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Les contes d'Hoffmann

Title: Les contes d'Hoffmann / Offenbach.
Author: Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
Publication: New York, NY : Sony Classical, [2011]

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Description

1 online resource (1 sound file)

Summary

Pierre Monteux, a master of French repertoire, conducts in this 1955 performance of Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffman. This Metropolitan Opera production features an all-star cast that includes Rise Stevens, Richard Tucker, Roberta Peters, and Lucine Amara.

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.
Streaming audio.

Note

Opera in a prologue, three acts and an epilogue.
Libretto by Jules Barbier based on the play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (based on stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann).

Language (note)

Sung in French.

LCCN

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OCLC

931997582

Author

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880, composer.

Title

Les contes d'Hoffmann / Offenbach.

Publisher

New York, NY : Sony Classical, [2011]

Type of Content

performed music

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

audio file

Performer

Roberta Peters, Lucine Amara, sopranos ; Risë Stevens, Mildred Miller, Sandra Warfield, mezzo-sopranos ; Richard Tucker, Paul Franke, Alessio DePaolis, James McCracken, tenors ; Martial Singher, George Cehanovsky, Calvin Marsh, Clifford Harvuot, baritones ; Norman Scott, bass ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Pierre Monteux, conductor.

Event

Recorded live 1955 December 3 Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

Language

Sung in French.

Source of description

Hard copy version record.

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Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, author, librettist.

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, author.

Peters, Roberta, 1930- singer.

Amara, Lucine, singer.

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, singer.

Miller, Mildred, 1924- singer.

Warfield, Sandra, singer.

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975, singer.

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011, singer.

De Paolis, Alessio, singer.

McCracken, James, 1926-1988, singer.

Singher, Martial, singer.

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986, singer.

Marsh, Calvin, singer.

Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990, singer.

Scott, Norman, 1921-1968, singer.

Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964, conductor.

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

Other Form:

Source record: Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffmann. [S.l.] : Sony Classical ; New York, NY : Distriubted by Sony Music Entertainment, [2011] (OCoLC)760068342

Other Standard Identifier

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Publisher No.

886443147508 Sony Classical

Branch Call Number

eNYPL Music

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