Research Catalog

Title

Hamlet : radio broadcast, 2010-03-27 [sound recording] : opera in five acts / Ambroise Thomas ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Author

Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2010.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Juntwait, Margaret
• Siff, Ira
• Lewin, Naomi
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• Leiser, Moshe, 1956-
• Caurier, Patrice
• Fleming, Renée.
• Terfel, Bryn
• Burcroff, Kirt
• Langrée, Louis
• Keenlyside, Simon
• Petersen, Marlis
• Larmore, Jennifer
• Spence, Toby
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Pittsinger, David
• Mikhaĭlov, Maksim, 1962-2018.
• Plenk, Matthew
• Bonner, Liam
• Bernstein, Richard (Bass-baritone)
• Schowalter, Mark
• 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] March 27, 2010

Uniform Title

• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] March 27, 2010.

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

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, March 27, 2010.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of acts 1and 2 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Act 1 and 2 -- CD 2. Act 2 (conclusion) ; Renée Fleming talks with Simon Keenlyside and Marlis Petersen ; commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews Kirt Burcroff, lighting assistant) ; Mary Jo Heath feature on Hamlet with Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier, and Louis Langrée (on tape) ; Juntwait and Siff analyze the production ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath speaks with Bryn Terfel) ; synopsis of acts 3, 4 and 5 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 3 -- CD 3. Act 3 (conclusion) ; Acts 4 and 5 ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 51005

OCLC

670431637

Author

Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896.

Title

Hamlet : radio broadcast, 2010-03-27 [sound recording] : opera in five acts / Ambroise Thomas ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2010.

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] March 27, 2010

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] March 27, 2010.

Performer

Simon Keenlyside (Hamlet) ; Marlis Petersen (Ophélie) ; Jennifer Larmore (Gertrude) ; Toby Spence (Laërte) ; James Morris (Claudius) ; David Pittsinger (le spectre) ; Maxim Mikhailov (Polonius) ; Matthew Plenk (Marcellus) ; Liam Bonner (Horatio) ; Richard Bernstein (1st gravedigger) ; Mark Schowalter (2nd gravedigger) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Louis Langrée, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 74, no. 9 (March 2010).

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 27, 2010.

Language

Sung in French.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.

Juntwait, Margaret. Host

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Interviewer. Commentator

Leiser, Moshe, 1956- Commentator

Caurier, Patrice. Commentator

Fleming, Renée. Interviewer

Terfel, Bryn. Commentator

Burcroff, Kirt. Commentator

Langrée, Louis. Conductor. Commentator

Keenlyside, Simon. Performer. Interviewee

Petersen, Marlis. Performer. Interviewee

Larmore, Jennifer. Performer

Spence, Toby. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Pittsinger, David. Performer

Mikhaĭlov, Maksim, 1962-2018. Performer

Plenk, Matthew. Performer

Bonner, Liam. Performer

Bernstein, Richard (Bass-baritone) Performer

Schowalter, Mark. Performer

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 51005