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Káťa Kabanová opera in three acts

Title
Káťa Kabanová [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Leoš Janáček, after Vincenc Červinka's translation of Alexander Ostrovsky's play "The Storm".
Author
Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928.

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Additional Authors
  • Červinka, Vincenc, 1877-1942.
  • Ostrovsky, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1823-1886.
  • Straka, Peter
  • Kelly, Sondra
  • Haugland, Aage, 1944-
  • Ochman, Wiesław
  • Di Franco, Loretta
  • Rysanek, Leonie
  • Glassman, Allan
  • Beňačková-Čápová, Gabriela
  • Quittmeyer, Susan
  • Hartman, Vernon
  • Derr, Meredith
  • Olson, Joyce
  • Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Eckert, Thor, Jr.
  • Jellinek, George, 1919-
  • Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
  • McEwen, Terry
  • Robinson, Francis, 1910-
  • Seaver, James
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
4 sound cassettes (141 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 16, 1991]
Uniform Title
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Met moments (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:33:48 (synopses and features) ; 1:48:09 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
  • Compact discs.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 16, 1991.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 591 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in Czech.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Thor Eckert Jr., George Jellinek and M. Owen Lee) ; Met Moments (Edward Downes, host, with George Jellinek, Terry McEwen, Francis Robinson and James Seaver) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 29121
OCLC
NYPG92-R999
Author
Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928.
Title
Káťa Kabanová [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and libretto by Leoš Janáček, after Vincenc Červinka's translation of Alexander Ostrovsky's play "The Storm".
Playing Time
003348 014809
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 16, 1991]
Performer
Petr Straka (Váňa Kudrjáš) ; Sondra Kelly (Glaša) ; Aage Haugland (Savěl Prokofjevič Dikoj) ; Wieslaw Ochman (Boris Grigorjevič) ; Loretta Di Franco (Fekluša) ; Leonie Rysanek (Kabanicha) ; Allan Glassman (Tichon Ivanyč Kabanov) ; Gabriela Beňačková (Káťa Kabanová) ; Susan Quittmeyer (Varvara) ; Vernon Hartman (Kuligin) ; Meredith Derr (A passerby) ; Joyce Olson (Townswoman) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Charles Mackerras, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in May 1992, from borrowed masters (2 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 55, no. 13 (Mar. 16, 1991).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 16, 1991.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 591 (F)
Language
Sung in Czech.
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Added Author
Červinka, Vincenc, 1877-1942. Translator
Ostrovsky, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1823-1886. Groza. English.
Straka, Peter. Performer
Kelly, Sondra. Performer
Haugland, Aage, 1944- Performer
Ochman, Wiesław. Performer
Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
Rysanek, Leonie. Performer
Glassman, Allan. Performer
Beňačková-Čápová, Gabriela. Performer
Quittmeyer, Susan. Performer
Hartman, Vernon. Performer
Derr, Meredith. Performer
Olson, Joyce. Performer
Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010, conductor.
Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator
Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator
Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator
McEwen, Terry. Commentator
Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator
Seaver, James. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Met moments (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 29121 Service copy.
*LTCM 591 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 29121.
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