Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
2. Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
3. Murger, Henri, 1822-1861.
4. Schexnayder, Brian
5. Wilson, Neil, 1959-
6. Langan, Kevin
7. Noble, Tim
8. Capecchi, Renato
9. Esperian, Kallen
10. Alpert, Glenn
11. Gustafson, Nancy
12. Sendrowitz, Mitchell
13. Ghazal, Edward
14. Weikert, Ralf
15. Allen, Peter, 1920-
16. Jellinek, George, 1919-
17. Downes, Edward, 1911-
18. Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
19. Purdy, Christopher
20. Nilsson, Birgit
21. Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010.
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
23. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 3 sound discs (188 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 31, 1990]

Uniform title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Met moments (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Act 1 ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Peter Allen) ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 ; Opera news on the air (George Jellinek) ; Met moments (Edward Downes, host, with Birgit Nilsson and Joan Sutherland) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Innaurato, George Jellinek amd Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Allen).

Call number

1. *LDC 28826

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 1:04:46 (synopses and features) ; 2:03:30 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 31, 1990.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 573 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Composer

Title

1. La Bohème : radio broadcast, 1990-03-31 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on "Scènes de la vie de bohème" by Henri Murger.

Playing time

1. 010446 020330

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 31, 1990]

Performer

1. Brian Schexnayder (Marcello) ; Neil Wilson (Rodolfo) ; Kevin Langan (Colline) ; Timothy Noble (Schaunard) ; Renato Capecchi (Benoit, Alcindoro) ; Kallen Esperian (Mimi) ; Glenn Alpert (Parpignol) ; Nancy Gustafson (Musetta) ; Mitchell Sendrowitz (Customhouse sergeant) ; Edward. Ghazal (Customhouse officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ralf Weikert, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

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

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 54, no. 14 (Mar. 31, 1990).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 31, 1990.

Reproduction

1. Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 573 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist
2. Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist
3. Adaptation of: Murger, Henri, 1822-1861. Scènes de la vie de bohème.
4. Schexnayder, Brian. Performer
5. Wilson, Neil, 1959- Performer
6. Langan, Kevin. Performer
7. Noble, Tim. Performer
8. Capecchi, Renato. Performer
9. Esperian, Kallen. Performer
10. Alpert, Glenn. Performer
11. Gustafson, Nancy. Performer
12. Sendrowitz, Mitchell. Performer
13. Ghazal, Edward. Performer
14. Weikert, Ralf. Conductor
15. Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
16. Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator
17. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
18. Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator
19. Purdy, Christopher. Commentator
20. Nilsson, Birgit. Commentator
21. Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010. Commentator
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Met moments (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 28826 Service copy
2. *LTCM 573 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28826.