Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901
2. Carré, Michel, 1819-1872
3. Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822
4. Schicoff, Neil
5. Bradley, Gwendolyn
6. Troyanos, Tatiana
7. Alexander, Roberta
8. Morris, James, 1947-
9. Quittmeyer, Susan
10. Laciura, Anthony
11. Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994
12. Macurdy, John
13. Bean, Gweneth
14. Baker, Mark (Tenor)
15. Bernard, David
16. Meredith, Morley
17. Malas, Spiro
18. Andrey, Pauline
19. Dutoit, Charles
20. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
21. Te Kanawa, Kiri
22. Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019
23. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
24. Bonelli, Peter
25. Bernheimer, Martin
26. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
27. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 2, 1988]

Uniform title

1. Contes d'Hoffmann
2. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
3. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Contes d'Hoffmann

Subject

1. Operas.

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Peter Bonelli, M. Owne Lee and Martin Bernheimer) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).

Call number

1. *LDC 27343

Language

1. French

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:59:12 (synopses and features) ; 2:43:19 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
4. Compact discs.
5. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 2, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 519 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in French.

Author

1. Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.

Playing time

1. 005912 024319

Performer

1. Neil Schicoff (Hoffmann) ; Gwendolyn Bradley (Olympia) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Giulietta) ; Roberta Alexander (Antonia) ; James Morris (Lindorf, Coppélius, Dappertutto, Dr. Miracle) ; Susan Quittmeyer (Nicklausse, The Muse of Poetry) ; Anthony Laciura (Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz) ; Andrea Velis (Spalanzani) ; John Macurdy (Crespel) ; Gweneth Bean (Antonia's Mother) ; Mark Baker (Nathanael) ; David Bernard (Hermann) ; Spiro Malas (Luther) ; Morley Meredith (Schlemil) ; Pauline Andrey (Stella) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Charles Dutoit, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in Sept. 1991, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo, ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 52, no. 8 (Jan. 2, 1988).

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Research call number

1. *LDC 27343 Service copy.
2. *LTCM 519 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27343.