Research Catalog

Title

Les contes d'Hoffmann : radio broadcast, 1993-02-13 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue / music by Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carrʹe, based on the stories of E.T.A. Hoffmann.

Author

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Vaness, Carol.
• Held, Alan, 1959-
• Mentzer, Susanne.
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Murray, John Horton.
• Berberian, Ara.
• Kelly, Sondra.
• Josephson, Kim.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Franzen, Don.
• Wrong, Henry.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (225 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 13, 1993]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program available in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:56:18 (synopses and features) ; 2:48:29 (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

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 13, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 716 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Prologue ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 4. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Allen) ; Opera news on the air (George Jellinek) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Don Franzen, George Jellinek and Henry Wrong) ; Synopsis of act III and epilogue (Allen).

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1578

OCLC

NYPG94-R369

Author

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.

Title

Les contes d'Hoffmann : radio broadcast, 1993-02-13 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue / music by Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carrʹe, based on the stories of E.T.A. Hoffmann.

Playing Time

005618 024829

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 13, 1993]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 13, 1993]

Performer

Plʹacido Domingo (Hoffmann) ; Carol Vaness (Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta, Stella) ; Alan Held (Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr. Miracle, Dappertutto) ; Susanne Mentzer (The Muse of Poetry, Nicklausse) ; Anthony Laciura (Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio) ; John Horton Murray (Nathanaël, Spalanzani) ; Ara Berberian (Luther, Crespel) ; Sondra Kelly (Antonia's Mother) ; Kim Josephson (Hermann, Schlémil) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 11 (Feb. 13, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 13, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Sept. 1993, from borrowed masters (3 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 716 (F).

Language

Sung in French.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

Vaness, Carol. Performer

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Mentzer, Susanne. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Berberian, Ara. Performer

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Josephson, Kim. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Franzen, Don. Commentator

Wrong, Henry. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10-A 1578 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31793.

*LTCM 716 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31793.

*LDC 31793 Service copy.