Research Catalog

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in four acts ... / Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Part 1 of Goethe's drama.

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
• Morell, Barry
• Moffo, Anna
• Siepi, Cesare
• Ruzdak, Vladimir
• Martin, Janis
• Kriese, Gladys
• Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
• Cleva, Fausto
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Gniewek, Raymond, 1931-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ducloux, Walter
• Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-
• Soria, Dario
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (236 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast: 1964-01-04 (Jan. 4, 1964)]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Note

• Title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:17:00 (synopses and intermission features) ; 2:39:20 (opera).
• With production notes and official cast list (6 p.)

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Original broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 4, 1964.

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air, pt.1: Robert Lawrence and Raymond Gniewek discuss the violin in opera ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz: Edward Downes, Dario Soria, William Weaver, Luigi Lucioni and Walter Ducloux ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Opera news on the air, pt. 2: Lawrence and Gniewek ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 190 (F)

OCLC

NYPG86-R4

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in four acts ... / Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Part 1 of Goethe's drama.

Playing Time

011700 023920

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast: 1964-01-04 (Jan. 4, 1964)]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast: 1964-01-04 (Jan. 4, 1964)]

Performer

Barry Morell (Faust) ; Anna Moffo (Marguerite) ; Cesare Siepi (Mephistopheles) ; Vladimir Ruzdak (Valentin) ; Janis Martin (Siebel) ; Gladys Kriese (Marthe) ; Louis Sgarro (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

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

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 28, no. 8 (Jan. 4, 1964).

Event

Original broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 4, 1964.

Language

Sung in French.

Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.

Morell, Barry. Performer

Moffo, Anna. Performer

Siepi, Cesare. Performer

Ruzdak, Vladimir. Performer

Martin, Janis. Performer

Kriese, Gladys. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Gniewek, Raymond, 1931- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ducloux, Walter. Commentator

Lucioni, Luigi, 1900- Commentator

Soria, Dario. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 190 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)