Research Catalog

Title

Boris Godunov : radio broadcast, 1953-03-28 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by M.P. Mussorgsky, based on Pushkin ; orchestral score revised and newly edited by Karol Rathaus ; English text by John Gutman.

Author

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gutman, John
• Rathaus, Karol, 1895-1954.
• Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837.
• London, George, 1920-1985.
• Miller, Mildred, 1924-
• Lenchner, Paula
• Madeira, Jean
• McKinley, Andrew
• Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
• Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
• Sullivan, Brian, 1919-1969.
• Thebom, Blanche
• Björling, Sigurd
• Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969.
• Hayward, Thomas, 1921-
• Lipton, Martha
• Hawkins, Osie
• Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
• Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone)
• Stiedry, Fritz
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris
• Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Bagar, Robert C.
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound tape reels (237 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1953]

Uniform Title

• Boris Godunov. English
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Boris Godunov.

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:57:17 (synopses and features) ; 3:00:10 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 28, 1953.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 346 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Deems Taylor) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, (Robert Lawrence, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Robert Bagar and George Marek) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Opera quiz part 2 -- side 2. Synopsis of act 4 and closing remarks (Cross) -- side 3. Introduction through "Pimen's cell" -- side 4. "Song of the Innkeeper" through "Song of warlaam" -- side 5. "Song of the Gnat" ; Act 2 concluded -- side 6. Act 3 -- side 7. Act 4 -- side 8. Forest near Kromy.

Call Number

*LT-10 4896

OCLC

NYPG89-R75

Author

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.

Title

Boris Godunov : radio broadcast, 1953-03-28 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by M.P. Mussorgsky, based on Pushkin ; orchestral score revised and newly edited by Karol Rathaus ; English text by John Gutman.

Playing Time

005717 030010

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1953]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1953]

Performer

George London (Boris Godunov) ; Mildred Miller (Fyodor) ; Paula Lenchner (Xenia) ; Jean Madeira (Xenia's nurse) ; Andrew Mckinley (Prince Shuiski) ; Clifford Harvuot (Shchelkalov) ; Norman Scott (Pimen) ; Brian Sullivan (Grigori) ; Blanche Thebom (Marina) ; Sigurd Bjoerling (Rangoni) ; Salvatore Baccaloni (Varlaam) ; Thomas Hayward (Missail) ; Martha Lipton (Innkeeper) ; Osie Hawkins (Officer of the fontier guard) ; Paul Franke (Simpleton) ; Lawrence Davidson (Nikitch) ; Osie Hawkins (Lavitski) ; Lawrence Davidson (Chernikovski) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation tapes recorded at NYPL in Jan. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 17, no. 21 (Mar. 23, 1953).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 28, 1953.

Reproduction

Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 346 (F)

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Gutman, John. Translator

Rathaus, Karol, 1895-1954. Arranger

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Boris Godunov.

London, George, 1920-1985. Performer

Miller, Mildred, 1924- Performer

Lenchner, Paula. Performer

Madeira, Jean. Performer

McKinley, Andrew. Performer

Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer

Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer

Sullivan, Brian, 1919-1969. Performer

Thebom, Blanche. Performer

Björling, Sigurd. Performer

Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969. Performer

Hayward, Thomas, 1921- Performer

Lipton, Martha. Performer

Hawkins, Osie. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone) Performer

Stiedry, Fritz. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Bagar, Robert C. Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10 4896 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 346 (F)

*LTCM 346 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4896.