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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)
Subject
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
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. Librettist
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975. Librettist
Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer
Güden, Hilde. Performer
Conley, Eugene, 1908-1981. Performer
Harrell, Mack. Performer
Lipton, Martha. Performer
Thebom, Blanche. Performer
Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone) Performer
Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Reis, Claire R. (Claire Raphael) Commentator
Tourel, Jennie. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
Kolodin, Irving, 1908- 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
*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.
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