Research Catalog

Title

Billy Budd : radio broadcast, 1984-04-14 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville.

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970.
• Crozier, Eric
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
• Cassilly, Richard, 1927-
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Nimnicht, Darren
• Clark, Richard J.
• Brewer, James
• Meredith, Morley
• Byars, Christopher
• McDonnell, Douglas
• Owen, Richard
• Watkins, Dana
• Darrenkamp, John
• Laciura, Anthony
• Best, Michael
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Glossop, Peter, 1928-
• Robbins, Julien
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Castel, Nico
• Duesing, Dale
• Glassman, Allan
• Flagello, Ezio
• Rigby, Mark
• Simeone, Domenico
• Atherton, David, 1944-
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Blegen, Judith
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jacobson, Robert M.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (194 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 14, 1984]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (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: 0:34:38 (synopses and features) ; 2:39:33 (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)

• Richard Cassilly (Captain Fairfax) ; James Courtney (First mate) ; Darren Nimnicht (Second mate) ; Richard J. Clark (Mr. Flint) ; James Brewer (A sailor) ; Morley Meredith (Bosun) ; Christopher Byars, Douglas McDonnell, Richard Owen and Dana Watkins (Midshipmen) ; John Darrenkamp (Donald) ; Anthony Laciura (Maintop) ; Michael Best (The novice) ; Andrea Velis (Squeak) ; Peter Glossop (Mr. Redburn) ; Julien Robbins (Lieutenant Ratcliffe) ; James Morris (John Claggart) ; Robert Nagy (Red Whiskers) ; Nico Castel (Arthur Jones) ; Dale Duesing (Billy Budd) ; Allan Glassman (The novice's friend) ; Ezio Flagello (Dansker) ; Mark Rigby (Cabin boy) ; Domenico Simeone (Gunner's mate) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; David Atherton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 14, 1984.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 454 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Robert Jacobson, M. Owen Lee and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Act 1 through "Don't like the French" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Trial of Billy Budd" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 454 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R126

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title

Billy Budd : radio broadcast, 1984-04-14 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville.

Playing Time

003438 023933

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 14, 1984]

Cast

Richard Cassilly (Captain Fairfax) ; James Courtney (First mate) ; Darren Nimnicht (Second mate) ; Richard J. Clark (Mr. Flint) ; James Brewer (A sailor) ; Morley Meredith (Bosun) ; Christopher Byars, Douglas McDonnell, Richard Owen and Dana Watkins (Midshipmen) ; John Darrenkamp (Donald) ; Anthony Laciura (Maintop) ; Michael Best (The novice) ; Andrea Velis (Squeak) ; Peter Glossop (Mr. Redburn) ; Julien Robbins (Lieutenant Ratcliffe) ; James Morris (John Claggart) ; Robert Nagy (Red Whiskers) ; Nico Castel (Arthur Jones) ; Dale Duesing (Billy Budd) ; Allan Glassman (The novice's friend) ; Ezio Flagello (Dansker) ; Mark Rigby (Cabin boy) ; Domenico Simeone (Gunner's mate) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; David Atherton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1990, 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. 48, no. 15 (Apr. 14, 1984).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 14, 1984.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 454 (F)

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Librettist

Crozier, Eric. Librettist

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.

Cassilly, Richard, 1927- Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer.

Nimnicht, Darren. Performer

Clark, Richard J. Performer

Brewer, James. Performer

Meredith, Morley. Performer

Byars, Christopher. Performer

McDonnell, Douglas. Performer

Owen, Richard. Performer

Watkins, Dana. Performer

Darrenkamp, John. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Best, Michael. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Glossop, Peter, 1928- Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Duesing, Dale. Performer

Glassman, Allan. Performer

Flagello, Ezio. Performer

Rigby, Mark. Performer

Simeone, Domenico. Performer

Atherton, David, 1944- Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Blegen, Judith. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jacobson, Robert M. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 454 (F) \(Production notes on file.)