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Faust opera in three acts

Title
Faust [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's Faust.
Author
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

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Additional Authors
  • Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
  • Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
  • Shicoff, Neil
  • Morris, James, 1947-
  • Courtney, James, 1946-
  • Hampson, Thomas
  • Ziegler, Delores
  • Daniels, Barbara, 1946-
  • Di Franco, Loretta
  • Dutoit, Charles
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
  • Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Krisel, Michelle
  • Eckert, Thor, Jr.
  • Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
  • Milanov, Zinka
  • Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
  • Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
  • Hines, Jerome, 1921-
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
4 sound discs (225 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 3, 1990]
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
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:55:29 (synopses and features) ; 2:50:25 (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, Mar. 3, 1990.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 569 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in French.
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. Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Met moments (Rudolf Bing, host, with Richard Tucker, Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren and Jerome Hines) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Michelle Krisel, Thor Eckert Jr. and M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 28843
OCLC
NYPG92-R359
Author
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Title
Faust [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's Faust.
Playing Time
005529 025025
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 3, 1990]
Performer
Neil Shicoff (Faust) ; James Morris (Méphistophélès) ; James Courtney (Wagner) ; Thomas Hampson (Valentin) ; Delores Ziegler (Siébel) ; Barbara Daniels (Marguerite) ; Loretta Di Franco (Marthe) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Charles Dutoit, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 54, no. 12 (Mar. 3, 1990).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 3, 1990.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 569 (F)
Language
Sung in French.
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Added Author
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist
Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.
Shicoff, Neil. Performer
Morris, James, 1947- Performer
Courtney, James, 1946- performer
Hampson, Thomas. Performer
Ziegler, Delores. Performer
Daniels, Barbara, 1946- Performer
Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
Dutoit, Charles. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Krisel, Michelle. Commentator
Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator
Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator
Milanov, Zinka. Commentator
Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Commentator
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Commentator
Hines, Jerome, 1921- 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
*LDC 28843 Service copy
*LTCM 569 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28843
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