Research Catalog

Title

Porgy and Bess [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by George Gershwin ; libretto by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin.

Author

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
• Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
• Joubert, Joseph, 1958-
• Bradley, Gwendolyn.
• Arnold, David.
• Freeman-McDaniels, John A.
• Williams, Charles.
• Conrad, Barbara Smith, 1940-
• Tyler, Veronica.
• Osborne, Donald.
• Lofton, Michael.
• Wallace, Mervin.
• Johnsson, Hillary.
• Ingram, Clinton Chinyelu.
• Mosley, Robert.
• Baker, Gregg.
• Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023.
• Sims, Jack.
• Murphy, Andrew.
• Grayson, Milton B., Jr.
• Anthony, John D.
• Hawkins, Osie.
• Jones, Isola.
• Jones, Jay Aubrey
• Drane, Gary.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Jacobson, Robert M.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ames, Alison, 1945-
• Osbourne, Charles.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (241 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 8, 1986]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:44:25 (synopses and features) ; 3:17:20 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Joseph Joubert (Jasbo Brown) ; Gwendolyn Bradley (Clara) ; David Arnold (Jake) ; John A. Freeman-McDaniels (Mingo) ; Charles Williams (Sportin' Life) ; Barbara Conrad (Maria) ; Veronica Tyler (Serena) ; Donald Osborne (Robbins) ; Michael Lofton (Jim) ; Mervin Wallace (Peter) ; Hillary Johnsson (Lily) ; Clinton Chinyelu Ingram (Scipio) ; Robert Mosley (Porgy) ; Gregg Baker (Crown) ; Grace Bumbry (Bess) ; Jack Sims (Detective) ; Andrew Murphy (Policeman) ; Milton B. Grayson Jr. (Undertaker) ; John D. Anthony (Frazier) ; Osie Hawkins (Mr. Archdale) ; Isola Jones (Strawberry woman) ; Jay Aubrey Jones (Crabman) ; Gary Drane (Coroner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 8, 1986.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 485 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen ; Opera news on the air (Robert Jacobson) ; Synipsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alison Ames, Robert Jacobson and Charles Osbourne) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 2. Act 1 through "Oh little stars"-- side 3. Act 1 concluded -- side 4. Act 2 through "It ain't necessarily so" -- side 5. Act concluded -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 485 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R390

Author

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Title

Porgy and Bess [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by George Gershwin ; libretto by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin.

Playing Time

004425 031720

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 8, 1986]

Cast

Joseph Joubert (Jasbo Brown) ; Gwendolyn Bradley (Clara) ; David Arnold (Jake) ; John A. Freeman-McDaniels (Mingo) ; Charles Williams (Sportin' Life) ; Barbara Conrad (Maria) ; Veronica Tyler (Serena) ; Donald Osborne (Robbins) ; Michael Lofton (Jim) ; Mervin Wallace (Peter) ; Hillary Johnsson (Lily) ; Clinton Chinyelu Ingram (Scipio) ; Robert Mosley (Porgy) ; Gregg Baker (Crown) ; Grace Bumbry (Bess) ; Jack Sims (Detective) ; Andrew Murphy (Policeman) ; Milton B. Grayson Jr. (Undertaker) ; John D. Anthony (Frazier) ; Osie Hawkins (Mr. Archdale) ; Isola Jones (Strawberry woman) ; Jay Aubrey Jones (Crabman) ; Gary Drane (Coroner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in June 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 50, no. 10 (Feb. 1, 1986).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 8, 1986.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 485 (F)

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983. Librettist

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Librettist

Joubert, Joseph, 1958- Performer

Bradley, Gwendolyn. Performer

Arnold, David. Performer

Freeman-McDaniels, John A. Performer

Williams, Charles. Performer

Conrad, Barbara Smith, 1940- Performer

Tyler, Veronica. Performer

Osborne, Donald. Performer

Lofton, Michael. Performer

Wallace, Mervin. Performer

Johnsson, Hillary. Performer

Ingram, Clinton Chinyelu. Performer

Mosley, Robert. Performer

Baker, Gregg. Performer

Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023. Performer

Sims, Jack. Performer

Murphy, Andrew. Performer

Grayson, Milton B., Jr. Performer

Anthony, John D. pprf

Hawkins, Osie. Performer

Jones, Isola. Performer

Jones, Jay Aubrey, singer.

Drane, Gary. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Troyanos, Tatiana. Commentator

Jacobson, Robert M. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

Osbourne, Charles. 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 485 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)