Research Catalog

Title

Peter Grimes [sound recording] : opera in three acts and a prologue / Benjamin Britten ; text by Montagu Slater, after the poem by George Crabbe.

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Slater, Montagu, 1902-
• Crabbe, George, 1778-1851.
• Vickers, Jon
• Amara, Lucine
• Gramm, Donald
• Boucher, Gene
• Dobriansky, Andrij
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Kraft, Jean
• Chookasian, Lili
• Schmorr, Robert
• Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
• Coffey, Frank (Singer)
• Keane, Lorraine
• Weidinger, Christine
• Norden, Betsy
• Murphy, Fawayne
• Schachtel, Steven
• Ehrling, Sixten
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris
• Behr, Jan
• Ducloux, Walter, 1913-
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 24, 1973
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 24, 1973.

Uniform Title

• Peter Grimes
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Peter Grimes

Subjects

• Operas
• Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 > Peter Grimes

Note

• Sung in English.
• Durations: 2:46:00 (opera) ; 1:06:00 (synopses and features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Production notes and official cast list (7 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 13(F).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 24, 1973.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky gives a musical and dramatic analysis of Peter Grimes ; Synopsis of Act 2 ; Texaco's opera quiz: Jan Behr, Walter Ducloux, Robert Lawrence and Edward Downes ; Synopsis of Act 3.

Call Number

*LDC 35315

OCLC

NYPG84-R2

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title

Peter Grimes [sound recording] : opera in three acts and a prologue / Benjamin Britten ; text by Montagu Slater, after the poem by George Crabbe.

Playing Time

024600 010600

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 24, 1973

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 24, 1973.

Performer

Jon Vickers (Peter Grimes) ; Lucine Amara (Ellen Orford) ; Donald Gramm (Captain Balstrode) ; Gene Boucher (Ned Keene) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Hobson) ; James Morris (Swallow) ; Jean Kraft (Mrs. Sedley) ; Lili Chookasian (Auntie) ; Robert Schmorr (Rev. Horace Adams) ; Paul Franke (Bob Boles) ; Frank Coffey (fisherman) ; Lorraine Keane (fisherwoman) ; Christine Weidinger, Betsy Norden (nieces) ; Fawayne Murphy (lawyer) ; Steven Schachtel (boy) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Sixten Ehrling, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 37, no. 20 (Mar. 24, 1973).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 24, 1973.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Oct., 1983, from borrowed copies (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 13(F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Slater, Montagu, 1902- Librettist

Crabbe, George, 1778-1851. Peter Grimes.

Vickers, Jon. Performer

Amara, Lucine. Performer

Gramm, Donald. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Chookasian, Lili. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Coffey, Frank (Singer) Performer

Keane, Lorraine. Performer

Weidinger, Christine. Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Murphy, Fawayne. Performer

Schachtel, Steven. Performer

Ehrling, Sixten. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Behr, Jan. Commentator

Ducloux, Walter, 1913- Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

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

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 35315 Service copy.