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Romeo et Juliette opera in prologue and three acts (six scenes) in French

Title: Romeo et Juliette [sound recording] : opera in prologue and three acts (six scenes) in French / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after Shakespeare's play.
Author: Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (219 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 18, 1970]

Uniform Title

Roméo et Juliette
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Roméo et Juliette

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Sung in French.
Titles from Opera news.
Durations: 1:09:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:30:00 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 18, 1970.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Prologue and Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Edward Downes hosts a singers' roundtable with Martina Arroyo, Marilyn Horne and Joan Sutherland ; Synopsis of act 2, scene 1 (Cross) ; Cross discusses Met Guild-sponsored student perfomances of operas and interviews some students ; Synopsis of act 2, scene 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Season farewell (Rudolf Bing) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Broadcast announcer's closing remarks -- side 3. Prologue ; Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2, scenes 1-2 -- side 5. Act 2, scene 3 -- side 6. Act 3.

Call Number

*LTCM 328 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R195

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

Romeo et Juliette [sound recording] : opera in prologue and three acts (six scenes) in French / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after Shakespeare's play.

Playing Time

010900 023000

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 18, 1970]

Performer

Fanco Corelli (Roméo) ; Jeannette Pilou (Juliette) ; Marcia Baldwin (Stephano) ; Jean Kraft (Gertrude) ; Charles Anthony (Tybalt) ; Robert Schmorr (Benvolio) ; John Reardon (Mercutio) ; Gene Boucher (Paris) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Gregorio) ; Clifford Harvuot (Capulet) ; Justino Díaz (Friar Laurence) ; Edmond Karlsrud (Duke of Verona) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alain Lombard, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 34, no. 25 (Apr. 18, 1970).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 18, 1970.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in July 1988, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet.

Corelli, Franco. Performer

Pilou, Jeannette. Performer

Baldwin, Marcia. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Reardon, John, 1930-1988. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer

Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer

Díaz, Justino. Performer

Karlsrud, Edmond. Performer

Lombard, Alain. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Arroyo, Martina. Commentator

Horne, Marilyn. Commentator

Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010. Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 328 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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