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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, 1940Metropolitan 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. LibrettistCarré, Michel, 1819-1872. LibrettistGoethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.Jepson, Helen, 1904-1997. PerformerCrooks, Richard, 1900-1972. PerformerPinza, Ezio. PerformerWarren, Leonard, 1911-1960. PerformerOlheim, Helen. PerformerVotipka, Thelma. PerformerEngelman, Wilfred. PerformerPelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorSwarthout, Gladys, 1904- CommentatorGoodrich, Wallace, 1871-1952. CommentatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).
- Added Title
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *LDC 32983