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Pelléas et Mélisande lyric drama in five acts (twelve scenes)

Title
Pelléas et Mélisande [sound recording] : lyric drama in five acts (twelve scenes) / music by Claude Debussy ; book by Maurice Maeterlinck.
Author
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949.
  • Sayão, Bidú.
  • Harshaw, Margaret.
  • Raymondi, Lillian.
  • Singher, Martial.
  • Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960.
  • Kipnis, Alexander, 1891-1978.
  • Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
  • Cooper, Emil.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
3 sound tape reels (150 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 13, 1945]
Uniform Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
Operas
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Sung in French.
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 2:30:04.
  • Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 13, 1945.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 434 (F)
Contents
side 1. Act 1 -- side 2. Act 2 -- side 3. Act 3 ; Act 4 through "Une grande innocents" -- side 4. Act 4 concluded ; Act 5 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LT-10 6103
OCLC
NYPG90-R1275
Author
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
Title
Pelléas et Mélisande [sound recording] : lyric drama in five acts (twelve scenes) / music by Claude Debussy ; book by Maurice Maeterlinck.
Playing Time
023004
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 13, 1945]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 13, 1945]
Performer
Bidu Sayao (Melisande) ; Margaret Harshaw (Genevieve) ; Lillian Raymondi (Little Yniold) ; Martial Singher (Pelleas) ; Lawrence Tibbett (Golaud) ; Alexander Kipnis (Arkel) ; Lorenzo Alvary (A Physician) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Emil Cooper, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 9, no. 10 (Jan. 8, 1945).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 13, 1945.
Original Version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in July 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (18 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, mono. ; 12 in.) lent by Seth Winner.
Reproduction
Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 434 (F)
Added Author
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949. Librettist
Sayão, Bidú. Performer
Harshaw, Margaret. Performer
Raymondi, Lillian. Performer
Singher, Martial. Performer
Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960. Performer
Kipnis, Alexander, 1891-1978. Performer
Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer
Cooper, Emil. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LT-10 6103 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 434 (F)
*LTCM 434 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6103.
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