Research Catalog

Title

Eugene Onegin [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and text by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on the poem by Alexander Pushkin.

Author

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837.
• Griffel, Kay
• Jones, Isola
• Kraft, Jean
• Chookasian, Lili
• Raĭ︠t︡sin, Misha, 1930-1990.
• Nucci, Leo
• Fleck, William
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Dobriansky, Andrij
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Järvi, Neeme
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013.
• Goldovsky, Boris
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Masiello, Alberta
• Purdy, Christopher
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (230 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 23, 1985]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Evgeniĭ Onegin

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:55:37 (synopses and features) ; 2:54:47 (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)

• Kay Griffel (Tatyana) ; Isola Jones (Olga) ; Jean Kraft (Madame Larina) ; Lili Chookasian (Filippyevna) ; Misha Raitzin (Lenski) ; Leo Nucci (Eugene Onegin) ; William Fleck (A captain) ; Andrea Velis (Triquet) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Zaretski) ; Paul Plishka (Prince Gremin) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Neeme Järvi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 23, 1985.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 467 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Russian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky) ; Risë Stevens ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, M. Owen Lee and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 through Finale -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 467 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R200

Author

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.

Title

Eugene Onegin [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music and text by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on the poem by Alexander Pushkin.

Playing Time

005537 025447

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 23, 1985]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 23, 1985]

Cast

Kay Griffel (Tatyana) ; Isola Jones (Olga) ; Jean Kraft (Madame Larina) ; Lili Chookasian (Filippyevna) ; Misha Raitzin (Lenski) ; Leo Nucci (Eugene Onegin) ; William Fleck (A captain) ; Andrea Velis (Triquet) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Zaretski) ; Paul Plishka (Prince Gremin) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Neeme Järvi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 49, no. 11 (Feb. 16, 1985).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 23, 1985.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1991, 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 467 (F)

Language

Sung in Russian.

Added Author

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

Griffel, Kay. Performer

Jones, Isola. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Chookasian, Lili. Performer

Raĭ︠t︡sin, Misha, 1930-1990. Performer

Nucci, Leo. Performer

Fleck, William. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Järvi, Neeme. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. 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 467 (F) Production notes on file.