Research Catalog

Title

Pelléas et Mélisande [sound recording] : opera in five acts / Claude Debussy ; play by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Author

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949.
• Angeles, Victoria de los.
• Uppman, Theodor, 1920-
• London, George, 1920-1985.
• Tozzi, Giorgio.
• Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013.
• Allen, Mildred.
• Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
• Morel, Jean, 1903-1975.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Harrison, Jay.
• Goldberg, Albert.
• Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (210 min.) : mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 16, 1960
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 16, 1960.

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Pelléas et Mélisande

Subjects

• Operas
• Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918 > Pelléas et Mélisande

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:55:35 (synopses and features) ; 2:34:15 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 16, 1960.

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopses of acts 1 and 2 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky analyzes Pelléas et Mélisande ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz: Edward Downes, Jay Harrison, Albert Goldberg and Virgil Thomson ; Synopses of acts 4 and 5 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 ; Act 2, scene 1 -- side 4. Act 2, scenes 2-3 ; Act 3, scenes 1-2 -- side 5. Act 3, scenes 3-4 ; Act 4, scene 1 -- side 6. Act 4, scene 2 ; Act 5 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 114 (F)

OCLC

NYPG85-R160

Author

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.

Title

Pelléas et Mélisande [sound recording] : opera in five acts / Claude Debussy ; play by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Playing Time

005535 023415

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 16, 1960

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 16, 1960.

Performer

Victoria de los Angeles (Mélisande) ; Theodor Uppman (Pelléas) ; George London (Golaud) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Arkel) ; Regina Resnik (Geneviève) ; Mildred Allen (Yniold) ; Clifford Harvuot (physician) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Jean Morel, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL, Feb. 1985, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.)

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 24, no. 11 (Jan. 16, 1960).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 16, 1960.

Language

Sung in French.

Added Author

Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949. Librettist

Angeles, Victoria de los. Performer

Uppman, Theodor, 1920- Performer

London, George, 1920-1985. Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013. Performer

Allen, Mildred. Performer

Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer

Morel, Jean, 1903-1975. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Goldberg, Albert. Commentator

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. 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

*LTCM 114 (F) (Production notes in listening room)