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The gambler opera in four acts

Title: The gambler [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Sergei Prokofiev ; libretto by the composer, based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella of the same name.
Author: Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.
Publication: [New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2001.

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Description

3 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 31, 2001.

Uniform Title

Igrok
Texaco quiz kids (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Igrok

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Subtitle from house program.
Durations: 42:32 (synopses and features) ; 2:10:45 (opera).
Compact discs.
House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Performer (note)

Sergei Alexashkin (The general) ; Olga Guryakova (Polina) ; Vladimir Galouzine (Alexei) ; Elena Obraztsova (Grammy) ; Nikolai Gassiev (The marquis) ; John Fanning (Mr. Astley) ; Olga Savova (Mme. Blanche) ; Richard Fracker (Prince Nilsky) ; Alexander Anisimov (Baron Würmerhelm) ; Yuri Laptev (Potapich) ; Vaclovas Daunoras (Director) ; Ronald Naldi, Eduardo Valdes (Croupiers) ; LeRoy Lehr (Fat Englishman) ; Richard Vernon (Tall Englishman) ; Andrea Trebnik (Garish lady) ; Yvonne Gonzales (Pale lady) ; Reveka Mavrovitis (Lady Comme ci, Comme ça) ; Wendy Hoffman (Venerable lady) ; Diane Elias (Suspicious old lady) ; Vladimir Grishko (Reckless gambler) ; Bernard Fitch (Sickly gambler) ; Anthony Laciura (Hunchback gambler) ; Kamel Boutros (Unlucky gambler) ; Philip Cokorinos (Old gambler) ; Emmanuel di Villarosa, Iosef Shalamayev, Franco Pomponi, John Fiorito, Alfred Walker and Patrick Carfizzi (Six gamblers) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Valery Gergiev, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar, 31, 2001.

Source (note)

Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

Sung in Russian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Acts 1 & 2 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; closing (Allen) ; CD 3. Texaco quiz kids (Steven Blier, host, with Rachel Handley, Jessica Agudello and Mara Kaden) ; synopsis of Acts 3 & 4 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 26935

OCLC

NYPG01-R358

Author

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.

Title

The gambler [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Sergei Prokofiev ; libretto by the composer, based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella of the same name.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2001.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 31, 2001.

Cast

Sergei Alexashkin (The general) ; Olga Guryakova (Polina) ; Vladimir Galouzine (Alexei) ; Elena Obraztsova (Grammy) ; Nikolai Gassiev (The marquis) ; John Fanning (Mr. Astley) ; Olga Savova (Mme. Blanche) ; Richard Fracker (Prince Nilsky) ; Alexander Anisimov (Baron Würmerhelm) ; Yuri Laptev (Potapich) ; Vaclovas Daunoras (Director) ; Ronald Naldi, Eduardo Valdes (Croupiers) ; LeRoy Lehr (Fat Englishman) ; Richard Vernon (Tall Englishman) ; Andrea Trebnik (Garish lady) ; Yvonne Gonzales (Pale lady) ; Reveka Mavrovitis (Lady Comme ci, Comme ça) ; Wendy Hoffman (Venerable lady) ; Diane Elias (Suspicious old lady) ; Vladimir Grishko (Reckless gambler) ; Bernard Fitch (Sickly gambler) ; Anthony Laciura (Hunchback gambler) ; Kamel Boutros (Unlucky gambler) ; Philip Cokorinos (Old gambler) ; Emmanuel di Villarosa, Iosef Shalamayev, Franco Pomponi, John Fiorito, Alfred Walker and Patrick Carfizzi (Six gamblers) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Valery Gergiev, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 65, no. 10 (Apr. 2001).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar, 31, 2001.

Language

Sung in Russian.

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Added Author

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Igrok.

Aleksashkin, Sergei. Performer

Gur︠i︡akova, Olʹga. Performer

Galusin, Vladimir. Performer

Obraz︠t︡sova, Elena. Performer

Gassiev, Nikolai. Performer

Fanning, John (Singer) Performer

Savova, Olga. Performer

Fracker, Richard. Performer

Anisimov, Alexander. Performer

Laptev, ︠I︡Uriĭ. Performer

Daunoras, Vaclovas. Performer

Naldi, Ronald. Performer

Valdes, Eduardo (Tenor) Performer

Lehr, LeRoy. Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Trebnik, Andrea. Performer

Gonzales, Yvonne. Performer

Mavrovitis, Reveka. Performer

Hoffman, Wendy (Mezzo-soprano) Performer

Elias, Diane. Performer

Grishko, Volodymyr. Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Boutros, Kamel. Performer

Cokorinos, Philip. Performer

Di Villarosa, Emmanuel. Performer

Shalamayev, Iosef. Performer

Pomponi, Franco. Performer

Fiorito, John. Performer

Walker, Alfred (Bass) Performer

Carfizzi, Patrick. Performer

Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- Conductor

Blier, Steven. Commentator

Handley, Rachel. Commentator

Agudello, Jessica. Commentator

Kaden, Mara. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco quiz kids (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 26935

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