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Title

Boris Godunov : radio broadcast, 1963-04-06 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / M.P. Mussorgsky, based on Pushkin; orchestration by Dmitri Shostakovich; English text by John Gutman.

Author

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837.
• Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
• Hines, Jerome, 1921-
• Gedda, Nicolai
• Elias, Rosalind
• Blair, Lynn
• Vanni, Helen
• Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Martin, Janis
• Tozzi, Giorgio
• Cassel, Walter
• Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
• Chookasian, Lili
• Shirley, George
• Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
• Chist︠i︡akov, Vladimir
• Harper, Elinor
• Marsh, Calvin
• Macurdy, John
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Stanz, William
• Ghazal, Edward
• Zakariasen, William
• Solti, Georg, 1912-1997.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Gutman, John
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
• Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987.
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• Wallace Sol
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (226 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 6, 1963\630406\]

Uniform Title

• Boris Godunov (Shostakovich). English
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Boris Godunov (Shostakovich).

Subjects

• Operas
• Solti, Georg, 1912-1997 > Interviews

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:08:40 (synopses and features) ; 1:37:35 (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)

• Jerome Hines (Boris) ; Nicolai Gedda (False Dimitri) ; Rosalind Elias (Marina) ; Lynn Blair (Xenia) ; Helen Vanni (Fyodor) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Varlaam) ; Andrea Velis (Missail) ; Janis Martin (Innkeeper) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Brother Pimen) ; Walter Cassel (Rangoni) ; Paul Franke (Shuiski) ; Lili Chookasian (Xenia's nurse) ; George Shirley (Simpleton) ; Louis Sgarro (Nikitich) ; Vladimir Chistiakov (Mityukh) ; Elinor Harper (Peasant woman) ; Calvin Marsh (Shchelkalov) ; John Macurdy (Frontier guard) ; Robert Nagy (Boyar) ; William Stanz (Khrushchov) ; Edward Ghazal (Lavitski) ; William Zakariasen (Chernikovski) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Georg Solti, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 6, 1963.

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (John Gutman interviews Georg Solti) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Sol Wallace, Mary Ellis Peltz, George Marek and Sigmund Spaeth) ; Synopsis of act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross)-- side 3. Act 1, scenes 1-3 -- side 4. Act 1, scene 4 ; Act 2, scene 1 -- side 5. Act 2, scene 2 -- side 6. Act 3.

Call Number

*LTCM 184 (F)

OCLC

NYPG85-R472

Author

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.

Title

Boris Godunov : radio broadcast, 1963-04-06 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / M.P. Mussorgsky, based on Pushkin; orchestration by Dmitri Shostakovich; English text by John Gutman.

Playing Time

010840 013735

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 6, 1963\630406\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 6, 1963\630406\]

Cast

Jerome Hines (Boris) ; Nicolai Gedda (False Dimitri) ; Rosalind Elias (Marina) ; Lynn Blair (Xenia) ; Helen Vanni (Fyodor) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Varlaam) ; Andrea Velis (Missail) ; Janis Martin (Innkeeper) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Brother Pimen) ; Walter Cassel (Rangoni) ; Paul Franke (Shuiski) ; Lili Chookasian (Xenia's nurse) ; George Shirley (Simpleton) ; Louis Sgarro (Nikitich) ; Vladimir Chistiakov (Mityukh) ; Elinor Harper (Peasant woman) ; Calvin Marsh (Shchelkalov) ; John Macurdy (Frontier guard) ; Robert Nagy (Boyar) ; William Stanz (Khrushchov) ; Edward Ghazal (Lavitski) ; William Zakariasen (Chernikovski) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Georg Solti, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 27, no. 22 (Apr. 6, 1963).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 6, 1963.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1985, from borrowed masters (5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Boris Godunov.

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Arranger

Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer

Gedda, Nicolai. Performer

Elias, Rosalind. Performer

Blair, Lynn. Performer

Vanni, Helen. Performer

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Martin, Janis. Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Cassel, Walter. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Chookasian, Lili. Performer

Shirley, George. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Chist︠i︡akov, Vladimir. Performer

Harper, Elinor. Performer

Marsh, Calvin. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Stanz, William. Performer

Ghazal, Edward. Performer

Zakariasen, William. Performer

Solti, Georg, 1912-1997. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Gutman, John. Commentator. Translator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Wallace Sol. 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

*LTCM 184 (F) \(Production notes in listening room.)