Research Catalog

Title

Pelléas et Mélisande [sound recording] : opera in five acts / music by Claude Debussy, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Author

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949.
• Upshaw, Dawn
• Denize, Nadine
• Croft, Dwayne
• White, Willard
• Lloyd, Robert, 1940-
• Danner, James
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Walker, Alfred (Bass)
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Marx, Robert
• Ellison, Cori
• Ardoin, John
• Lamos, Mark
• Livingstone, William
• Abbate, Carolyn
• Jenkins, Speight
• Wagner, Alan, 1931-2007.
• 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

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 8, 2000
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 8, 2000.

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• Disc 1 (marked Act 1) contains Acts 1 & 2; disc 2 (marked Act 2) contains Act 3, and disc 3 (marked Act 3) contains Acts 4 & 5.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 8, 2000.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Act I [& II] ; Closing comments on Act II -- CD 2. Act II [i.e. Act III] ; Closing comments on Act III -- CD 3. Act III [i.e. Act IV & V] -- CD 4. Introduction and synopsis of Act I (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Roundtable: "Time, Place and Action: Stage Directors and Opera" Robert Marx, host, with Cori Ellison, John Ardoin, and Mark Lamos) ; Synopsis of Act III (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (William Livingstone questions Carolyn Abbate, Speight Jenkins, and Alan Wagner) ; Synopsis of Act IV (Allen) ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 32114

OCLC

NYPG05-R10507

Author

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.

Title

Pelléas et Mélisande [sound recording] : opera in five acts / music by Claude Debussy, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 8, 2000

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 8, 2000.

Performer

Dawn Upshaw (M?lisande) ; Nadine Denize (Genevi?ve) ; Dwayne Croft (Pell?as) ; Willard White (Golaud) ; Robert Lloyd (King Arkel) ; James Danner (Yniold) ; Richard Vernon (a shepherd) ; Alfred Walker (a physician) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 8, 2000.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 64, no. 10 (Apr. 2000)

Language

Sung in French.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949. Pelléas et Mélisande.

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Denize, Nadine. Performer

Croft, Dwayne. Performer

White, Willard. Performer

Lloyd, Robert, 1940- Performer

Danner, James. Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Walker, Alfred (Bass) Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Marx, Robert. Commentator

Ellison, Cori. Commentator

Ardoin, John. Commentator

Lamos, Mark. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Abbate, Carolyn. Commentator

Jenkins, Speight. Commentator

Wagner, Alan, 1931-2007. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32114