Research Catalog

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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Details

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)

Subject

• Operas

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

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.

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)

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

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.