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Porgy and Bess opera in three acts

Title: Porgy and Bess [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by George Gershwin ; libretto by Dubose Heyward ; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin ; founded on the play "Porgy" by Dorothy and DuBose Heyward.
Author: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

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Description

5 sound discs (205 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 27, 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

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:44:09 (synopses and features) ; 2:40:59 (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

Performer (note)

Joseph Joubert (Jasbo Brown) ; Gwendolyn Bradley (Clara) ; Bruce Hubbard (Jake) ; Michael Forest (Mingo) ; Ben Williams (Sportin' Life) ; Marjorie Wharton (Maria) ; Camellia Johnson (Serena) ; Edward Payne (Robbins) ; Michael Lofton (Jim) ; Mervin Wallace (Peter) ; Karla Burns (Lily) ; Carl Findlay (Scipio) ; Simon Estes (Porgy) ; Gregg Baker (Crown) ; Leona Mitchell (Bess) ; Hansford Rowe (Detective) ; Andrew Murphy (Policeman) ; Edward White (Undertaker) ; Raymond Bazemore (Frazier) ; Jack Dabdoub (Mr. Archdale) ; Linda Thompson (Strawberry woman) ; Lynn Randolph (Crab man) ; Jack Sims (Coroner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 27, 1990.

Reproduction (note)

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 564 (F)

Language (note)

Sung in English.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2, part 1 -- CD 3. Act 2, part 2 -- CD 4. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. Opera news on the air (Richard Woitach) ; Met moments (Mrs. Harold Francis Milligan and Carl Sandberg) ; Tatiana Troyanos ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with, John Ballard, Thor Eckert Jr. and M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 28839

OCLC

NYPG92-R352

Author

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Title

Porgy and Bess [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by George Gershwin ; libretto by Dubose Heyward ; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin ; founded on the play "Porgy" by Dorothy and DuBose Heyward.

Playing Time

004409 024059

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 27, 1990]

Cast

Joseph Joubert (Jasbo Brown) ; Gwendolyn Bradley (Clara) ; Bruce Hubbard (Jake) ; Michael Forest (Mingo) ; Ben Williams (Sportin' Life) ; Marjorie Wharton (Maria) ; Camellia Johnson (Serena) ; Edward Payne (Robbins) ; Michael Lofton (Jim) ; Mervin Wallace (Peter) ; Karla Burns (Lily) ; Carl Findlay (Scipio) ; Simon Estes (Porgy) ; Gregg Baker (Crown) ; Leona Mitchell (Bess) ; Hansford Rowe (Detective) ; Andrew Murphy (Policeman) ; Edward White (Undertaker) ; Raymond Bazemore (Frazier) ; Jack Dabdoub (Mr. Archdale) ; Linda Thompson (Strawberry woman) ; Lynn Randolph (Crab man) ; Jack Sims (Coroner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1992, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 54, no. 9 (Jan. 27, 1990).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 27, 1990.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 564 (F)

Language

Sung in English.

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Added Author

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983. Lyricist

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Librettist

Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961. Librettist

Joubert, Joseph, 1958- Performer

Bradley, Gwendolyn. Performer

Hubbard, Bruce. Performer

Forest, Michael. Performer

Williams, Ben (Tenor) Performer

Wharton, Marjorie. Performer

Johnson, Camellia. Performer

Payne, Edward. Performer

Lofton, Michael. Performer

Wallace, Mervin. Performer

Burns, Karla. Performer

Findlay, Carl. Performer

Estes, Simon. Performer

Baker, Gregg. Performer

Mitchell, Leona. Performer

Rowe, Hansford. Performer

Murphy, Andrew. Performer

White, Edward. Performer

Bazemore, Raymond. Performer

Dabdoub, Jack. Performer

Thompson, Linda (Vocalist) Performer

Randolph, Lynn. Performer

Sims, Jack. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Troyanos, Tatiana. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ballard, John. Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Milligan, Harold Francis, Mrs. Commentator

Sandberg, Carl, 1878-1967. 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 28839 Service copy

*LTCM 564 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28839.

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