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Title

Romeo et Juliette [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts (six scenes) / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Shakespeare's play.

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Baldwin, Marcia.
• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Boucher, Gene.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020.
• Gedda, Nicolai.
• Love, Shirley.
• Macurdy, John.
• McEwen, Terry.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
• Michalski, Raymond.
• Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco.
• Reardon, John, 1930-1988.
• Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977.
• Schmorr, Robert.
• Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979.
• Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978.

Description

3 sound cassettes (231 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 13, 1968]

Uniform Title

• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Roméo et Juliette
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Roméo et Juliette

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Titles from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:10:11 (synopses and features) ; 2:41:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 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, Apr. 13, 1968.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 285 (F).

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Prologue and Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Terry McEwen on "Singers, my favorite subject") ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Peggy Wood, Cornelia Otis Skinner and Cyril Ritchard) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Broadcast announcer's closing remarks -- side 3. Prologue ; Act 1, through "Terminons la nuit gaîment!" (middle of Finale) -- side 4. Act 1. Finale (conclusion)--ballet to end ; Act 2, scene 1 -- side 5. Act 2, scenes 2 and 3 -- side 6. Act 3 (complete).

Call Number

*LTCM 285 (F)

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

Romeo et Juliette [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts (six scenes) / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Shakespeare's play.

Playing Time

011011 024100

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 13, 1968]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 13, 1968]

Performer

Nicolai Gedda (Romeo) ; Mirella Freni (Juliette) ; Charles Anthony (Tybalt) ; John Reardon (Mercutio) ; John Macurdy (Friar Laurence) ; Raymond Michalski (Capulet) ; Marcia Baldwin (Stephano) ; Gene Boucher (Paris) ; Shirley Love (Gertrude) ; Robert Schmorr (Benvolio) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Gregorio) ; Norman Scott (Duke of Verona) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 32, no. 24 (Apr. 13, 1968).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 13, 1968.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 285 (F).

Language

Sung in French.

Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet.

Gedda, Nicolai. Performer

Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Reardon, John, 1930-1988. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Michalski, Raymond. Performer

Baldwin, Marcia. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer

Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer

Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979. Commentator

Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978. Commentator

Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 285 (F) Production notes in listening room.