Research Catalog

Title

Manon Lescaut [sound recording] : lyric drama in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa and Giulio Ricordi.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Praga, Marco, 1862-1929.
• Oliva, Domenico, 1860-1917.
• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Ricordi, Giulio, 1840-1912.
• Creech, Philip.
• Mauro, Ermanno.
• Schexnayder, Brian.
• Malas, Spiro.
• Tajo, Italo.
• Mitchell, Leona.
• Kraft, Jean.
• Green, Constance.
• Vaughan, Susan.
• Wagner, Janet.
• Wright, Carole.
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Darrenkamp, John.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Christopher, Russell.
• Rudel, Julius.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Ramey, Samuel.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Livingstone, William.
• McNally, Terrence.
• McArthur, Edwin.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (195 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 31, 1987]

Uniform Title

• Manon Lescaut
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Biographies in music (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Manon Lescaut

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 1:07:08 (synopses and features) ; 2:08:16 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark: *LTCM 504 (F).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 31, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 504 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Acts III and IV -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Samuel Ramey) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with William Livingston, Terrence McNally and Edwin McArthur) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) ; Biographies in music (Edwin McArthur) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Allen) ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 504 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R620

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Manon Lescaut [sound recording] : lyric drama in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa and Giulio Ricordi.

Playing Time

010708 020816

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 31, 1987]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 31, 1987]

Performer

Philip Creech (Edmondo) ; Ermanno Mauro (Des Grieux) ; Brian Schexnayder (Lescaut) ; Spiro Malas (An innkeeper) ; Italo Tajo (Geronte) ; Leona Mitchell (Manon Lescaut) ; Jean Kraft (A musician) ; Constance Green, Susan Vaughan, Janet Wagner and Carole Wright (Madrigal singers) ; Andrea Velis (Dancing Master) ; John Darrenkamp (A sergeant) ; Charles Anthony (A lamplighter) ; Russell Christopher (A sea captain) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Julius Rudel, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 51, no. 10 (Jan. 31, 1987).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 31, 1987.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 504 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Praga, Marco, 1862-1929. Librettist

Oliva, Domenico, 1860-1917. Librettist

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Ricordi, Giulio, 1840-1912. Librettist

Creech, Philip. Performer

Mauro, Ermanno. Performer

Schexnayder, Brian. Performer

Malas, Spiro. Performer

Tajo, Italo. Performer

Mitchell, Leona. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Green, Constance. Performer

Vaughan, Susan. Performer

Wagner, Janet. Performer

Wright, Carole. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Darrenkamp, John. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Rudel, Julius. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Milnes, Sherrill. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Ramey, Samuel. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

McArthur, Edwin. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 504 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 32745.

*LDC 32745 Service copy.