Research Catalog

Title

La rondine : radio broadcast, 2009-01-10 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami, after A.M. Willner and Heinz Reichert.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946.
• Willner, Alfred Maria.
• Reichert, Heinz.
• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Siff, Ira.
• Gheorghiu, Angela.
• Oropesa, Lisette.
• Alagna, Roberto.
• Brenciu, Marius.
• Ramey, Samuel.
• Yunus, Monica.
• Cambridge, Alyson.
• DeShong, Elizabeth.
• Won, David.
• Crawford, David, 1978-
• Stevenson, Tony (Tenor)
• Emerson, Ashley.
• Nonnemacher, Anne.
• Oswald, Belinda.
• Newland, Alexandra.
• Singleton, Marty.
• Hendrix, Jason.
• Andrews, Roger.
• Armiliato, Marco.
• Fleming, Renée.
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• Tobleman, Lisa.
• Plotkin, Fred.
• Puccini, Simonetta.
• DiDonato, Joyce
• Lewin, Naomi.
• Sohmer, Bill.
• 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; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 10, 2009

Uniform Title

• Rondine
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 10, 2009.

Alternative Title

Rondine

Subjects

• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
• Operas
• African American singers
• African Americans in the performing arts
• Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993

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, Jan. 10, 2009.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Peter Gelb annouces that Angela Gheorghiu has a cold but will sing anyway ; Act 1 ; commentary and synopsis of act 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 [beginning] -- CD 2. Act 2 [conclusion] ; Renée Fleming interviews Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews opera fan, Lisa Tobleman) ; Fred Plotkin interviews Simonetta Puccini about her grandfather ; Margaret Juntwait interviews mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato ; Met at 125 feature on African-American singers with Mary Jo Heath (beginning with the groundbreaking role of contralto, Marian Anderson, the first African-American to sing at the Met, and featuring commentary and sound clips by Martina Arroyo, Mattawilda Dobbs, Kathleen Battle, Simon Estes, Eric Owens, Jessye Norman, and Leontyne Price) ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews scenery painter, Bill Sohmer) ; synopsis of act 3 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 3 [beginning] -- CD 3. Act 3 [conclusion] ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 47781

OCLC

496820932

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

La rondine : radio broadcast, 2009-01-10 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami, after A.M. Willner and Heinz Reichert.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2009.

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 10, 2009

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 10, 2009.

Performer

Angela Gheorghiu (Magda) ; Lisette Oropesa (Lisette) ; Roberto Alagna (Ruggero) ; Marius Brenciu (Prunier) ; Samuel Ramey (Rambaldo) ; Monica Yunus (Yvette) ; Alyson Cambridge (Bianca) ; Elizabeth DeShong (Suzy) ; David Won (Perichaud) ; David Crawford (Crebillon) ; Tony Stevenson (Gobin) ; Ashley Emerson (Singer) ; Ann Nonnemacher (Georgette) ; Belinda Oswald (Gabrielle) ; Alexandra Newland (Lolette) ; Marty Singleton (Adolf) ; Jason Hendrix (Rabonnier) : Roger Andrews (Butler) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Marco Armiliato, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 73, no. 7 (Jan. 2009).

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 10, 2009.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946. Librettist

Willner, Alfred Maria. Librettist

Reichert, Heinz. Librettist

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Gheorghiu, Angela. Performer. Interviewee

Oropesa, Lisette. Performer

Alagna, Roberto. Performer. Interviewee

Brenciu, Marius. Performer

Ramey, Samuel. Performer

Yunus, Monica. Performer

Cambridge, Alyson. Performer

DeShong, Elizabeth. Performer

Won, David. Performer

Crawford, David, 1978- Performer

Stevenson, Tony (Tenor) Performer

Emerson, Ashley. Performer

Nonnemacher, Anne. Performer

Oswald, Belinda. Performer

Newland, Alexandra. Performer

Singleton, Marty. Performer

Hendrix, Jason. Performer

Andrews, Roger. Performer

Armiliato, Marco. Conductor

Fleming, Renée. Interviewer

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Commentator

Tobleman, Lisa. Interviewee

Plotkin, Fred. Interviewer

Puccini, Simonetta. Interviewee

DiDonato, Joyce, interviewee.

Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer

Sohmer, Bill. 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 47781