Research Catalog

Title

Romeo et Juliette [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts (six scenes) / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Shakespeare's play.

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Gedda, Nicolai
• Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Reardon, John, 1930-1988.
• Macurdy, John
• Michalski, Raymond
• Baldwin, Marcia
• Boucher, Gene
• Love, Shirley
• Schmorr, Robert
• Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
• Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
• Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• McEwen, Terry
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979.
• Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978.
• Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (231 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 13, 1968]

Uniform Title

• Roméo et Juliette
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Roméo et Juliette

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Titles from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:10:11 (synopses and features) ; 2:41:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 13, 1968.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 285 (F).

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Prologue and Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Terry McEwen on "Singers, my favorite subject") ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Peggy Wood, Cornelia Otis Skinner and Cyril Ritchard) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Broadcast announcer's closing remarks -- side 3. Prologue ; Act 1, through "Terminons la nuit gaîment!" (middle of Finale) -- side 4. Act 1. Finale (conclusion)--ballet to end ; Act 2, scene 1 -- side 5. Act 2, scenes 2 and 3 -- side 6. Act 3 (complete).

Call Number

*LTCM 285 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R287

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

Romeo et Juliette [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts (six scenes) / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Shakespeare's play.

Playing Time

011011 024100

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 13, 1968]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 13, 1968]

Performer

Nicolai Gedda (Romeo) ; Mirella Freni (Juliette) ; Charles Anthony (Tybalt) ; John Reardon (Mercutio) ; John Macurdy (Friar Laurence) ; Raymond Michalski (Capulet) ; Marcia Baldwin (Stephano) ; Gene Boucher (Paris) ; Shirley Love (Gertrude) ; Robert Schmorr (Benvolio) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Gregorio) ; Norman Scott (Duke of Verona) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 32, no. 24 (Apr. 13, 1968).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 13, 1968.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 285 (F).

Language

Sung in French.

Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet.

Gedda, Nicolai. Performer

Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Reardon, John, 1930-1988. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Michalski, Raymond. Performer

Baldwin, Marcia. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer

Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer

Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979. Commentator

Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978. Commentator

Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 285 (F) Production notes in listening room.