Research Catalog

Title

Iphigénie en Tauride : radio broadcast, 2007-12-08 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck ; libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard, after the play by Guymond de la Touche, based on Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides.

Author

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2007]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Guillard, Nicolas François, 1752-1814.
• Guimond de la Touche, Claude, 1723-1760.
• Euripides
• Graham, Susan, 1960-
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Groves, Paul (Tenor)
• Shimell, William
• Losier, Michèle
• Oropesa, Lisette
• Cooke, Sasha
• Won, David
• Antaramian, Jacqueline
• Capri, Mark
• Langrée, Louis
• Juntwait, Margaret
• Siff, Ira
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• Park, Elena
• Wadsworth, Stephen
• Gelb, Peter
• Lewin, Naomi
• Scime, Lena
• Te Kanawa, Kiri
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

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

Series Statement

• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 8, 2007

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 8, 2007.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff (includes brief interview with Susan Graham)) ; synopsis of acts 1-2 (Juntwait & Siff) ; Acts 1-2 ; Backstage pass (Mary Jo Heath interviews Plácido Domingo) ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews usher, Lena Scime) ; Backstage pass (Mary Jo Heath interviews Louis Langrée [incomplete]) -- CD 2. Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews usher, Lena Scime) ; Backstage pass (Mary Jo Heath interviews Louis Langrée [complete]) ; Elena Park discusses Gluck opera with Steven Wadsworth, Susan Graham, and Louis Langrée ; Juntwait interviews Peter Gelb ; Met memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews Kiri Te Kanawa) ; synopsis of acts 3-4 (Juntwait & Siff) ; Acts 3-4 ; Closing remarks (Juntwait & Siff [incomplete]) -- CD 3. Closing remarks (Juntwait & Siff [complete]).

Call Number

*LDC 46555

OCLC

276781480

Author

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.

Title

Iphigénie en Tauride : radio broadcast, 2007-12-08 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck ; libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard, after the play by Guymond de la Touche, based on Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2007]

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 8, 2007

Performer

Susan Graham (Iphigénie) ; Plácido Domingo (Orest) ; Paul Groves (Pylade) ; William Shimelll (Thoas) ; Michèle Losier (Diane) ; Lisette Oropesa (First priestess) ; Sasha Cooke (Second priestess) ; David Won (A minister, a Scythian) ; Jacqueline Antaramian (Clytemnestra) ; Mark Capri (Agamemnon) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Louis Langrée, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 72, no. 6 (Dec. 2007).

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 8, 2007.

Language

Sung in French.

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Added Author

Guillard, Nicolas François, 1752-1814. Librettist

Guimond de la Touche, Claude, 1723-1760. Iphigénie en Tauride.

Euripides. Iphigenia in Tauris.

Graham, Susan, 1960- Performer. Interviewee

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer. Interviewee

Groves, Paul (Tenor) Performer

Shimell, William. Performer

Losier, Michèle. Performer

Oropesa, Lisette. Performer

Cooke, Sasha. Performer

Won, David. Performer

Antaramian, Jacqueline. Performer

Capri, Mark. Performer

Langrée, Louis. Conductor. Interviewee

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Interviewer

Park, Elena. Commentator

Wadsworth, Stephen. Commentator

Gelb, Peter. Interviewee

Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer

Scime, Lena. Interviewee

Te Kanawa, Kiri. Interviewee

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 46555