Research Catalog

Title

The great Gatsby [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music and libretto by John Harbison ; popular song lyrics by Murray Horwitz ; based on the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Author

Harbison, John

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Horwitz, Murray
• Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.
• Upshaw, Dawn
• Graham, Susan, 1960-
• Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine, 1954-2006.
• Hadley, Jerry
• Croft, Dwayne
• Baker, Mark (Tenor)
• Fink, Richard Paul
• Polanzani, Matthew
• Dudley, Jennifer
• Powers, William
• Burchinal, Frederick
• Lehr, LeRoy
• Schuette, Rachel
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Ellison, Cori
• Ames, Alison, 1945-
• Blier, Steven
• Purdy, Christopher
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 01, 2000]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio Program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 01, 2000.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera.

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and Synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I, part 1 -- CD 2. Act I part 2 -- CD 3. Act II, part 1 -- CD 4. Act II, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Cori Ellison, host, with Alison Ames, Steven Blier and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 31705

OCLC

NYPG03-R154

Author

Harbison, John.

Title

The great Gatsby [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music and libretto by John Harbison ; popular song lyrics by Murray Horwitz ; based on the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 01, 2000]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 01, 2000]

Performer

Dawn Upshaw (Daisy Buchanan) ; Susan Graham (Jordan Baker) ; Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Myrtle Wilson) ; Jerry Hadley (Jay Gatsby) ; Dwayne Croft (Nick Carraway) ; Mark Baker (Tom Buchanan) ; Richard Paul Fink (George Wilson) ; Matthew Polanzani (Radio Singer & Band Vocalist) ; Jennifer Dudley (Tango Singer) ; William Powers (Meyer Wolfsheim) ; Frederick Burchinal (Henry Gatz) ; LeRoy Lehr (Minister) ; Rachel Schuette (Gilda) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 01, 2000.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 64, no. 7 (Jan. 2000).

Language

Sung in English.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Horwitz, Murray. Lyricist

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Great Gatsby.

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Graham, Susan, 1960- Performer

Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine, 1954-2006. Performer

Hadley, Jerry. Performer

Croft, Dwayne. Performer

Baker, Mark (Tenor) Performer

Fink, Richard Paul. Performer

Polanzani, Matthew. Performer

Dudley, Jennifer. Performer

Powers, William. Performer

Burchinal, Frederick. Performer

Lehr, LeRoy. Performer

Schuette, Rachel. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Ellison, Cori. Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

Blier, Steven. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio Program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 31705 Service copy.