Research Catalog

Title

Manon [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Jules Massenet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille.

Author

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
• Gille, Philippe, 1831-1901.
• Malfitano, Catherine.
• Gulyás, Dénes.
• Holloway, David, 1942-
• Furlanetto, Ferruccio.
• Sénéchal, Michel.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Blackwell, Harolyn.
• Barnett, Cynthia.
• Kesling, Diane.
• Malas, Spiro.
• Booth, Thomas.
• Bernard, David.
• Di Franco, Loretta.
• Coffey, Frank (Singer)
• O'Mara, Stephen.
• Harper, Talmage.
• Rosenthal, Manuel, 1904-2003.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (238 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 28, 1987]

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

• Sung in French.
• Durations: 0:58:13 (synopses and features) ; 2:59:55 (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 508 (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, Feb. 28, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 508 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 4. Introduction and synopsis of Act I, scene 1 (Peter Allen) ; Synopsis of Act I, scene 2 (Allen) ; Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (M. Owen Lee, host, with Edward Downes, Alfred Hubay and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of Act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 508 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R633

Author

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.

Title

Manon [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Jules Massenet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille.

Playing Time

005813 025955

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 28, 1987]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 28, 1987]

Performer

Catherine Malfitano (Manon Lescaut) ; Dénes Gulyás (Des Grieux) ; David Holloway (Lescaut) ; Ferruccio Furlanetto (Count Des Grieux) ; Michel Sénéchal (Guillot) ; James Courtney (De Brétigny) ; Harolyn Blackwell (Pousette) ; Cynthia Barnett (Javotte) ; Diane Kesling (Rosette) ; Spiro Malas (An innkeeper) ; Thomas Booth, David Bernard (Guards) ; Loretta Di Franco (A maid) ; Frank Coffey (The porter of the seminary) ; Stephen O'Mara and Talmage Harper (Croupiers) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Manuel Rosenthal, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 51, no. 12 (Feb. 28, 1987).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 28, 1987.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1991, from borrowed masters (3 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 508 (F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist

Gille, Philippe, 1831-1901. Librettist

Malfitano, Catherine. Performer

Gulyás, Dénes. Performer

Holloway, David, 1942- Performer

Furlanetto, Ferruccio. Performer

Sénéchal, Michel. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Blackwell, Harolyn. Performer

Barnett, Cynthia. Performer

Kesling, Diane. Performer

Malas, Spiro. Performer

Booth, Thomas. Performer

Bernard, David. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Coffey, Frank (Singer) Performer

O'Mara, Stephen. Performer

Harper, Talmage. Performer

Rosenthal, Manuel, 1904-2003. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. 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)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 508 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 52751.

*LDC 32751 Service copy.