Research Catalog

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's Faust.

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
• Shicoff, Neil.
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Hampson, Thomas.
• Ziegler, Delores.
• Daniels, Barbara, 1946-
• Di Franco, Loretta.
• Dutoit, Charles.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Krisel, Michelle.
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
• Milanov, Zinka.
• Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
• Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
• Hines, Jerome, 1921-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (225 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 3, 1990]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Met moments (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:55:29 (synopses and features) ; 2:50:25 (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. 3, 1990.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 569 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Met moments (Rudolf Bing, host, with Richard Tucker, Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren and Jerome Hines) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Michelle Krisel, Thor Eckert Jr. and M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 28843

OCLC

NYPG92-R359

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's Faust.

Playing Time

005529 025025

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 3, 1990]

Performer

Neil Shicoff (Faust) ; James Morris (Méphistophélès) ; James Courtney (Wagner) ; Thomas Hampson (Valentin) ; Delores Ziegler (Siébel) ; Barbara Daniels (Marguerite) ; Loretta Di Franco (Marthe) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Charles Dutoit, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

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:

Opera news, v. 54, no. 12 (Mar. 3, 1990).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 3, 1990.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 569 (F)

Language

Sung in French.

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Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.

Shicoff, Neil. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Hampson, Thomas. Performer

Ziegler, Delores. Performer

Daniels, Barbara, 1946- Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Dutoit, Charles. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Krisel, Michelle. Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Milanov, Zinka. Commentator

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Commentator

Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Commentator

Hines, Jerome, 1921- 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)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 28843 Service copy

*LTCM 569 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28843