Research Catalog

Title

Eugene Onegin [sound recording] : opera in three acts... / Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; libretto after Pushkin by Konstantin S. Shilovsky; English version by Henry Reese.

Author

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• Chookasian, Lili.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Dooley, William.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Elias, Rosalind.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Harrison, Jay.
• Hubbard, Merle.
• Kriese, Gladys.
• Martin, Thomas Philipp, 1909-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
• Price, Leontyne.
• Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837.
• Reese, Henry.
• Schippers, Thomas.
• Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
• Shilovskiĭ, K. (Konstantin), 1849-1893.
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• Thomas, Jess.
• Tozzi, Giorgio.
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.

Description

3 sound cassettes (222 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 29, 1964\640229\]

Uniform Title

• Evgeniĭ Onegin. English
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Evgeniĭ Onegin.

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Titles from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:15:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:26:15 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news,

Performer (note)

• William Dooley (Onegin) ; Leontyne Price (Tatyana) ; Jess Thomas (Lenski) ; Rosalind Elias (Olga) ; Lili Chookasian (Filippyevna) ; Gladys Kriese (Larina) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Gremin) ; Andrea Velis (Triquet) ; George Cehanovsky (Zaretski) ; Louis Sgarro (Captain) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 29, 1964.

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky discusses Eugene Onegin) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Thomas P. Martin, Jay Harrison and Merle Hubbard) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1, scene 1 -- side 4. Act 1, scene 2 -- side 5. Act 2 ; Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 198 (F)

Author

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.

Title

Eugene Onegin [sound recording] : opera in three acts... / Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; libretto after Pushkin by Konstantin S. Shilovsky; English version by Henry Reese.

Playing Time

011530 022615

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 29, 1964\640229\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 29, 1964\640229\]

Cast

William Dooley (Onegin) ; Leontyne Price (Tatyana) ; Jess Thomas (Lenski) ; Rosalind Elias (Olga) ; Lili Chookasian (Filippyevna) ; Gladys Kriese (Larina) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Gremin) ; Andrea Velis (Triquet) ; George Cehanovsky (Zaretski) ; Louis Sgarro (Captain) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 28, no. 16 (Feb. 29, 1964).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 29, 1964.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Nov. 1985, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Shilovskiĭ, K. (Konstantin), 1849-1893. Librettist

Reese, Henry. Translator

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Evgeniĭ Onegin.

Dooley, William. Performer

Price, Leontyne. Performer

Thomas, Jess. Performer

Elias, Rosalind. Performer

Chookasian, Lili. Performer

Kriese, Gladys. Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Schippers, Thomas. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Hubbard, Merle. Commentator

Martin, Thomas Philipp, 1909- Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 198 (F) Production notes on file.