Research Catalog

Title

Madame Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Leech, Richard (Tenor)
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Deng, Yun.
• Allen, Thomas, 1944-
• Soviero, Diana.
• Aceto, Raymond.
• Williams, Dennis.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Schaldenbrand, Christopher.
• Hoffman, Wendy.
• Fagiano, Rachel Emily.
• Fulton, Thomas.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Fiedler, Johanna.
• Smith, Patrick J., 1932-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (180 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 8, 1994]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 0:32:14 (synopses and features) ; 2:27:34 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 732 (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, Jan. 8, 1994.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 732 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Johanna Fiedler, Albert Innaurato and Patrick J. Smith) ; Synopsis of Acts 2 and 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33906

OCLC

NYPG95-R609

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Composer

Title

Madame Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Playing Time

003214 022734

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 8, 1994]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 8, 1994]

Performer

Richard Leech (B.F. Pinkerton) ; Charles Anthony (Goro) ; Yun Deng (Suzuki) ; Thomas Allen (U.S. Consul Sharpless) ; Diana Soviero (Cio-Cio-San) ; Raymond Aceto (Imperial Commissary) ; Dennis Williams (The Registrar) ; James Courtney (The Uncle-Priest) ; Christopher Schaldenbrand (Yamadori) ; Wendy Hoffman (Kate Pinkerton) ; Rachel Emily Fagiano (Cio-Cio-San's child) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Fulton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 58, no. 8 (Jan. 8, 1994).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 8, 1994.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1995, from borrowed masters (2 tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 732 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Leech, Richard (Tenor) Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Deng, Yun. Performer

Allen, Thomas, 1944- Performer

Soviero, Diana. Performer

Aceto, Raymond. Performer

Williams, Dennis. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- Performer

Schaldenbrand, Christopher. Performer

Hoffman, Wendy. Performer

Fagiano, Rachel Emily. Performer

Fulton, Thomas. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Fiedler, Johanna. Commentator

Smith, Patrick J., 1932- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33906 Service copy.

*LT-10-A 1585 Master tape. Request service copy in *LDC 33906.

*LTCM 732 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 33906.