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Martha opera in two acts

Title: Martha [sound recording] : opera in two acts / Friedrich von Flotow ; original German libretto by W. Friedrich ; English translation by George Mead.
Author: Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883.

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Description

2 sound cassettes (160 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 3, 1968]

Uniform Title

Martha. English
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Martha.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:41:40 (synopses and features) ; 1:58:20 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 3, 1968.

Language (note)

Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Musicians' roundtable (Milton Cross, host, with Robert Lawrence and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra members John Di Janni, Alfred Genovese, Howard Howard, James Politis, and accompanist Jan Behr) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Overture ; Act 1, scenes 1-2 -- side 3. Act 1, scene 3 -- side 4. Act 2 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 275 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R277

Author

Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883.

Title

Martha [sound recording] : opera in two acts / Friedrich von Flotow ; original German libretto by W. Friedrich ; English translation by George Mead.

Playing Time

004140 015820

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 3, 1968]

Performer

Jean Fenn (Lady Harriet) ; Rosalind Elias (Nancy) ; John Alexander (Lionel) ; Donald Gramm (Plunkett) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Lord Tristram) ; Paul Plishka (Sheriff) ; Karan Armstrong (First maid) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Second maid) ; Loretta Di Franco (Third maid) ; John Trehy, Hal Roberts, Gene Allen (Lackeys) ; Thomas Powell, John Frydel (Farmers) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Franz Allers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (1 sound tape reel : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 32, no. 14 (Feb. 3, 1968).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 3, 1968.

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Friedrich, W., approximately 1820-1879. Librettist

Mead, George. Translator

Fenn, Jean. Performer

Elias, Rosalind. Performer

Alexander, John, 1923-1990. Performer

Gramm, Donald. Performer

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Armstrong, Karan, 1941- Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Trehy, John. Performer

Weiss, Rob. Performer

Allen, Gene. Performer

Powell, Thomas, 1919- Performer

Frydel, John. Performer

Allers, Franz. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Di Janni, John A. Commentator

Genovese, Alfred. Commentator

Howard, Howard. Commentator

Politis, James. Commentator

Behr, Jan. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 275 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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