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Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in two acts

Title
Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Additional Authors
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
  • Bybee, Ariel.
  • Carlson, Lenus.
  • Courtney, James, 1946-
  • Darrenkamp, John.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Dvorský, Peter, 1951-
  • Fiedler, Johanna.
  • Fulton, Thomas.
  • Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
  • Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
  • Kesling, Diane.
  • Masiello, Alberta.
  • Meredith, Morley.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
  • Myers, Alexander.
  • Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
  • Pfeiffer, John, 1920-
  • Scotto, Renata, 1934-
  • Steff, Dennis.
Description
3 sound cassettes (171 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 17, 1987]
Uniform Title
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Subject
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:28:44 (synopses and features) ; 1:43:01 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news,
Performer (note)
  • Peter Dvorsky (B.F. Pinkerton) ; Charles Anthony (Goro) ; Ariel Bybee (Suzuki) ; Lenus Carlson (U.S. Consul Sharpless) ; Renata Scotto (Cio-Cio-San) ; James Courtney (Imperial Commissary) ; Dennis Steff (The Registrar) ; Morley Meredith (The Uncle-Priest) ; John Darrenkamp (Yamadori) ; Diane Kesling (Kate Pinkerton) ; Alexander Myers (Cio-Cio-San's Child) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Fulton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 17, 1987.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 502 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Johanna Fiedler, Alberta Masiello John Pfeiffer) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Act 1 through "Ieri son salita tutta sola" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Spoglio è l'orto" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).
Call Number
*LTCM 502 (F)
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Title
Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
Playing Time
002844 014301
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 17, 1987]
Cast
Peter Dvorsky (B.F. Pinkerton) ; Charles Anthony (Goro) ; Ariel Bybee (Suzuki) ; Lenus Carlson (U.S. Consul Sharpless) ; Renata Scotto (Cio-Cio-San) ; James Courtney (Imperial Commissary) ; Dennis Steff (The Registrar) ; Morley Meredith (The Uncle-Priest) ; John Darrenkamp (Yamadori) ; Diane Kesling (Kate Pinkerton) ; Alexander Myers (Cio-Cio-San's Child) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Fulton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 51, no. 9 (Jan. 17, 1987).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 17, 1987.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 502 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist
Dvorský, Peter, 1951- Performer
Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
Bybee, Ariel. Performer
Carlson, Lenus. Performer
Scotto, Renata, 1934- Performer
Courtney, James, 1946- performer
Steff, Dennis. Performer
Meredith, Morley. Performer
Darrenkamp, John. Performer
Kesling, Diane. Performer
Myers, Alexander. Performer
Fulton, Thomas. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Fiedler, Johanna. Commentator
Masiello, Alberta. Performer
Pfeiffer, John, 1920- Performer
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 502 (F) (Production notes in listening room).
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