-
  • Rutenberg, Craig
  • Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
  • Ognibene, James
  • Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763.
  • 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. 16, 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. 16, 2008.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction (Margaret Juntwait, with commentary by Craig Rutenberg, director of music administration) ; synopsis of act 1 (Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Act 1 ; Renée Fleming interviews Karita Mattila ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews Sean Panikkar) ; Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Renata Scotto, host, with William Berger, Robert Marx, Terrence McNally, and Fred Plotkin) ; Naomi Lewin interviews bass clarinettist, James Ognibene ; synopsis of act 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 [beginning] -- CD 2. Act 2 [conclusion] ; Renée Fleming interviews James Levine ; Naomi Lewin interviews Lisette Oropesa ; Loren Toolajian interviews Dwayne Croft ; Juntwait interviews Patricia Racette ; Mary Jo Heath interviews punk rocker, Patti Smith ; synopsis of act 3 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Renée Fleming interviews Marcello Giordani ; Act 3 [beginning] -- CD 3. Act 3 [conclusion] ; synopsis of act 4 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).
Call Number
*LDC 46565
OCLC
297118313
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Title
Manon Lescaut : radio broadcast, 2008-02-16 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Domenico Oliva and Luigi Illica, after a novel by Antoine-François Prévost.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]
Series
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 16, 2008
Performer
Karita Mattila (Manon Lescaut) ; Marcello Giordani (Des Grieux) ; Dwayne Croft (Lescaut) ; Dale Travis (Geronte) ; Sean Panikkar (Edmondo) ; Paul Plishka (An innkeeper) ; Tamara Mumford (A musician) ; Lisette Oropesa, Jennifer Black, Sasha Cooke, Ellen Rabiner (Madrigal singers) ; Bernard Fitch (Dancing master) ; James Courtney (A sergeant) ; Tony Stevenson (A lamplighter) ; Richard Bernstein (A sea captain) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, 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. 16, 2008.
Language
Sung in Italian.
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Added Author
Oliva, Domenico. Librettist
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist
Mattila, Karita. Performer. Interviewee
Giordani, Marcello. Performer. Interviewee
Croft, Dwayne. Performer. Interviewee
Travis, Dale. Performer
Panikkar Sean. Performer. Interviewee
Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer
Mumford, Tamara. Performer
Oropesa, Lisette. Performer. Interviewee
Black, Jennifer (Soprano) Performer
Cooke, Sasha. Performer
Rabiner, Ellen. Performer
Fitch, Bernard. Performer
Courtney, James, 1946- performer
Smith, Patti. Interviewee
Stevenson, Tony (Tenor) Performer
Bernstein, Richard (Bass-baritone) Performer
Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor. Interviewee
Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator
Siff, Ira. Commentator
Fleming, Renée. Interviewer
Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer
Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023, host.
Berger, William, 1961- Commentator
Marx, Robert. Commentator
McNally, Terrence. Commentator
Plotkin, Fred. Commentator
Toolajian, Loren. Interviewer
Racette, Patricia, 1967- Interviewee
Rutenberg, Craig. Commentator
Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Interviewer
Ognibene, James. Interviewee
Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763. Manon Lescaut.
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 46565
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