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Les contes d'Hoffmann : opera in three acts, a prologue, and an epilogue

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Les contes d'Hoffmann : radio broadcast, 1989-12-23 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, a prologue, and an epilogue / music by Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on stories of E.T.A. Hoffmann.
Author
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.

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Additional Authors
  • Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
  • Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
  • Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.
  • Lima, Luis.
  • Mills, Erie.
  • Forst, Judith.
  • Malfitano, Catherine.
  • Dam, José van.
  • Boozer, Brenda.
  • Laciura, Anthony.
  • Kaasch, Donald.
  • Macurdy, John.
  • Bean, Gweneth.
  • Creech, Philip.
  • Darrenkamp, John.
  • Meredith, Morley.
  • Malas, Spiro.
  • Andrey, Pauline.
  • Cambreling, Sylvain.
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Vaness, Carol.
  • Mohr, Richard.
  • Krainik, Ardis.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Burroughs, Bruce.
  • Vendice, William.
  • Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
  • Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
  • Pons, Lily, 1898-1976.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
4 sound cassettes (220 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 23, 1989]
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: 1:00:42 (synopses and features) ; 2:39:39 (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. 23, 1989.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 559 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in French.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Prologue ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Ardis Krainik) ; Met moments (Mary Ellis Peltz, host, with Lily Pons) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Bruce Burroughs, William Vendice and Albert Innaurato) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 28836
OCLC
NYPG92-R344
Author
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Composer
Title
Les contes d'Hoffmann : radio broadcast, 1989-12-23 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, a prologue, and an epilogue / music by Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on stories of E.T.A. Hoffmann.
Playing Time
010042 023939
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 23, 1989]
Performer
Luis Lima (Hoffmann) ; Erie Mills (Olympia) ; Judith Forst (Giulietta) ; Catherine Malfitano (Antonia) ; José van Dam (Lindorf, Coppéllius, Dappertutto, Dr. Miracle) ; Brenda Boozer (Nicklausse, the muse of poetry) ; Anthony Laciura (Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz) ; Donald Kaasch (Spalanzani) ; John Macurdy (Crespel) ; Gweneth Bean (Antonia's mother) ; Philip Creech (Nathanael) ; John Darrenkamp (Herman) ; Morley Meredith (Schlemil) ; Spiro Malas (Luther) ; Pauline Andrey (Stella) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Sylvain Cambreling, 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. 7 (Dec. 23, 1989).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 23, 1989.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 559 (F)
Language
Sung in French.
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Added Author
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist
Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist
Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822. Librettist
Lima, Luis. Performer
Mills, Erie. Performer
Forst, Judith. Performer
Malfitano, Catherine. Performer
Dam, José van. Performer
Boozer, Brenda. Performer
Laciura, Anthony. Performer
Kaasch, Donald. Performer
Macurdy, John. Performer
Bean, Gweneth. Performer
Creech, Philip. Performer
Darrenkamp, John. Performer
Meredith, Morley. Performer
Malas, Spiro. Performer
Andrey, Pauline. Performer
Cambreling, Sylvain. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Vaness, Carol. Commentator
Mohr, Richard. Commentator
Krainik, Ardis. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Burroughs, Bruce. Commentator
Vendice, William. Commentator
Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator
Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator
Pons, Lily, 1898-1976. 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 28836 Service copy
*LTCM 559 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28836
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