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Les contes d'Hoffmann : opera in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue

Title
Les contes d'Hoffmann : radio broadcast, 1937-01-23 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue / Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Carré and Barbier.
Author
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Publication
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]

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Additional Authors
  • Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
  • Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
  • Bovy, Vina.
  • Petina, Irra, 1907-
  • Maison, René, 1895-1962.
  • Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960.
  • Bada, Angelo.
  • Gábor, Arnold, 1880-1950.
  • Rasely, George.
  • Engelman, Wilfred.
  • D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958.
  • Cordon, Norman.
  • Kaskas, Anna.
  • Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Davenport, Marcia, 1903-
  • Gray, Charles.
  • Liversage, Herbert.
  • 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
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] January 23, 1937.
Uniform Title
  • Contes d'Hoffmann
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Contes d'Hoffmann
Subject
Operas
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Subtitle from house program.
  • Durations: 50:51 (Announcements, synopses, and intermission feature) ; 2:21:23 (opera).
  • Compact discs.
  • House program on file in Music Division.
Performer (note)
  • Vina Bovy (Olympia, Giulietta, Antonia, Stella) ; Irra Petina (Nicklausse) ; René Maison (Hoffmann) ; Lawrence Tibbett (Lindorf, Coppélius, Dappertutto, Miracle) ; Angelo Bad̉a (Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz) ; Arnold Gabor (Luther) ; George Rasely (Nathanael) ; Wilfred Engelman (Hermann) ; Louis D'Angelo ((Spalanzani, Crespel) ; Norman Cordon (Schlemil) ; Anna Kaskas (Morher's voice) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Maurice Abravanel, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, January 23, 1937.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in French.
Contents
CD 1. Prologue ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Epilogue ; Closing remarks (Milton Cross) -- CD 4. Introduction (Cross) ; Marcia Davenport discusses Offenbach and Les Contes d'Hoffmann ; Synopsis of Prologue and Act 1 (Davenport) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Davenport) ; Intermission feature (Audio engineer Charles Gray and production director Herbert Liversage discuss how the operas are broadcast) ; Synopsis of Act 3 and Epilogue (Davenport).
Call Number
*LDC 32547
OCLC
NYPG05-R38
Author
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Title
Les contes d'Hoffmann : radio broadcast, 1937-01-23 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue / Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Carré and Barbier.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]
Series
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] January 23, 1937.
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] January 23, 1937.
Cast
Vina Bovy (Olympia, Giulietta, Antonia, Stella) ; Irra Petina (Nicklausse) ; René Maison (Hoffmann) ; Lawrence Tibbett (Lindorf, Coppélius, Dappertutto, Miracle) ; Angelo Bad̉a (Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz) ; Arnold Gabor (Luther) ; George Rasely (Nathanael) ; Wilfred Engelman (Hermann) ; Louis D'Angelo ((Spalanzani, Crespel) ; Norman Cordon (Schlemil) ; Anna Kaskas (Morher's voice) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Maurice Abravanel, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, January 23, 1937.
Language
Sung in French.
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Added Author
Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist
Bovy, Vina. Performer
Petina, Irra, 1907- Performer
Maison, René, 1895-1962. Performer
Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960. Performer
Bada, Angelo. Performer
Gábor, Arnold, 1880-1950. Performer
Rasely, George. Performer
Engelman, Wilfred. Performer
D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958. Performer
Cordon, Norman. Performer
Kaskas, Anna. Performer
Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Davenport, Marcia, 1903- Commentator
Gray, Charles. Commentator
Liversage, Herbert. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 32547
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