Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Blau, Edouard, 1836-1906.
2. Hartmann, Georges, -1900.
3. Millet, Paul, 1858-
4. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
5. Capecchi, Renato
6. Courtney, James, 1946-
7. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
8. Upshaw, Dawn
9. Wilson, Neil, 1959-
10. Kuhlmann, Kathleen
11. Morrison, H. Ray
12. Bush, Sandra
13. Weikl, Bernd
14. Fournet, Jean
15. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
16. Norman, Jessye
17. Goldovsky, Boris
18. Downes, Edward, 1911-
19. Brown, Stephen A.
20. Bernheimer, Martin
21. Weaver, William, 1923-2013
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
23. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 3 sound discs (197 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 18, 1989]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Opening remarks (Peter Allen) ; Synopsis of Act I ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Stephen A. Brown, Martin Bernheimer and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of Act III (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 549 (F)

Note

1. Sung in French.
2. Durations: 0:59:01 (synopses and features) ; 2:18:25 (opera).
3. Compact discs.
4. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (under classmark: *LTCM 549 F)).
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, Mar. 18, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 549 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera ;

Author

1. Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.

Title

1. Werther [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Jules Massenet ; libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann, after the novel by Goethe.

Playing time

1. 005901 021825

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 18, 1989]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 18, 1989]

Performer

1. Renato Capecchi (Justice of the Peace) ; James Courtney (Johann) ; Charles Anthony (Schmidt) ; Dawn Upshaw (Sophie) ; Neil Wilson (Werther) ; Kathleen Kuhlmann (Charlotte) ; Ray Morrison (Brühlmann) ; Sandra Bush (Käthchen) ; Bernd Weikl (Albert) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Jean Fournet, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 53, no. 13 (Mar. 18, 1989).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 18, 1989.

Original version

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

Reproduction

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 549 (F)

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Blau, Edouard, 1836-1906. Librettist
2. Hartmann, Georges, -1900. Librettist
3. Millet, Paul, 1858- Librettist
4. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Leiden des jungen Werthers.
5. Capecchi, Renato. Performer
6. Courtney, James, 1946- performer
7. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
8. Upshaw, Dawn. Performer
9. Wilson, Neil, 1959- Performer
10. Kuhlmann, Kathleen. Performer
11. Morrison, H. Ray. Performer
12. Bush, Sandra. Performer
13. Weikl, Bernd. Performer
14. Fournet, Jean. Conductor
15. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
16. Norman, Jessye. Commentator
17. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
18. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
19. Brown, Stephen A. Commentator
20. Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator
21. Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 549 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31945.
2. *LDC 31945 Service copy.