Research Catalog
The rake's progress opera in three acts
- Title
- The rake's progress [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman.
- Author
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
- Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975.
- Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
- Güden, Hilde.
- Conley, Eugene, 1908-1981.
- Harrell, Mack.
- Lipton, Martha.
- Thebom, Blanche.
- Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
- Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone)
- Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963.
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Goldovsky, Boris.
- Reis, Claire R. (Claire Raphael)
- Tourel, Jennie.
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
- Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
- Ducloux, Walter.
- Kolodin, Irving, 1908-
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 4 sound tape reels (196 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 14, 1953]
- Uniform Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 1:02:15 (synopses and features) ; 2:13:42 (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
- Performer (note)
- Norman Scott (Trulove) ; Hilde Gueden (Anne) ; Eugene Conley (Tom Rakewell) ; Mack Harrell (Nick Shadow) ; Martha Lipton (Mother Goose) ; Blanche Thebom (Baba the Turk) ; Paul Franke (Sellem) ; Lawrence Davidson (Keeper of the madhouse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Reiner, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 14, 1953.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 340 (F)
- Language (note)
- Sung in English.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Claire Reis and Jennie Tourel) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Walter Ducloux and Irving Kolodin) -- side 2. Opera quiz concluded ; Synopsis of act 3 and closing (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 through scene 2 -- side 6. Act 3 concluded.
- Call Number
- *LT-10 4890
- OCLC
- NYPG89-R67
- Author
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
- Title
- The rake's progress [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman.
- Playing Time
- 010215 021342
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 14, 1953]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 14, 1953]
- Cast
- Norman Scott (Trulove) ; Hilde Gueden (Anne) ; Eugene Conley (Tom Rakewell) ; Mack Harrell (Nick Shadow) ; Martha Lipton (Mother Goose) ; Blanche Thebom (Baba the Turk) ; Paul Franke (Sellem) ; Lawrence Davidson (Keeper of the madhouse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Reiner, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Original Version
- Preservation tapes recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 17, no. 15 (Feb. 9, 1953).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 14, 1953.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 340 (F)
- Language
- Sung in English.
- Added Author
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. LibrettistKallman, Chester, 1921-1975. LibrettistScott, Norman, 1921-1968. PerformerGüden, Hilde. PerformerConley, Eugene, 1908-1981. PerformerHarrell, Mack. PerformerLipton, Martha. PerformerThebom, Blanche. PerformerFranke, Paul, 1917-2011. PerformerDavidson, Lawrence (Baritone) PerformerReiner, Fritz, 1888-1963. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorReis, Claire R. (Claire Raphael) CommentatorTourel, Jennie. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912- CommentatorSpaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. CommentatorDucloux, Walter. CommentatorKolodin, Irving, 1908- CommentatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *LT-10 4890 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 340 (F)*LTCM 340 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4890.