Research Catalog

Title

La bohème : radio broadcast, 1951-03-17 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based an "La vie de bohème" by Henri Murger.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
• Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• Cleva, Fausto.
• Colombo, Franco.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone)
• Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921-2008.
• Ducloux, Walter.
• Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Hunt, Lois, 1925-
• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
• Murger, Henri, 1822-1861.
• Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
• Rodgers, W. S. S. (William Starling Sullivant), 1886-1965.
• Sayão, Bidú.
• Siepi, Cesare.
• Sloan, George A.
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013.
• Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
• Tomanelli, Carlo.
• Valdengo, Giuseppe, 1914-

Description

3 sound tape reels (180 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 17, 1951]

Uniform Title

• Bohème
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Third intermission feature (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Bohème

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:01:29 (synopses and features) ; 1:58:46 (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)

• Giuseppe Di Stefano (Rodolfo) ; George Cehanovsky (Schaunard) ; Giuseppe Valdengo (Marcello) ; Cesare Siepi (Colline) ; Bidu Sayão (Mimi) ; Lois Hunt (Musetta) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Benoit) ; Paul Franke (Parpignol) ; Lawrence Davidson (Alcindoro) ; Carlo Tomanelli (A sergeant) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 17, 1951.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 387 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Risë Stevens and Franco Colombo) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Deems Taylor, Mary Ellis Peltz, Walter Ducloux, Robert Lawrence and Sigmund Spaeth) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Third intermission feature (George A. Sloan, host, with Rudolf Bing and W.S.S. Rodgers) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4.

Call Number

*LTCM 387 (F)

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

La bohème : radio broadcast, 1951-03-17 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based an "La vie de bohème" by Henri Murger.

Playing Time

010129 015846

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 17, 1951]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 17, 1951]

Cast

Giuseppe Di Stefano (Rodolfo) ; George Cehanovsky (Schaunard) ; Giuseppe Valdengo (Marcello) ; Cesare Siepi (Colline) ; Bidu Sayão (Mimi) ; Lois Hunt (Musetta) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Benoit) ; Paul Franke (Parpignol) ; Lawrence Davidson (Alcindoro) ; Carlo Tomanelli (A sergeant) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (6 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 15, no. 21 (Mar. 12, 1951).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 17, 1951.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 387 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Murger, Henri, 1822-1861. Scènes de la vie de Bohème.

Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921-2008. Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

Valdengo, Giuseppe, 1914- Performer

Siepi, Cesare. Performer

Sayão, Bidú. Performer

Hunt, Lois, 1925- Performer

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone) Performer

Tomanelli, Carlo. Performer

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013. Commentator

Colombo, Franco. Commentator

Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Ducloux, Walter. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Sloan, George A. Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Rodgers, W. S. S. (William Starling Sullivant), 1886-1965. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Third intermission feature (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 387 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file.