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Dialogues of the Carmelites opera in two acts

Title: Dialogues of the Carmelites [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music and libretto by Francis Poulenc from the play by Georges Bernanos ; English translation by Joseph Machlis.
Author: Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963.

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Description

3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 5, 1977

Uniform Title

Dialogues des Carmélites. English
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Dialogues des Carmélites.

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Title from house program.
Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file.

Event (note)

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 5, 1977.

Language (note)

Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction (Peter Allen) ; Pre-curtain feature: Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky gives a dramatic and musical analysis of Dialogues of the Carmelites) ; Synopsis of Act 1 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions John Coveney, Terry McEwen, Richard Mohr, and George Movshon) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1, part 1 -- side 4. Act 1, part 2 -- side 5. Act 2, part 1, -- side 6. Act 2, part 2.

Call Number

*LTCM 813

OCLC

NYPG06-R58

Author

Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963.

Title

Dialogues of the Carmelites [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music and libretto by Francis Poulenc from the play by Georges Bernanos ; English translation by Joseph Machlis.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 5, 1977

Performer

Maria Ewing (Blanche de la Force) ; Shirley Verrett (Madame Lidoine) ; Régine Crespin (Madame de Croissy) ; Mignon Dunn (Mother Marie) ; Betsy Norden (Sister Constance) ; Raymond Gibbs (The Chevalier de la Force) ; William Dooley (The Marquis de la Force) ; Jon Garrison (The Chaplain) ; Batyah Godfrey (Sister Mathilde) ; Jean Kraft (Mother Jeanne) ; Nico Castel (Thierry) ; Gene Boucher (M. Javelinot) ; Charles Anthony (First Commissioner) ; Russell Christopher (Second Commisoner) ; Richard Best (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra : Michel Plasson, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 5, 1977.

Original Version

Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in 1982 from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Bernanos, Georges, 1888-1948. Dialogues des Carmélites.

Machlis, Joseph, 1906-1998. Translator

Ewing, Maria. Performer

Verrett, Shirley. Performer

Crespin, Régine. Performer

Dunn, Mignon. Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Gibbs, Raymond. Performer

Dooley, William. Performer

Garrison, Jon. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Best, Richard, 1935- Performer

Plasson, Michel. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Performer

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Movshon, George. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 813 Notes on file.

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