Research Catalog

Title

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.

Author

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Blau, Edouard, 1836-1906.
• Hartmann, Georges, -1900.
• Millet, Paul, 1858-
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
• Capecchi, Renato.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Wilson, Neil, 1959-
• Kuhlmann, Kathleen.
• Morrison, H. Ray.
• Bush, Sandra.
• Weikl, Bernd.
• Fournet, Jean.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Norman, Jessye.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Brown, Stephen A.
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

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

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

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

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

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

Reproduction (note)

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

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera ;

Contents

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

*LTCM 549 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R76

Author

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.

Title

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

005901 021825

Series

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

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

Performer

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:

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

Event

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

Original Version

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

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

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Blau, Edouard, 1836-1906. Librettist

Hartmann, Georges, -1900. Librettist

Millet, Paul, 1858- Librettist

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Leiden des jungen Werthers.

Capecchi, Renato. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Wilson, Neil, 1959- Performer

Kuhlmann, Kathleen. Performer

Morrison, H. Ray. Performer

Bush, Sandra. Performer

Weikl, Bernd. Performer

Fournet, Jean. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Norman, Jessye. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Brown, Stephen A. Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

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

*LDC 31945 Service copy.