Research Catalog

Title

Mignon [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Ambroise Thomas ; libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier.

Author

Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Swarthout, Gladys, 1904-
• Antoine, Josephine.
• Olheim, Helen.
• Hackett, Charles, 1889-1942.
• Pinza, Ezio.
• Bada, Angelo.
• Cordon, Norman.
• Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Davenport, Marcia, 1903-
• 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] March 13, 1937.

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 31:26 (Announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:28:08 (Opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

• Gladys Swarthout (Mignon) ; Josephine Antoine (Philine) ; Helen Olheim (Frédéric) ; Charles Hackett (Wilhelm) ; Ezio Pinza (Lothario) ; Angelo Badà (Laërte) ; Norman Cordon (Jarno, Antonio) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 13, 1937.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and Synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. First intermission (Marcia Davenport discusses Mignon) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Second intermission (Marcia Davenport discusses American singers in opera) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 32541

OCLC

NYPG05-R47

Author

Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896.

Title

Mignon [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Ambroise Thomas ; libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]

Series

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 13, 1937.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 13, 1937.

Cast

Gladys Swarthout (Mignon) ; Josephine Antoine (Philine) ; Helen Olheim (Frédéric) ; Charles Hackett (Wilhelm) ; Ezio Pinza (Lothario) ; Angelo Badà (Laërte) ; Norman Cordon (Jarno, Antonio) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 13, 1937.

Language

Sung in French.

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Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Swarthout, Gladys, 1904- Performer

Antoine, Josephine. Performer

Olheim, Helen. Performer

Hackett, Charles, 1889-1942. Performer

Pinza, Ezio. Performer

Bada, Angelo. Performer

Cordon, Norman. Performer

Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Davenport, Marcia, 1903- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32541