Research Catalog

Title

Carmen (Incomplete) : radio broadcast, 1944-05-06 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée.

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2002]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
• Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
• Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
• Djanel, Lily
• Albanese, Licia
• Jobin, Raoul
• Valentino, Frank
• Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
• Baker, John, 1911-
• Votipka, Thelma
• Browning, Lucielle
• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• De Paolis, Alessio
• Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

2 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] May 6, 1944.

Uniform Title

• Carmen. Selections
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

• Carmen.
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas > Excerpts

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 2:10 (Synopsis of Act 3) ; 1:32:40 (Opera, Acts 1 and 3).
• Only Acts 1 and 3 from this performance recorded.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

• Lily Djanel (Carmen) ; Licia Albanese (Micaela) ; Raoul Jobin (Don José) ; Frank Valentino (Escamillo) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Zuniga) ; John Baker (Morales) ; Thelma Votipka (Frasquita) ; Lucielle Browning (Mercedes) ; George Cehanovsky (Danca̋iro) ; Alessio De Paolis (Remendado) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from Cleveland, Ohio, May 6, 1944.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Star-spangled banner ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Synopsis of Act 3 (Milton Cross) ; Act 3.

Call Number

*LDC 32708

OCLC

NYPG05-R73

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

Title

Carmen (Incomplete) : radio broadcast, 1944-05-06 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2002]

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] May 6, 1944.

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] May 6, 1944.

Cast

Lily Djanel (Carmen) ; Licia Albanese (Micaela) ; Raoul Jobin (Don José) ; Frank Valentino (Escamillo) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Zuniga) ; John Baker (Morales) ; Thelma Votipka (Frasquita) ; Lucielle Browning (Mercedes) ; George Cehanovsky (Danca̋iro) ; Alessio De Paolis (Remendado) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from Cleveland, Ohio, May 6, 1944.

Language

Sung in French.

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Added Author

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908. Librettist

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. Carmen. Spanish.

Djanel, Lily. Performer

Albanese, Licia. Performer

Jobin, Raoul. Performer

Valentino, Frank. Performer

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer

Baker, John, 1911- Performer

Votipka, Thelma. Performer

Browning, Lucielle. Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

De Paolis, Alessio. Performer

Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32708