Research Catalog

Title

Jenůfa [sound recording] : opera in three acts from southern Moravian peasant life / music and libretto by Leoš Janʹaček, after the play by Gabriela Preissovʹa.

Author

Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Preissová, Gabriela Sekerová, 1862-
• Beňačková-Čápová, Gabriela
• Christin, Judith
• Heppner, Ben
• Guyer, Joyce
• Wells, Jeffrey
• Rysanek, Leonie
• Trussel, Jacque
• Skok, Heidi
• Kelly, Sondra
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Castle, Joyce
• Uecker, Korliss
• Di Franco, Loretta
• Conlon, James, 1950-
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Smith, Patrick J., 1932-
• Tommasini, Anthony, 1948-
• Arroyo, Martina
• Moffo, Anna
• Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound discs (184 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 26, 1992]

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.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:56:07 (synopses and features) ; 2:07:52 (opera).
• 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, Dec. 26, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 709 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera

Language (note)

• Sung in Czech.

Contents

CD 1. 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 (Albert Innaurato) ; Met Moments (Edward Downes, host, with Martina Arroyo, Anna Moffo and Robert Merrill) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Innaurato, Patrick J. Smith and Anthony Tommasini) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1571

OCLC

NYPG94-R330

Author

Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. Composer

Title

Jenůfa [sound recording] : opera in three acts from southern Moravian peasant life / music and libretto by Leoš Janʹaček, after the play by Gabriela Preissovʹa.

Playing Time

005607 020752

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 26, 1992]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 26, 1992]

Performer

Gabriela Beňačkovʹa (Jenůfa) ; Judith Christin (Grandmother Buryja) ; Ben Heppner (Laca) ; Joyce Guyer (Jano) ; Jeffrey Wells (Foreman) ; Leonie Rysanek (Kostelnička) ; Jacque Trussel (Števa) ; Heidi Skok (Barena) ; Sondra Kelly (Old Shepherdess) ; James Courtney (Mayor) ; Joyce Castle (Mayor's Wife) ; Korliss Uecker (Karolka) ; Loretta Di Franco (Aunt) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Conlon, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 7 (Dec. 19, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 26, 1992.

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 709 (F)

Language

Sung in Czech.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Adaptation of (work): Preissová, Gabriela Sekerová, 1862- Jenůfa.

Beňačková-Čápová, Gabriela. Performer

Christin, Judith. Performer

Heppner, Ben. Performer

Guyer, Joyce. Performer

Wells, Jeffrey. Performer

Rysanek, Leonie. Performer

Trussel, Jacque. Performer

Skok, Heidi. Performer

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- Performer

Castle, Joyce. Performer

Uecker, Korliss. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Conlon, James, 1950- Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Smith, Patrick J., 1932- Commentator

Tommasini, Anthony, 1948- Commentator

Arroyo, Martina. Commentator

Moffo, Anna. Commentator

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 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 1571 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31779.

*LTCM 709 (F) Cassette copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31779.

*LDC 31779 Service copy.