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The rake's progress opera in three acts

Title
The rake's progress [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman.
Author
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
  • Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975.
  • Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
  • Güden, Hilde.
  • Conley, Eugene, 1908-1981.
  • Harrell, Mack.
  • Lipton, Martha.
  • Thebom, Blanche.
  • Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
  • Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone)
  • Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Goldovsky, Boris.
  • Reis, Claire R. (Claire Raphael)
  • Tourel, Jennie.
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
  • Ducloux, Walter.
  • Kolodin, Irving, 1908-
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
4 sound tape reels (196 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 14, 1953]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • 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: 1:02:15 (synopses and features) ; 2:13:42 (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)
  • Norman Scott (Trulove) ; Hilde Gueden (Anne) ; Eugene Conley (Tom Rakewell) ; Mack Harrell (Nick Shadow) ; Martha Lipton (Mother Goose) ; Blanche Thebom (Baba the Turk) ; Paul Franke (Sellem) ; Lawrence Davidson (Keeper of the madhouse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Reiner, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 14, 1953.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 340 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in English.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Claire Reis and Jennie Tourel) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Walter Ducloux and Irving Kolodin) -- side 2. Opera quiz concluded ; Synopsis of act 3 and closing (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 through scene 2 -- side 6. Act 3 concluded.
Call Number
*LT-10 4890
OCLC
NYPG89-R67
Author
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Title
The rake's progress [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman.
Playing Time
010215 021342
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 14, 1953]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 14, 1953]
Cast
Norman Scott (Trulove) ; Hilde Gueden (Anne) ; Eugene Conley (Tom Rakewell) ; Mack Harrell (Nick Shadow) ; Martha Lipton (Mother Goose) ; Blanche Thebom (Baba the Turk) ; Paul Franke (Sellem) ; Lawrence Davidson (Keeper of the madhouse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Reiner, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Preservation tapes recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 17, no. 15 (Feb. 9, 1953).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 14, 1953.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 340 (F)
Language
Sung in English.
Added Author
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Librettist
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975. Librettist
Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer
Güden, Hilde. Performer
Conley, Eugene, 1908-1981. Performer
Harrell, Mack. Performer
Lipton, Martha. Performer
Thebom, Blanche. Performer
Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone) Performer
Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Reis, Claire R. (Claire Raphael) Commentator
Tourel, Jennie. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
Kolodin, Irving, 1908- 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
*LT-10 4890 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 340 (F)
*LTCM 340 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4890.
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