Manon : radio broadcast, 1963-12-21 [sound recording] : opera in four acts (six scenes) / Jules Massenet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, after the novel of the Abbé Prévost.
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lawrence interviews Dame Alicia Markova) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Lorenzo Alvary, Alfred Frankenstein, William Weaver and Terry McEwen) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music (Francis Robinson recalls Giovanni Martinelli) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call number
*LTCM 188 (F)
Note
Titles from Opera news.
Durations: 1:27:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:23:00 (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)
Anna Moffo (Manon) ; Nicolai Gedda (Des Grieux) ; Frank Guarrera (Lescaut) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Comte Des Grieux) ; Jeanette Scovotti (Poussette) ; Marcia Baldwin (Javotte) ; Joann Grillo (Rosette) ; Alessio De Paolis (Guillot) ; William Walker (Bretigny) ; Lawrence Davidson (Innkeeper) ; Charles Kuestner (First guard) ; Carlo Tomanelli (Second guard) ; Athena Vicos (Servant) ; William Stanz (Sergeant) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 21, 1963.
Language (note)
Sung in French.
Author
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
Title
Manon : radio broadcast, 1963-12-21 [sound recording] : opera in four acts (six scenes) / Jules Massenet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, after the novel of the Abbé Prévost.
Playing time
012730 022300
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 21, 1963]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 21, 1963]
Cast
Anna Moffo (Manon) ; Nicolai Gedda (Des Grieux) ; Frank Guarrera (Lescaut) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Comte Des Grieux) ; Jeanette Scovotti (Poussette) ; Marcia Baldwin (Javotte) ; Joann Grillo (Rosette) ; Alessio De Paolis (Guillot) ; William Walker (Bretigny) ; Lawrence Davidson (Innkeeper) ; Charles Kuestner (First guard) ; Carlo Tomanelli (Second guard) ; Athena Vicos (Servant) ; William Stanz (Sergeant) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed in:
Opera news, v. 28, no. 6 (Dec. 21, 1963).
Event
Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 21, 1963.
Original version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1985, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
Language
Sung in French.
Added author
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist
Gille, Philippe, 1831-1901. Librettist
Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763. Manon Lescaut.
Moffo, Anna. Performer
Gedda, Nicolai. Performer
Guarrera, Frank, 1923-2007, singer.
Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer
Scovotti, Jeanette. Performer
Baldwin, Marcia. Performer
Grillo, Joann. Performer
De Paolis, Alessio. Performer
Walker, William, 1931-2010, singer.
Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone)
Kuestner, Charles. Performer
Tomanelli, Carlo. Performer
Vicos, Athena. Performer
Stanz, William. Performer
Schippers, Thomas. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981, commentator.
Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.
Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-1996, commentator.
Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981. Commentator