Research Catalog

Title

Carmen : radio broadcast, 1988-12-17 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meihac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the story by Prosper Mérimée.

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
• Meihac, Henri, 1831-1897.
• Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
• Parce, Erich
• Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020.
• Luchetti, Veriano
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Horne, Marilyn
• Merritt, Myra
• Kesling, Diane
• Castel, Nico
• Ramey, Samuel
• Christopher, Russell
• Laciura, Anthony
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Milnes, Sherrill
• Habachy, Nimet
• Purdy, Christopher
• Dornemann, Joan,d1938-.
• Klaviter, Jane
• Webb, Susan (Susan S.)
• Mohr, Richard
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound discs (236 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 17, 1988]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Prompter's roundtable (Radio program)
• Third intermission feature (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in French.
• Durations: 1:02:50 (synopses and features) ; 2:53:06 (opera).
• Compact disc.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (on file under classmark : *LTCM 537 (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, Dec. 17, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 537 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Nimet Habachy) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Prompter's Roundtable (Christopher Purdy, host, with Joan Dornemann, Jane Klaviter and Susan Webb) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) ; Third intermission feature (Richard Mohr, host, with Risë Stevens) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 537 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R52

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

Title

Carmen : radio broadcast, 1988-12-17 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meihac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the story by Prosper Mérimée.

Playing Time

010250 025306

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 17, 1988]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 17, 1988]

Performer

Erich Parce (Moralès) ; Mirella Freni (Micaëla) ; Veriano Luchetti (Don José) ; James Courtney (Zuniga) ; Marilyn Horne (Carmen) ; Myra Merritt (Frasquita) ; Diane Kesling (Mercédès) ; Nico Castel (Lillas Pastia) ; Samuel Ramey (Escamillo) ; Russell Christopher (Le Dancaïre) ; Anthony Laciura (Le Remendado) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Plácido Domingo, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 6 (Dec. 10, 1988).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 17, 1988.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 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 537 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908. Librettist

Meihac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. Carmen. Spanish.

Parce, Erich. Performer

Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020. Performer

Luchetti, Veriano. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer.

Horne, Marilyn. Performer

Merritt, Myra. Performer

Kesling, Diane. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Ramey, Samuel. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Milnes, Sherrill. Commentator

Habachy, Nimet. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Dornemann, Joan,d1938-. Commentator

Klaviter, Jane. Commentator

Webb, Susan (Susan S.) Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Prompter's roundtable (Radio program)

Third intermission feature (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 537 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room). Use service copy in *LDC 31953.

*LDC 31953 Service copy.