Research Catalog

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré.

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Leech, Richard (Tenor)
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Quilico, Gino.
• Quittmeyer, Susan.
• Soviero, Diana.
• Christin, Judith.
• Fulton, Thomas.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013.
• Callas, Maria, 1923-1977.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (213 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 5, 1991]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Met moments (Radio program)
• Record collectors' roundtable (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:50:56 (synopses and features) ; 2:42:12 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Richard Leech (Faust) ; James Morris (Méphistophélès) ; James Courtney (Wagner) ; Gino Quilico (Valentin) ; Susan Quittmeyer (Siébel) ; Diana Soviero (Marguerite) ; Judith Christin (Marthe) ; 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. 5, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 581 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

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 (Richard Mohr, host, with Sherrill Milnes) ; Met Moments (William Weaver, host, with Maria Callas) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Record collectors' roundtable (Edward Downes, host, with Thor Eckert Jr., Albert Innaurato and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 29118

OCLC

NYPG92-R919

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Composer

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré.

Playing Time

005056 024212

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 5, 1991]

Cast

Richard Leech (Faust) ; James Morris (Méphistophélès) ; James Courtney (Wagner) ; Gino Quilico (Valentin) ; Susan Quittmeyer (Siébel) ; Diana Soviero (Marguerite) ; Judith Christin (Marthe) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Fulton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 55, no. 8 (Jan. 5, 1991).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 5, 1991.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 581 (F)

Language

Sung in French.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Leech, Richard (Tenor) Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- Performer

Quilico, Gino. Performer

Quittmeyer, Susan. Performer

Soviero, Diana. Performer

Christin, Judith. Performer

Fulton, Thomas. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Milnes, Sherrill. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013. Commentator

Callas, Maria, 1923-1977. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Record collectors' roundtable (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 29118 Service copy.

*LTCM 581 (f) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) User service copy in *LDC 29118.