Research Catalog

Title

Les troyens [sound recording] : [opera in five acts, performed in three parts] / music and libretto by Hector Berlioz, after Virgil.

Author

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c1974.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Virgil
• Verrett, Shirley
• Ludwig, Christa
• Vickers, Jon
• Riegel, Kenneth
• Quilico, Louis
• Macurdy, John
• Christopher, Russell
• Kraft, Jean
• Yuscarán, Guillermo
• Bernstein, Felicia
• Grober, Douglas
• Blegen, Judith
• Gill, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1927-2010.
• Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
• Dunn, Mignon
• Karlsrud, Edmond
• Goeke, Leo
• Dobriansky, Andrij
• Best, Richard, 1935-
• Smith, Maureen, singer
• Keane, Lorraine
• Goodloe, Robert
• Kubelík, Rafael, 1914-1996.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Smith, Patrick J., 1932-
• Stivender, David
• Sherman, Louise
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

6 sound discs (in 2 containers) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 16, 1974.

Uniform Title

• Troyens
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Troyens

Subjects

• Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869 > Troyens
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Compact discs.
• Durations: 1:09:21 (announcements, synopses, and intermission features) ; 3:53:44 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list filed under classmark: *LTCM 781.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Shirley Verrett (Cassandra) ; Christa Ludwig (Dido) ; Jon Vickers (̓En̓ee) ; Kenneth Riegel (Iopas) ; Louis Quilico (Corèbe) ; John Macurdy (Narbal) ; Russell Christopher (A Trojan soldier) ; Jean Kraft (H̓ecube) ; William Lewis (H̓el̓enus) ; Felicia Montealegre (Andromaque) ; Douglas Grober (Astyanax) ; Judith Blegen (Ascagne) ; Richard T. Gill (Panth̓ee) ; Clifford Harvuot (Ghost of Hector) ; Mignon Dunn (Anna) ; Edmond Karlsrud (Mercure, Priam, & Ghost) ; Leo Goeke (Hylas) ; Andrij Dobriansky (First Trojan soldier) ; Richard Best (Second Trojan soldier) ; Maureen Smith (Polyxène) ; Lorraine Keane, Robert Goodloe (Ghosts) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Rafael Kubelik, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 16, 1974.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Opening remarks and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) (7:08) ; Act 1, part 1 (65:59) -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 (26:25) -- CD 3. Act 2, part 1 (40:06) -- CD 4. Act 2, part 2 (53:44) -- CD 5. Act 3 (43:10) ; Closing remarks (Cross) (2:20) -- CD 6. Intermission 1, Opera news on the air (Edward Downes, host, discusses Berlioz and Les Troyens with Robert Lawrence, Patrick J. Smith, and David Stivender; Louise Sherman, pianist) (28:00) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) (10:20) ; Intermission 2, Opera news on the air (continued) (23:53) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) (4:23).

Call Number

*LDC 32137

OCLC

NYPG05-R26

Author

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.

Title

Les troyens [sound recording] : [opera in five acts, performed in three parts] / music and libretto by Hector Berlioz, after Virgil.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c1974.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 16, 1974.

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 16, 1974.

Cast

Shirley Verrett (Cassandra) ; Christa Ludwig (Dido) ; Jon Vickers (̓En̓ee) ; Kenneth Riegel (Iopas) ; Louis Quilico (Corèbe) ; John Macurdy (Narbal) ; Russell Christopher (A Trojan soldier) ; Jean Kraft (H̓ecube) ; William Lewis (H̓el̓enus) ; Felicia Montealegre (Andromaque) ; Douglas Grober (Astyanax) ; Judith Blegen (Ascagne) ; Richard T. Gill (Panth̓ee) ; Clifford Harvuot (Ghost of Hector) ; Mignon Dunn (Anna) ; Edmond Karlsrud (Mercure, Priam, & Ghost) ; Leo Goeke (Hylas) ; Andrij Dobriansky (First Trojan soldier) ; Richard Best (Second Trojan soldier) ; Maureen Smith (Polyxène) ; Lorraine Keane, Robert Goodloe (Ghosts) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Rafael Kubelik, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 16, 1974.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 38, no. 19 (Mar. 1974).

Language

Sung in French.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Virgil. Aeneis.

Verrett, Shirley. Performer

Ludwig, Christa. Performer

Vickers, Jon. Performer

Riegel, Kenneth. Performer

Quilico, Louis. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Yuscarán, Guillermo. Performer

Bernstein, Felicia. Performer

Grober, Douglas. Performer

Blegen, Judith. Performer

Gill, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1927-2010. Performer

Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer

Dunn, Mignon. Performer

Karlsrud, Edmond. Performer

Goeke, Leo. Performer

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Best, Richard, 1935- Performer

Smith, Maureen, singer

Keane, Lorraine. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Kubelík, Rafael, 1914-1996. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Smith, Patrick J., 1932- Commentator

Stivender, David. Commentator

Sherman, Louise. Performer

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32137