Research Catalog

Title

La fanciulla del West [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini ; based on a play by David Belasco.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Civinini, G. (Guelfo), 1873-1954.
• Zangarini, Carlo
• Belasco, David, 1853-1931.
• Dimitrova, Gena Macheva, 1941-2005.
• Fondary, Alain
• Martinucci, Nicola
• Frank, Joseph
• Wells, Jeffrey
• Josephson, Kim
• Grossman, Henry
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Fitch, Bernard
• Forest, Michael
• Short, Kevin
• Malis, David, 1961-
• Cokorinos, Philip
• Kelly, Sondra
• Cook, Terry
• Hartman, Vernon
• Best, Michael
• Badea, Christian
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Keillor, Garrison
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bernheimer, Martin
• Ames, Alison, 1945-
• Livingstone, William
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992.
• Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound discs (198 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 6, 1993]

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

• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 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. 6, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 719 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Garrison Keillor) ; Met Moments (Robert Lawrence, host, with Dorothy Kirsten and Richard Tucker) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Martin Bernheimer, Alison Ames and William Livingstone) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1581

OCLC

NYPG94-R374

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

La fanciulla del West [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini ; based on a play by David Belasco.

Playing Time

005828 022008

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 6, 1993]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 6, 1993]

Performer

Gena Dimitrova (Minnie) ; Alain Fondary (Jack Rance) ; Nicola Martinucci (Dick Johnson) ; Joseph Frank (Nick) ; Jeffrey Wells (Ashby) ; Kim Josephson (Sonora) ; Henry Grossman (Trin) ; James Courtney (Sid) ; Richard Vernon (Bello) ; Bernard Fitch (Harry) ; Michael Forest (Joe) ; Kevin Short (Happy) ; David Malis (Jim Larkens) ; Philip Cokorinos (Billy Jackrabbit) ; Sondra Kelly (Wowkle) ; Terry Cook (Jake Wallace) ; Vernon Hartman (Josʹe Castro) ; Michael Best (Pony express rider) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christian Badea, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 12 (Feb. 27, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 6, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in July 1993, from borrowed masters (3 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 719 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Civinini, G. (Guelfo), 1873-1954. Librettist

Zangarini, Carlo. Librettist

Belasco, David, 1853-1931. Girl of the golden West.

Dimitrova, Gena Macheva, 1941-2005. Performer

Fondary, Alain. Performer

Martinucci, Nicola. Performer

Frank, Joseph. Performer

Wells, Jeffrey. Performer

Josephson, Kim. Performer

Grossman, Henry. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer.

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Forest, Michael. Performer

Short, Kevin. Performer

Malis, David, 1961- Performer

Cokorinos, Philip. Performer

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Cook, Terry. Performer

Hartman, Vernon. Performer

Best, Michael. Performer

Badea, Christian. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Keillor, Garrison. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992. Commentator

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. 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)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10-A 1581 Master tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31790.

*LTCM 719 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31790.

*LDC 31790 Service copy.