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Opera at Columbia a celebration.

Title: Opera at Columbia [sound recording] : a celebration.
Publication: April 6, 1997.

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Description

2 sound reel tapes : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo.; 10 in.

Alternative Title

Paul Bunyan
Visitors
He who gets slapped
Sweet bye and bye
Medium
Mother of us all
Six characters in search of an author
Hello out there
Malady of love
Ballad of Baby Doe

Subject

Operas > Excerpts

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

"A music department centennial concert honoring Columbia University's contribution to American opera in the 1940's and 1950's."--Program.
The second work was originally titled, Panfilo and Lauretta.

Event (note)

Recorded live on April 6, 1997, at the Miller Theatre, Columbia University, New York City.

Language (note)

Sung in English.

Contents

Cook's duet from Paul Bunyan / Benjamin Britten (Robert Osborne, bass-baritone) -- Psyche, be welcome and forget all fear from The visitors / Carlos Chavez (David Blackburn, tenor) -- Pantaloon's ballad from He who gets slapped / Robert Ward (Peter Stewart, baritone) -- Mother Rainey's aria ; The wages of sin and her reprise: to the seducer from The sweet bye and bye / Jack Beeson (Amy Ellen Anderson, mezzo-soprano) -- Monica's waltz from The Medium / Gian Carlo Menotti (Bethany Hodges, soprano) -- Quarrel scene from Giants in the earth / Douglas Moore (Jeanette Thompson, soprano ; Robert Osborne, bass-baritone) -- Oh it was wonderful, wonderful from The mother of us all / Virgil Thomson (Jeanette Thompson, soprano ; Amy Ellen Anderson, mezzo-soprano) -- Then let me tell you sir, what singers are, from Six characters in search of an auther / Hugo Weisgall (David Blackburn, tenor) -- The gambler's song from Hello out there / Jack Beeson (Peter Stewart, baritone) -- An old-fashioned lover, from Malady of love / Lehman Engel (Bethany Hodges, soprano ; Peter Stewart, baritone) -- Always through the changing, from The ballad of Baby Doe / Douglas Morre (Bethanh Hodges, soprano).

Call Number

*LT-10 9269 (F)

OCLC

NYPG98-R4

Title

Opera at Columbia [sound recording] : a celebration.

Imprint

April 6, 1997.

Performer

Various performers, assisted by Tom Cipullo, Jeanne Golan, pianists.

Event

Recorded live on April 6, 1997, at the Miller Theatre, Columbia University, New York City.

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Paul Bunyan. Cook's duet.

Chávez, Carlos, 1899-1978. Visitors. Psyche, be welcome and forget all fear.

Ward, Robert, 1917-2013. He who gets slapped. Pantaloon's ballad.

Beeson, Jack, 1921-2010. Sweet bye and bye. Selections.

Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Medium. Up in the sky someone is playing a trombone and a guitar.

Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969. Giants in the earth. No, let that go for now.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Mother of us all. Oh it was wonderful, wonderful.

Weisgall, Hugo. Six characters in search of an author. Then let me tell you, sir, what singers are.

Beeson, Jack, 1921-2010. Hello out there. Gambler's song.

Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982. Malady of love. An old-fashioned lover.

Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969. Ballad of Baby Doe. Always through the changing.

Osborne, Robert. Performer

Blackburn, David (Tenor) Performer

Stewart, Peter (Baritone) Performer

Anderson, Amy Ellen. Performer

Hodges, Bethany. Performer

Thompson, Jeanette. Performer

Blackburn, David. Performer

Cipullo, Tom. Performer

Golan, Jeanne. Performer

Added Title

Paul Bunyan

Visitors

He who gets slapped

Sweet bye and bye

Medium

Mother of us all

Six characters in search of an author

Hello out there

Malady of love

Ballad of Baby Doe

Research Call Number

*LT-10 9269 (F) Program on file.

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