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Pelléas et Mélisande : [opera in five acts]

Title
Pelléas et Mélisande : radio broadcast, 2011-01-01 : [opera in five acts] / music by Claude Debussy ; libretto based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck.
Author
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
Publication
New York, NY : Metropolitan Opera, [2011]

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Additional Authors
  • Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949.
  • Rattle, Simon, 1955-
  • Kožená, Magdalena
  • Palmer, Felicity
  • Degout, Stéphane
  • Finley, Gerald, 1960-
  • White, Willard
  • Nagarajan, Neel Ram
  • Singletary, Donovan
  • Corona, Paul
  • Juntwait, Margaret
  • Siff, Ira
  • Toolajian, Loren
  • Radvanovsky, Sondra
  • Berger, William, 1961-
  • Ellison, Cori
  • Plotkin, Fred
  • Graham, Susan, 1960-
  • Wolf, Thomas, 1945-
  • Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
  • Jeiven, Marty
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), donor NN-RHA
Description
4 audio discs : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
  • Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
  • Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] January 1, 2011
Uniform Title
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
  • Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] January 1, 2011.
  • Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
Alternative Title
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title and date from the discs ; credits from audition and Metropolitan Opera program.
  • House program on file in Music Division.
Performer (note)
  • Magdalena Kozená (Mélisande) ; Felicity Palmer (Geneviève) ; Stéphane Degout (Pélleas) ; Gerald Finley (Golaud) ; Willard White (King Arkel) ; Neel Ram Nagarajan (Yniold) ; Donovan Singletary (a shepherd) ; Paul Corona (a physician) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera
Language (note)
  • Sung in French; commentary in English.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 and 2 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Stiff) ; Act 1 and 2 -- CD 2. Pelléas et Mélisande Time Capsule, conclusion (beginning not recorded) ; Loren Toolajian talks with Stéphane Degout, Simon Rattle (on tape) ; Loren Toolajian talks with Gerald Finley, Willard White ; In memoriam tribute to Met stars who died in 2010 ; Susan Graham (with Mary Jo Heath) : Levine 40th Anniversary tribute ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Stiff) ; Act 3 ; Standee Marty Jeiven Met Memory (with Mary Jo Heath) ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Sondra Radvanovsky (with William Berger) questions Cori Ellison, Fred Plotkin, Thomas Wolf) (start) -- CD 3. Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (conclusion) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 4 ; Synopsis of Act 5 ; Act 5 (start) -- CD 4. Act 5 (conclusion) ; Closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).
Call Number
*LDC 53208
OCLC
891964370
Author
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918, composer.
Title
Pelléas et Mélisande : radio broadcast, 2011-01-01 : [opera in five acts] / music by Claude Debussy ; libretto based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck.
Production
New York, NY : Metropolitan Opera, [2011]
Playing Time
011958 011958 011958 001239
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Series
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] January 1, 2011
Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] January 1, 2011.
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
Performer
Margaret Juntwait, Sondra Radvanovsky, hosts ; Loren Toolajian, interviewer ; Stéphane Degout, Simon Rattle, Gerald Finley, Willard White, interviewees ; Ira Siff, William Berger, Cori Ellison, Fred Plotkin, Thomas Wolf, Susan Graham, Mary Jo Heath, Marty Jeiven, commentators.
Cast
Magdalena Kozená (Mélisande) ; Felicity Palmer (Geneviève) ; Stéphane Degout (Pélleas) ; Gerald Finley (Golaud) ; Willard White (King Arkel) ; Neel Ram Nagarajan (Yniold) ; Donovan Singletary (a shepherd) ; Paul Corona (a physician) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor.
Event
Broadcast live on Sirius XM Metropolitan Opera Radio from Metropolitan Opera House, NYC 2011 January 1.
Language
Sung in French; commentary in English.
Source
Gift; Metropolitan Opera, August 2012.
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Added Author
Libretto based on (work): Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949. Pelléas et Mélisande.
Rattle, Simon, 1955- conductor.
Rattle, Simon, 1955- interviewee.
Kožená, Magdalena, performer.
Palmer, Felicity, performer.
Degout, Stéphane, performer.
Degout, Stéphane, interviewee.
Finley, Gerald, 1960- performer.
Finley, Gerald, 1960- interviewee.
White, Willard, performer.
White, Willard, interviewee.
Nagarajan, Neel Ram, performer.
Singletary, Donovan, performer.
Corona, Paul, performer.
Juntwait, Margaret, host.
Siff, Ira, commentator.
Toolajian, Loren, interviewer.
Radvanovsky, Sondra, host.
Berger, William, 1961- commentator.
Ellison, Cori, commentator.
Plotkin, Fred, commentator.
Graham, Susan, 1960- commentator.
Wolf, Thomas, 1945- commentator.
Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- commentator.
Jeiven, Marty, commentator.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), donor NN-RHA
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Research Call Number
*LDC 53208
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