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Thaïs : opera in three acts

Title
Thaïs : radio broadcast, 2008-12-20 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Jules Massenet ; libretto by Louis Gallet, based on the novel by Anatole France.
Author
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
Publication
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Gallet, Louis, 1835-1898.
  • Juntwait, Margaret
  • Siff, Ira
  • Fleming, Renée.
  • Fleming Renée.
  • Schade, Michael
  • Hampson, Thomas
  • Vernhes, Alain, 1944-
  • Cambridge, Alyson
  • Costa-Jackson, Ginger
  • Partridge, Leah
  • Zifchak, Maria
  • Scheunemann, Trevor
  • Smith, Daniel Clark
  • Andrews, Roger
  • Phinney, Kurt
  • Pearson, Richard (Singer)
  • Montgomery, Craig (Tenor)
  • López Cobos, Jesús.
  • Lewin, Naomi
  • Krauss, David
  • Arroyo, Martina
  • Berger, William, 1961-
  • Kazaras, Peter
  • Pines, Roger
  • Wolf, Thomas, 1945-
  • Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
  • Elias, Rosalind
  • Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
  • Montano, Umberto
  • Cabell, Nicole
  • Buchalter, Gregory
  • France, Anatole, 1844-1924.
  • 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] Dec. 20, 2008
Uniform Title
  • Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 20, 2008.
  • Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
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, Dec. 20, 2008.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in French.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1, scene 1(Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Act 1, scene 1 ; synopsis of act 1, scene 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 1, scene 2 ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews principal trumpet, David Krauss) ; Renée Fleming speaks about the Massenet heroines, Manon and Thaïs ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Martina Arroyo, host, with William Berger, Peter Kazaras, Roger Pines, and Thomas Wolf) [beginning] -- CD 2. Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz [conclusion] ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews Rosalind Elias about Massenet's Werther) ; synopsis of act 2 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 ; Plácido Domingo speaks with Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews chef Umberto Montano) ; Met at 125 feature (Mary Jo Heath on the founding of the Metropolitan Opera in 1883) ; Mary Jo Heath speaks with Jesús López-Cobos ; Margaret Juntwait speaks with soprano Nicole Cabell about her upcoming Met debut as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews assistant conductor Gregory Buchalter ; synopsis of act 3 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) [beginning] -- CD 3. Commentary (Juntwait and Siff) [conclusion] ; Act 3 ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).
Call Number
*LDC 47778
OCLC
477274238
Author
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
Title
Thaïs : radio broadcast, 2008-12-20 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Jules Massenet ; libretto by Louis Gallet, based on the novel by Anatole France.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2008.
Series
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 20, 2008
Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 20, 2008.
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
Performer
Renée Fleming (Thaïs) ; Michael Schade (Nicias) ; Thomas Hampson (Athanaël) ; Alain Vernhes (Palémon) ; Alyson Cambridge (Crobyle) ; Ginger Costa-Jackson (Myrtale) ; Leah Partridge (Charmeuse) ; Maria Zifchak (Albine) ; Trevor Scheunemann (Servant) ; Daniel Clark Smith, Roger Andrews, Kurt Phinney, Richard Pearson, Craig Montgomery (Cenobites) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Jesús López-Cobos, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 73, no. 6 (Dec. 2008).
Event
Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 20, 2008.
Language
Sung in French.
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Added Author
Gallet, Louis, 1835-1898. Librettist
Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator
Siff, Ira. Commentator
Fleming, Renée. Performer
Fleming Renée. Commentator
Schade, Michael. Performer
Hampson, Thomas. Performer. Commentator
Vernhes, Alain, 1944- Performer
Cambridge, Alyson. Performer
Costa-Jackson, Ginger. Performer
Partridge, Leah. Performer
Zifchak, Maria. Performer
Scheunemann, Trevor. Performer
Smith, Daniel Clark. Performer
Andrews, Roger. Performer
Phinney, Kurt. Performer
Pearson, Richard (Singer) Performer
Montgomery, Craig (Tenor) Performer
López Cobos, Jesús. Conductor. Commentator
Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer
Krauss, David. Interviewee
Arroyo, Martina. Host
Berger, William, 1961- Commentator
Kazaras, Peter. Commentator
Pines, Roger. Commentator
Wolf, Thomas, 1945- Commentator
Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Commentator
Elias, Rosalind. Commentator
Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Interviewer
Montano, Umberto. Interviewee
Cabell, Nicole. Interviewee
Buchalter, Gregory. Interviewee
France, Anatole, 1844-1924. Thaïs.
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 47778
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