Research Catalog

Title

La fanciulla del West [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, after the play by David Belasco.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Civinini, G. (Guelfo), 1873-1954.
• Zangarini, Carlo.
• Belasco, David, 1853-1931.
• Daniels, Barbara, 1946-
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Robbins, Julien.
• Josephson, Kim.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Fitch, Bernard.
• Forest, Michael.
• Short, Kevin.
• Croft, Dwayne.
• Tian, Haojiang, 1955-
• Kelly, Sondra.
• Yannissis, Yanni.
• Hartman, Vernon.
• Best, Michael.
• Slatkin, Leonard.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Franzen, Don.
• Hamilton, Stuart.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 11, 1992]

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

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:55:43 (synopses and features) ; 2:21:27 (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, Apr. 11, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 615 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Albert Innaurato) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Martin Bernheimer, Donald Franzen and Stuart Hamilton) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 30395

OCLC

NYPG92-R1422

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Composer

Title

La fanciulla del West [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, after the play by David Belasco.

Playing Time

005543 022127

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 11, 1992]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 11, 1992]

Performer

Barbara Daniels (Minnie) ; Sherrill Milnes (Jack Rance) ; Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson) ; Anthony Laciura (Nick) ; Julien Robbins (Ashby) ; Kim Josephson (Sonora) ; Charles Anthony (Trin) ; James Courtney (Sid) ; Richard Vernon (Bello) ; Bernard Fitch (Harry) ; Michael Forest (Joe) ; Kevin Short (Happy) ; Dwayne Croft (Jim Larkens) ; Hao Jiang Tian (Billy Jackrabbit) ; Sondra Kelly (Wowkle) ; Yanni Yannissis (Jake Wallace) ; Vernon Hartman (José Castro) ; Michael Best (A Pony Express Rider) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Leonard Slatkin, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 15 (Apr. 11, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 11, 1992.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 615 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Civinini, G. (Guelfo), 1873-1954. Librettist

Zangarini, Carlo. Librettist

Adaption of (work): Belasco, David, 1853-1931. Girl of the golden West.

Daniels, Barbara, 1946- Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Josephson, Kim. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- prf

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Forest, Michael. Performer

Short, Kevin. Performer

Croft, Dwayne. Performer

Tian, Haojiang, 1955- Performer

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Yannissis, Yanni. Performer

Hartman, Vernon. Performer

Best, Michael. Performer

Slatkin, Leonard. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Franzen, Don. Commentator

Hamilton, Stuart. 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

*LDC 30395 Service Copy.

*LTCM 615 (F) Preservation copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30395.