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Faust opera in four acts

Title
  1. Faust [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carrʹe, after part I of Goethe's drama.
Author
  1. Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893
Format
  1. Musical recording

Details

Additional authors
  1. Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901
  2. Carré, Michel, 1819-1872
  3. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
  4. Conley, Eugene, 1908-1981
  5. Angeles, Victoria de los
  6. Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola, 1920-1991
  7. Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
  8. Miller, Mildred, 1924-
  9. Votipka, Thelma
  10. Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone)
  11. Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964
  12. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
  13. Goldovsky, Boris
  14. Conner, Nadine
  15. Conley, Mark
  16. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
  17. Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966
  18. Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987
  19. Ducloux, Walter
  20. Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997
  21. Gutman, John
  22. Brook, Peter, 1925-2022
  23. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  24. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
  1. 4 sound tape reels (236 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series statement
  1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 5, 1953]
Uniform title
  1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  3. Metropolitan at work (Radio program)
  4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
  1. Operas. - [Browse in index]
Genre/Form
  1. Live sound recordings.
Contents
  1. side 1. Introduction (Milton Cross, Rudolf Bing, Victoria de los Angeles, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Robert Merrill and Pierre Monteux) ; Synopsis of act 1 (Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Nadine Conner and Mark Conley) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Deems Taylor, George Marek and Walter Ducloux) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; The Metropolitan at work (Rudolf Bing, John Gutman and Peter Brook) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Introduction ; Act 1 through "De l'enfer qui vient!" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded ; Act 2 through "Il se fait tard" -- side 5. Act 2 concluded ; Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call number
  1. *LT-10 4937
Language
  1. French
Note
  1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  2. Durations: 1:02:57 (synopses and features) ; 2:53:03 (opera).
  3. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed in (note)
  1. Opera news
Performer (note)
  1. Eugene Conley (Faust) ; Victoria de los Angeles (Marguerite) ; Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Mephistopheles) ; Robert Merrill (Valentin) ; Mildred Miller (Siebel) ; Thelma Votipka (Marthe) ; Lawrence Davidson (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Pierre Monteux, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 5, 1953.
Reproduction (note)
  1. Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 388 (F)
Language (note)
  1. Sung in French.
Author
  1. Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Playing time
  1. 010257 025303
Original version
  1. Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Jan. 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed in:
  1. Opera news, v. 18, no. 4 (Nov. 30, 1953).
Research call number
  1. *LT-10 4937 Master tape. Request cassette service copy *LTCM 388 (F)
  2. *LTCM 388 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4937.
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