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Faust : opera in four acts

Title
Faust : radio broadcast, 1940-04-06 [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.

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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
  • Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
  • Olheim, Helen
  • Votipka, Thelma
  • Engelman, Wilfred
  • Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Swarthout, Gladys, 1904-
  • Goodrich, Wallace, 1871-1952.
  • 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] April 6, 1940
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] April 6, 1940.
Uniform Title
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Subtitle from house program.
  • Compact discs.
  • Durations: 1:00:35 (Announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:33:23 (opera).
  • House program on file in Music Division.
Performer (note)
  • Helen Jepson (Marguerite) ; Richard Crooks (Faust) ; Ezio Pinza (Méphistophélès) ; Leonard Warren (Valentin) ; Helen Olheim (Siebel) ; Thelma Votipka (Marthe) ; Wilfred Engelman (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast during the Met's spring tour, from the Boston Opera House, Boston, Mass. April 6, 1940.
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 (Metropolitan Opera Fund update ; Synopsis of Act 2 ; Short biographical sketch of Ezio Pinza (Cross)) ; Second intermission feature (Gladys Swarthout gives her views on the critical situation of the Met) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Third intermission feature (New England Conservatory director Wallace Goodrich speaks about the Met ; Richard Crooks speaks from his dressing room about the broadcasts and the Metropolitan Opera Fund) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross).
Call Number
*LDC 32983
OCLC
NYPG06-R105
Author
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Title
Faust : radio broadcast, 1940-04-06 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Part I of Goethe's drama.
Series
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] April 6, 1940
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] April 6, 1940.
Cast
Helen Jepson (Marguerite) ; Richard Crooks (Faust) ; Ezio Pinza (Méphistophélès) ; Leonard Warren (Valentin) ; Helen Olheim (Siebel) ; Thelma Votipka (Marthe) ; Wilfred Engelman (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event
Live broadcast during the Met's spring tour, from the Boston Opera House, Boston, Mass. April 6, 1940.
Language
Sung in French.
Source
Gift; Metropolitan Opera; May, 2003.
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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
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer
Olheim, Helen. Performer
Votipka, Thelma. Performer
Engelman, Wilfred. Performer
Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Swarthout, Gladys, 1904- Commentator
Goodrich, Wallace, 1871-1952. 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 32983
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