Research Catalog

Title

Eugene Onegin [sound recording] : opera in three acts... / Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; libretto after Pushkin by Konstantin S. Shilovsky; English version by Henry Reese.

Author

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shilovskiĭ, K. (Konstantin), 1849-1893.
• Reese, Henry
• Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837.
• Dooley, William
• Price, Leontyne
• Thomas, Jess
• Elias, Rosalind
• Chookasian, Lili
• Kriese, Gladys
• Tozzi, Giorgio
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
• Schippers, Thomas
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Harrison, Jay
• Hubbard, Merle
• Martin, Thomas Philipp, 1909-
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (222 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 29, 1964\640229\]

Uniform Title

• Evgeniĭ Onegin. English
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Evgeniĭ Onegin.

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Titles from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:15:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:26:15 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• William Dooley (Onegin) ; Leontyne Price (Tatyana) ; Jess Thomas (Lenski) ; Rosalind Elias (Olga) ; Lili Chookasian (Filippyevna) ; Gladys Kriese (Larina) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Gremin) ; Andrea Velis (Triquet) ; George Cehanovsky (Zaretski) ; Louis Sgarro (Captain) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 29, 1964.

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky discusses Eugene Onegin) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Thomas P. Martin, Jay Harrison and Merle Hubbard) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1, scene 1 -- side 4. Act 1, scene 2 -- side 5. Act 2 ; Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 198 (F)

OCLC

NYPG86-R12

Author

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.

Title

Eugene Onegin [sound recording] : opera in three acts... / Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; libretto after Pushkin by Konstantin S. Shilovsky; English version by Henry Reese.

Playing Time

011530 022615

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 29, 1964\640229\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 29, 1964\640229\]

Cast

William Dooley (Onegin) ; Leontyne Price (Tatyana) ; Jess Thomas (Lenski) ; Rosalind Elias (Olga) ; Lili Chookasian (Filippyevna) ; Gladys Kriese (Larina) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Gremin) ; Andrea Velis (Triquet) ; George Cehanovsky (Zaretski) ; Louis Sgarro (Captain) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 28, no. 16 (Feb. 29, 1964).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 29, 1964.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Nov. 1985, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Shilovskiĭ, K. (Konstantin), 1849-1893. Librettist

Reese, Henry. Translator

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Evgeniĭ Onegin.

Dooley, William. Performer

Price, Leontyne. Performer

Thomas, Jess. Performer

Elias, Rosalind. Performer

Chookasian, Lili. Performer

Kriese, Gladys. Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Schippers, Thomas. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Hubbard, Merle. Commentator

Martin, Thomas Philipp, 1909- Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 198 (F) Production notes on file.