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Mourning becomes Electra opera in three acts

Title: Mourning becomes Electra [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Marvin David Levy ; libretto by Henry Butler, based on the play by Eugene O'Neill.
Author: Levy, Marvin David

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Description

3 sound cassettes (232 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-04-01 (Apr. 1, 1967)]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Note

Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 1:08:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:43:40 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 1, 1967.

Language (note)

Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Edward Downes discusses "Mourning becomes Electra" with Marvin David Levy, Evelyn Lear and John Reardon (Alberta Masiello at the piano) ; Synopsis of act 2, scene 3 (scenes 1 and 2 lacking) with Cross -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, hosgt, with Mary Ellis Peltz, Max de Schauensee, Terry McEwen and Frank Merkling) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 to "Are you ill?" -- side 4. Act 1, conclusion ; Act 2 to "Then which of us has died tonight?" -- side 5. Act 2, conclusion ; Act 3 to "Do not cry, Lavinia" -- side 6. Act 3, conclusion ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 264 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R171

Author

Levy, Marvin David.

Title

Mourning becomes Electra [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Marvin David Levy ; libretto by Henry Butler, based on the play by Eugene O'Neill.

Playing Time

010800 024340

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-04-01 (Apr. 1, 1967)]

Performer

Evelyn Lear (Lavinia Mannon) ; Marie Collier (Christine Mannon) ; Sherrill Milnes (Adam Brant) ; John Reardon (Orin Mannon) ; John Macurdy (General Ezra Mannon) ; Ron Bottcher (Peter Niles) ; Lilian Sukis (Helen Niles) ; Raymond Michalski (Jed) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Zubin Mehta, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

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

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 31, no. 23 (Apr. 1, 1967).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 1, 1967.

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Butler, Henry. Librettist

O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Mourning becomes Electra.

Lear, Evelyn. Performer. Commentator

Collier, Marie. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Reardon, John, 1930-1988. Performer

Reardon, John, 1930-1988. Commentator

Macurdy, John. Performer

Bottcher, Ron. Performer

Sukis, Lilian. Performer

Michalski, Raymond. Performer

Mehta, Zubin. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Levy, Marvin David. Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Performer

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

De Schauensee, Max. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Merkling, Frank. 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 264 (F) \(Production notes filed in listening room.)

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