Le sacre du printemps [sound recording] : ballet in one act / music by Igor Stravinsky. Le rossignol : lyric tale in three acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by the composer and Stepan Mitousoff, based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Oedipus Rex : opera-oratorio in two acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by Jean Cocteau, after Sophocles.
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Le sacre du printemps (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Florence Guarino, M. Owen Lee and John Pfeiffer) ; Robert Merrill ; Synopsis of Le rossignol (Allen) -- side 2. Opera news on the air (William Weaver) ; Synopsis of Oedipus Rex (Allen) -- side 3. Le sacre du printemps -- side 4. Le rossignol through ceremonial procession -- side 5. Le rossignol concluded ; Oedipus Rex through "Invidia fortunam odit" -- side 6. Oedipus Rex concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).
Call number
*LTCM 447 (F)
Note
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 56:16 (synopses and features) ; 35:54 (Le sacre du printemps) ; 51:55 (Le rossignol) ; 55:54 (Oedipus Rex).
Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed in (note)
Opera news
Performer (note)
In 2nd work: Philip Creech (The fisherman) ; Gianna Rolandi (The nightingale) ; Claudia Catania (The cook) ; John Cheek (The chamberlain) ; Ara Berberian (The bonze) ; Morley Meredith (The Emperor of China) ; Michael Best, Gene Boucher and Paul Franke (Japanese envoys) ; Jean Kraft (Death).
In 3rd work: Anthony Dowell (The speaker) ; William Lewis (Oedipus) ; Franz Mazura (Creon and The messenger) ; Florence Quivar (Jocasta) ; Ara Berberian (Tiresias) ; Charles Anthony (The shepherd).
Event (note)
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 25, 1984.
Reproduction (note)
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 447 (F)
Language (note)
The 2nd work sung in Russian; the 3rd work sung in Latin with English narration.
Author
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Title
Le sacre du printemps [sound recording] : ballet in one act / music by Igor Stravinsky. Le rossignol : lyric tale in three acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by the composer and Stepan Mitousoff, based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Oedipus Rex : opera-oratorio in two acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by Jean Cocteau, after Sophocles.
Playing time
005616 003554 005155 005554
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 25, 1984]
Cast
In 2nd work: Philip Creech (The fisherman) ; Gianna Rolandi (The nightingale) ; Claudia Catania (The cook) ; John Cheek (The chamberlain) ; Ara Berberian (The bonze) ; Morley Meredith (The Emperor of China) ; Michael Best, Gene Boucher and Paul Franke (Japanese envoys) ; Jean Kraft (Death).
In 3rd work: Anthony Dowell (The speaker) ; William Lewis (Oedipus) ; Franz Mazura (Creon and The messenger) ; Florence Quivar (Jocasta) ; Ara Berberian (Tiresias) ; Charles Anthony (The shepherd).
Performer
In all works: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1990, 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. 48, no. 11 (Feb. 18, 1984).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 25, 1984.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 447 (F)
Language
The 2nd work sung in Russian; the 3rd work sung in Latin with English narration.