Research Catalog

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Part I of Goethe's drama.

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Publication

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

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
• Jepson, Helen, 1904-1997.
• Crooks, Richard, 1900-1972.
• Pinza, Ezio
• Bonelli, Richard
• Olheim, Helen
• Bourskaya, Ina
• Engelman, Wilfred
• Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Davenport, Marcia, 1903-
• Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943.
• 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 20, 1937.

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 38:38 (Announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:35:19 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

• Helen Jepson (Marguerite) ; Richard Crooks (Faust) ; Ezio Pinza (Méphistophélès) ; Richard Bonelli (Valentin) ; Helen Olheim (Siebel) ; Ina Bourskaya (Marthe) ; Wilfred Engelman (Wagner) ; 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 20, 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 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. First intermission feature (Marcia Davenport discusses Faust and the great singers who sang it at the Metropolitan Opera) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Second intermission feature (Dr. William Lyon Phelpsoffers personal reflections on the Faust legend in the theatre and opera) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Third intermission feature (Marcia Davenport discusses the early history of the Metropolitan Opera House and its construction) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 32540

OCLC

NYPG05-R46

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Part I of Goethe's drama.

Imprint

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

Series

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 20, 1937.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 20, 1937.

Cast

Helen Jepson (Marguerite) ; Richard Crooks (Faust) ; Ezio Pinza (Méphistophélès) ; Richard Bonelli (Valentin) ; Helen Olheim (Siebel) ; Ina Bourskaya (Marthe) ; Wilfred Engelman (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 20, 1937.

Language

Sung in French.

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Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.

Jepson, Helen, 1904-1997. Performer

Crooks, Richard, 1900-1972. Performer

Pinza, Ezio. Performer

Bonelli, Richard. Performer

Olheim, Helen. Performer

Bourskaya, Ina. Performer

Engelman, Wilfred. Performer

Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Davenport, Marcia, 1903- Commentator

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32540