Research Catalog

Title

Adriana Lecouvreur : radio broadcast, 2009-02-21 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Francesco Cilèa ; libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvʹe.

Author

Cilèa, Francesco, 1866-1950.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2009]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Colautti, Arturo, 1851-1914.
• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Siff, Ira.
• Guleghina, Maria.
• Borodina, Olʹga.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Frontali, Roberto.
• Black, Jennifer (Soprano)
• Frutiger, Brian.
• Mavrovitis, Reveka.
• Cokorinos, Philip.
• Fitch, Bernard.
• Del Carlo, John.
• Turi, Joseph.
• Armiliato, Marco.
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• Ferrell, Carolyn.
• Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023
• Berger, William, 1961-
• Dessay, Natalie, 1965-
• Radvanovsky, Sondra.
• Flórez, Juan Diego, 1973-
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Ventre, Dick.
• Schubin, Mark.
• Racette, Patricia, 1967-
• Mapleson, Lionel S.
• Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
• Legouvé, Ernest, 1807-1903.
• 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] Feb. 21, 2009

Uniform Title

• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Singers' Roundtable (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 21, 2009.

Subjects

• Operas
• Mass media and music

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, Feb. 21, 2009.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Act 1 ; Synopsis of act 2 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 [beginning] -- CD 2. Act 2 [conclusion] ; Met Cameo (Mary Jo Heath interviews technical assistant, Carolyn Ferrell) ; Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Singers' Roundtable (Renata Scotto, host, with William Berger, Natalie Dessay, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Juan Diego Flórez) ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews Paul Plishka about Philip's aria from act 4 of Verdi's Don Carlo) ; synopsis of act 3 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 3 ; Met Cameo (Mary Jo Heath interviews scenic artist Dick Ventre) ; Excerpt from Margaret Juntwait's interview with Plácido Domingo ; Met at 125 feature (Mary Jo Heath discusses with Mark Schubin how the Met has always been at the forefront of embracing new technologies to bring opera to a wider audience, beginning with Lionel Mapleson's wax cylinders in 1900, continuing with radio and television broadcasts, and finally today's HDTV telecasts and webcasts) ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews Patricia Racette) [beginning] -- CD 3. Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews Patricia Racette) [conclusion] ; synopsis of act 4 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 4 ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 47787

OCLC

501967448

Author

Cilèa, Francesco, 1866-1950.

Title

Adriana Lecouvreur : radio broadcast, 2009-02-21 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Francesco Cilèa ; libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvʹe.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2009]

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 21, 2009

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 21, 2009.

Performer

Maria Guleghina (Adriana Lecouvreur) ; Olga Borodina (Princess de Bouillon) ; Plácido Domingo (Maurizio) ; Roberto Frontali (Michonnet) ; Jennifer Black (Mlle. Jouvenot) ; Brian Frutiger (Poisson) ; Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis (Mlle. Dangeville) ; Philip Cokorinos (Quinault) ; Bernard Fitch (Abbé de Chazeuil) ; John Del Carlo (Prince de Bouillon) ; Joseph Turi (Major-Domo) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Marco Armiliato, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 73, no. 8 (Feb. 2009).

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 21, 2009.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Colautti, Arturo, 1851-1914. Librettist

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Guleghina, Maria. Performer

Borodina, Olʹga. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer. Interviewee

Frontali, Roberto. Performer

Black, Jennifer (Soprano) Performer

Frutiger, Brian. Performer

Mavrovitis, Reveka. Performer

Cokorinos, Philip. Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Del Carlo, John. Performer

Turi, Joseph. Performer

Armiliato, Marco. Conductor

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Commentator

Ferrell, Carolyn. Interviewee

Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023, host.

Berger, William, 1961- Commentator

Dessay, Natalie, 1965- Commentator

Radvanovsky, Sondra. Commentator

Flórez, Juan Diego, 1973- Commentator

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Interviewee

Ventre, Dick. Interviewee

Schubin, Mark. Commentator

Racette, Patricia, 1967- Interviewee

Mapleson, Lionel S. Associated name

Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861. Adrienne Lecouvreur.

Legouvé, Ernest, 1807-1903. Adrienne Lecouvreur.

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

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

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera Singers' Roundtable (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 47787