Research Catalog

Title

La Bohème : radio broadcast, 1993-01-02 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Robertson, Christopher (Baritone)
• Leech, Richard (Tenor)
• Robbins, Julien.
• Oswald, Mark.
• Capecchi, Renato.
• Mitchell, Leona.
• Derr, Meredith.
• Soviero, Diana, 1952-
• Young, Kenneth (Singer)
• Asch, David (Singer)
• Fiore, John.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Bonelli, Peter.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Levy, Marvin David.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (175 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 2, 1993]

Uniform Title

• Record collectors' roundtable (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 Italian.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:52:03 (synopses and features) ; 2:03:16 (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

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 2, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 710 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of acts I and II (Peter Allen) ; Act I ; Act II -- CD 2. Act III ; Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. Record collectors' roundtable (Thor Eckert Jr., host, with Christopher Purdy, Peter Bonelli and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Marvin David Levy, Terrence McNally and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of act IV (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 31778

OCLC

NYPG94-R331

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

La Bohème : radio broadcast, 1993-01-02 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.

Playing Time

005203 020316

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 2, 1993]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 2, 1993]

Performer

Christopher Robertson (Marcello) ; Richard Leech (Rodolfo) ; Julien Robbins (Colline) ; Mark Oswald (Schaunard) ; Renato Capecchi (Benoit, Alcindoro) ; Leona Mitchell (Mimi) ; Meredith Derr (Parpignol) ; Diana Soviero (Musetta) ; Kenneth Young (Customhouse Sergeant) ; David Asch (Customhouse Officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; John Fiore, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 8 (Jan. 2, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 2, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in June 1993, from borrowed masters (3 sound 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 710 (F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Robertson, Christopher (Baritone) Performer

Leech, Richard (Tenor) Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Oswald, Mark. Performer

Capecchi, Renato. Performer

Mitchell, Leona. Performer

Derr, Meredith. Performer

Soviero, Diana, 1952- Performer

Young, Kenneth (Singer) Performer

Asch, David (Singer) Performer

Fiore, John. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Bonelli, Peter. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Levy, Marvin David. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Record collectors' roundtable (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 31778 Service copy.

*LTCM 710 (F) Cassette copy. (Program notes on file.) Use Service copy in *LDC 31778.

*LT-10-A 1572 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31778.