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Title

Boris Godunov : radio broadcast, 1991-01-19 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Modest Musorgskiĭ.

Author

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.

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Additional Authors

• Dobriansky, Andrij.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Carlson, Lenus.
• Zednik, Heinz.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Kopčák, Sergej.
• Popov, V. (Vladimir), 1947-
• Dunn, Mignon.
• Fitch, Bernard.
• G︠i︡uzelev, Nikola, 1936-
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Norden, Betsy.
• Huffman, Ted.
• Kelly, Sondra.
• Murray, John Horton.
• Toczyska, Stefania.
• Shirley-Quirk, John.
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Gilmore, John.
• Forest, Michael.
• Croft, Dwayne.
• Badea, Christian.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Burroughs, Bruce.
• Scott, Iain.
• Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008.
• Votipka, Thelma.
• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

5 sound discs (237 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 19, 1991]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Met moments (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: 0:54:34 (synopses and features) ; 3:03:17 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Andrij Dobriansky (Nikitich) ; James Courtney (Mitiukha) ; Lenus Carlson (Shchelkalov) ; Heinz Zednik (Prince Shuisky) ; Paul Plishka (Boris Godunov) ; Sergei Koptchak (Pimen) ; Vladimir Popov (Grigory) ; Mignon Dunn (Hostess of the Inn) ; Bernard Fitch (Missail) ; Nicola Ghiuselev (Varlaam) ; Richard Vernon (Police Officer) ; Betsy Norden (Xenia) ; Ted Huffman (Feodor) ; Sondra Kelly (Their nurse) ; John Horton Murray (Boyar) ; Stefania Toczyska (Marina) ; John Shirley-Quirk (Rangoni) ; Anthony Laciura (Simpleton) ; John Gilmore (Boyar Khrushchov) ; Michael Forest (Chernikovsky) ; Dwayne Croft (Lavitsky) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christian Badea, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 19, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 583 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Russian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, scenes 1-3 -- CD 2. Act 1, scenes 4-5 -- CD 3. Act 2 -- CD 4. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. Opera news on the air (Richard Woitach) ; Met Moments (Norman dello Joio, host, with Thelma Votipka ; George Cehanovsky) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Bruce Burroughs, Iain Scott and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 29103

OCLC

NYPG92-R922

Author

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.

Title

Boris Godunov : radio broadcast, 1991-01-19 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Modest Musorgskiĭ.

Playing Time

005434 030317

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 19, 1991]

Cast

Andrij Dobriansky (Nikitich) ; James Courtney (Mitiukha) ; Lenus Carlson (Shchelkalov) ; Heinz Zednik (Prince Shuisky) ; Paul Plishka (Boris Godunov) ; Sergei Koptchak (Pimen) ; Vladimir Popov (Grigory) ; Mignon Dunn (Hostess of the Inn) ; Bernard Fitch (Missail) ; Nicola Ghiuselev (Varlaam) ; Richard Vernon (Police Officer) ; Betsy Norden (Xenia) ; Ted Huffman (Feodor) ; Sondra Kelly (Their nurse) ; John Horton Murray (Boyar) ; Stefania Toczyska (Marina) ; John Shirley-Quirk (Rangoni) ; Anthony Laciura (Simpleton) ; John Gilmore (Boyar Khrushchov) ; Michael Forest (Chernikovsky) ; Dwayne Croft (Lavitsky) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christian Badea, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1992, 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. 55, no. 9 (Jan. 19, 1991).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 19, 1991.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 583 (F)

Language

Sung in Russian.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer.

Carlson, Lenus. Performer

Zednik, Heinz. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Kopčák, Sergej. Performer

Popov, V. (Vladimir), 1947- Performer

Dunn, Mignon. Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

G︠i︡uzelev, Nikola, 1936- Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Huffman, Ted. Performer

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Toczyska, Stefania. Performer

Shirley-Quirk, John. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Gilmore, John. Performer

Forest, Michael. Performer

Croft, Dwayne. Performer

Badea, Christian. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Milnes, Sherrill. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Burroughs, Bruce. Commentator

Scott, Iain. Commentator

Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Commentator

Votipka, Thelma. Commentator

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 29103 Service copy.

*LTCM 583 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 29103.