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Dialogues of the Carmelites opera in two acts

Title: Dialogues of the Carmelites [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, from the play by Georges Bernanos.
Author: Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (196 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 10, 1983]

Uniform Title

Dialogues des Carmélites. English
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Dialogues des Carmélites.

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:33:16 (synopses and features) ; 2:43:09 (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)

William Lewis (Chevalier del la Force) ; Jerome Hines (Marquis de la Force) ; Frederica von Stade (Blanche de la Force) ; Paul Franke (Thierry) ; Mignon Dunn (Madame de Croissy) ; Betsy Norden (Sister Constance) ; Florence Quivar (Mother Marie) ; Allan Glassman (M. Javelinot) ; Patricia Craig (Madame Lidoine) ; Barbara Bystrom, Nancy Crolius, Suzanne Der Derian, Constance Green, Robin Hanriot, Elyssa Lindner, Linda Mays, Teresa Robinson, Theresa Yu-Ping Teng, Janet Wagner, Constance Webber (Carmelite nuns) ; George Livings (The chaplain) ; Batyah Godfrey (Sister Mathilde) ; Charles Anthony (First commissioner) ; Russell Christopher (Second commissioner) ; Jean Kraft (Mother Jeanne) ; John Darrenkamp (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Manuel Rosenthal, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 10, 1983.

Reproduction (note)

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 437 (F)

Language (note)

Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Frank E. Taplin, John K. McKinley ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Peter Bonelli, M. Owen Lee and John Pfeiffer) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Peter Allen) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Act 1 through "Again? I'm so tired of lentils" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Fellow citizens, we congratulate you all" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 437 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R104

Author

Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963.

Title

Dialogues of the Carmelites [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, from the play by Georges Bernanos.

Playing Time

003316 024309

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 10, 1983]

Cast

William Lewis (Chevalier del la Force) ; Jerome Hines (Marquis de la Force) ; Frederica von Stade (Blanche de la Force) ; Paul Franke (Thierry) ; Mignon Dunn (Madame de Croissy) ; Betsy Norden (Sister Constance) ; Florence Quivar (Mother Marie) ; Allan Glassman (M. Javelinot) ; Patricia Craig (Madame Lidoine) ; Barbara Bystrom, Nancy Crolius, Suzanne Der Derian, Constance Green, Robin Hanriot, Elyssa Lindner, Linda Mays, Teresa Robinson, Theresa Yu-Ping Teng, Janet Wagner, Constance Webber (Carmelite nuns) ; George Livings (The chaplain) ; Batyah Godfrey (Sister Mathilde) ; Charles Anthony (First commissioner) ; Russell Christopher (Second commissioner) ; Jean Kraft (Mother Jeanne) ; John Darrenkamp (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Manuel Rosenthal, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 48, no. 6 (Dec. 10, 1983).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 10, 1983.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Sept. 1990, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 437 (F)

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Bernanos, Georges, 1888-1948. Dialogues des Carmélites.

Yuscarán, Guillermo. Performer

Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer

Von Stade, Frederica. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Dunn, Mignon. Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Quivar, Florence. Performer

Glassman, Allan. Performer

Craig, Patricia (Soprano) Performer

Bystrom, Barbara. Performer

Crolius, Nancy. Performer

Der Derian, Suzanne. Performer

Green, Constance. Performer

Hanriot, Robin. Performer

Lindner, Elyssa. Performer

Mays, Linda. Performer

Robinson, Teresa (Mezzo-soprano) Performer

Teng, Theresa Yu-Ping. Performer

Wagner, Janet. Performer

Webber, Constance. Performer

Livings, George. Performer

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Darrenkamp, John. Performer

Rosenthal, Manuel, 1904-2003. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Taplin, Frank E. Commentator

McKinley, John K. Commentator

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bonelli, Peter. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Pfeiffer, John, 1920- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 437 (F) \(Production notes on file.)

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