Research Catalog

Title

Roméo et Juliette [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré.

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Corelli, Franco.
• Boky, Colette.
• Forst, Judith.
• Cossa, Dominic.
• Macurdy, John.
• Love, Shirley.
• Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
• Schmorr, Robert.
• Boucher, Gene.
• Best, Richard, 1935-
• Karlsrud, Edmond.
• Rich, Martin., nd.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Tully Alice.
• Ritchard, Cyril.
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Coveney, John.
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• McEwen, Terry.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Allstedt, Douglas.
• Munzer, Cynthia.
• 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. 31, 1973
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 31, 1973.

Uniform Title

• Roméo et Juliette
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Roméo et Juliette

Subjects

• Operas
• Tully, Alice > Interviews

Note

• Sung in French.
• Durations: 2:36:59 (opera) ; 1:10:29 (synopses and features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 30(F).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 31, 1973.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 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 ; Post-curtain feature: Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Audition winners (Martina Arroyo interviews Douglas Allstedt and Cynthia Munzer) ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air: Cyril Ritchard interviews Alice Tully ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Martin Bernheimer, John Coveney, George Jellinek, Terry McEwen ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 35316

OCLC

NYPG84-R393

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

Roméo et Juliette [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré.

Playing Time

023659 011029

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 31, 1973

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 31, 1973.

Performer

Franco Corelli (Roméo) ; Colette Boky (Juliette) ; Judith Forst (Stephano) ; Dominic Cossa (Mercutio) ; John Macurdy (Friar Laurence) ; Shirley Love (Gertrude) ; Clifford Harvuot (Capulet) ; Robert Schmorr (Benvolio) ; Gene Boucher (Paris) ; Charles Anthony (Tybalt) ; Richard Best (Gregorio) ; Edmond Karlsrud (Duke of Verona) ; Martin Rich, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 36, no. 21 (Mar. 31, 1973).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 31, 1973.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Jan. 1984, from borrowed copies (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 30(F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Corelli, Franco. Performer

Boky, Colette. Performer

Forst, Judith. Performer

Cossa, Dominic. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Best, Richard, 1935- Performer

Karlsrud, Edmond. Performer

Rich, Martin., nd.

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Tully Alice. Commentator

Ritchard, Cyril. Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Allstedt, Douglas. Commentator

Munzer, Cynthia. Commentator

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

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 35316 Service copy.

*LTCM 30 (F) Cassette copy; request service copy in *LDC 35316.