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Manon Lescaut lyric drama in four acts

Title
Manon Lescaut [sound recording] : lyric drama in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa and Giulio Ricordi, based on the novel by Abbé Prévost.
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Additional Authors
  • Praga, Marco, 1862-1929.
  • Oliva, Domenico.
  • Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
  • Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
  • Ricordi, Giulio, 1840-1912.
  • Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763.
  • Drews, Richard (Singer)
  • Dvorský, Peter, 1951-
  • Schexnayder, Brian.
  • Malas, Spiro.
  • Tajo, Italo.
  • Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020.
  • Kesling, Diane.
  • Withers, Beverly.
  • McSorley, Juli.
  • Olson, Joyce.
  • Wright, Carole.
  • Laciura, Anthony.
  • Darrenkamp, John.
  • Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
  • Christopher, Russell.
  • Santi, Nello.
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Mohr, Richard.
  • Allen, Betty, 1930-
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Bernheimer, Martin.
  • Scott, Iain.
  • Woitach, Richard.
  • Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969.
  • Burrows, Bruce.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
4 sound discs (201 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 17, 1990]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Met moments (Radio program)
  • Third intermission feature (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:12:07 (synopses and features) ; 2:09:16 (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, Mar. 17, 1990.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 571 (F)
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 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Betty Allen) ; Met moments (Edward Downes, host, with Giovanni Martinelli) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Martin Bernheimer, Iain Scott and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) ; Third intermission feature (Bruce Burrows) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 28824
OCLC
NYPG92-R366
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Title
Manon Lescaut [sound recording] : lyric drama in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa and Giulio Ricordi, based on the novel by Abbé Prévost.
Playing Time
011207 020916
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 17, 1990]
Performer
Richard Drews (Edmondo) ; Peter Dvorský (The Chevalier) ; Brian Schexnayder (Lescaut) ; Spiro Malas (An innkeeper) ; Italo Tajo (Geronte) ; Mirella Freni (Manon Lescaut) ; Diane Kesling (A musician) ; Beverly Withers, Juli McSorley, Joyce Olson, Carole Wright (Madrigal singers) ; Anthony Laciura (Dancing master) ; John Darrenkamp (A sergeant) ; Charles Anthony (A lamplighter) ; Russell Christopher (A sea captain) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1992, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 54, no. 13 (Mar. 17, 1990).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 17, 1990.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 571 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
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Added Author
Praga, Marco, 1862-1929. Librettist
Oliva, Domenico. Librettist
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist
Ricordi, Giulio, 1840-1912. Librettist
Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763. Manon Lescaut.
Drews, Richard (Singer) Performer
Dvorský, Peter, 1951- Performer
Schexnayder, Brian. Performer
Malas, Spiro. Performer
Tajo, Italo. Performer
Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020. Performer
Kesling, Diane. Performer
Withers, Beverly. Performer
McSorley, Juli. Performer
Olson, Joyce. Performer
Wright, Carole. Performer
Laciura, Anthony. Performer
Darrenkamp, John. Performer
Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
Christopher, Russell. Performer
Santi, Nello. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Mohr, Richard. Commentator
Allen, Betty, 1930- Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator
Scott, Iain. Commentator
Woitach, Richard. Commentator
Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969. Commentator
Burrows, Bruce. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Met moments (Radio program)
Third intermission feature (Radio program)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 28824 Service copy.
*LTCM 571 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28824.
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