Research Catalog

Title

Billy Budd : radio broadcast, 1992-04-04 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville.

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970.
• Crozier, Eric
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
• Clark, Graham, 1941-
• Wells, Jeffrey
• Perry, Herbert
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Leaf, Sven
• Meredith, Morley
• Schott, Benjamin
• Niles, Peter
• Evans, Joel
• Silverman, Joseph (Singer)
• Hawkins, Gordon
• Forest, Michael
• Laciura, Anthony
• Fitch, Bernard
• Held, Alan, 1959-
• Robbins, Julien
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Murray, John Horton
• Castel, Nico
• Hampson, Thomas
• Oswald, Mark
• Macurdy, John
• Stewart, Andrew (Singer)
• Bater, Glenn
• Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Purdy, Christopher
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound discs (191 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 4, 1992
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 4, 1992.

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program available in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:31:51 (synopses and features) ; 2:39:41 (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, Apr. 4, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 614 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I, part 1 -- CD 2. Act I, part 2 ; Act II, part 1 -- CD 3. Act II, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Thor Eckert Jr., Christopher Purdy and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 30396

OCLC

NYPG92-R1421

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title

Billy Budd : radio broadcast, 1992-04-04 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville.

Playing Time

003151 023941

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 4, 1992

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 4, 1992.

Performer

Graham Clark (Captain Vere) ; Jeffrey Wells (First Mate) ; Herbert Perry (Second Mate) ; James Courtney (Mr. Flint) ; Sven Leaf (A sailor) ; Morley Meredith (Bosun) ; Benjamin Schott, Peter Niles, Joel Evans and Joseph Silverman (Midshipmen) ; Gordon Hawkins (Donald) ; Michael Forest (Maintop) ; Anthony Laciura (The Novice) ; Bernard Fitch (Squeak) ; Alan Held (Mr. Redburn) ; Julien Robbins (Lieutenant Ratcliffe) ; James Morris (Claggart) ; John Horton Murray (Red Whiskers) ; Nico Castel (Arthur Jones) ; Thomas Hampson (Billy Budd) ; Mark Oswald (The Novice's Friend) ; John Macurdy (Dansker) ; Andrew Stewart (Cabin Boy) ; Glenn Bater (Gunner's Mate) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Charles Mackerras, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 14 (Mar. 28, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 4, 1992.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in July, 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 614 (F).

Language

Sung in English.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Librettist

Crozier, Eric. Librettist

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.

Clark, Graham, 1941- Performer

Wells, Jeffrey. Performer

Perry, Herbert. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer.

Leaf, Sven. Performer

Meredith, Morley. Performer

Schott, Benjamin. Performer

Niles, Peter. Performer

Evans, Joel. Performer

Silverman, Joseph (Singer) Performer

Hawkins, Gordon. Performer

Forest, Michael. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Hampson, Thomas. Performer

Oswald, Mark. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Stewart, Andrew (Singer) Performer

Bater, Glenn. Performer

Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010, conductor.

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 30396 Service copy.

*LTCM 614 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30396.