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La bohème : [sound recording] : opera in four acts

Title
La bohème : radio broadcast, 1953-12-19 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on "La Vie de Bohème" by Henri Murger.
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Additional Authors
  • Amara, Lucine.
  • Bagar, Robert.
  • Brazis, Algerd.
  • Conley, Eugene, 1908-1981.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Davidson, Lawrence.
  • De Paolis, Alessio.
  • Erede, Alberto.
  • Fenn, Jean.
  • Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
  • Goldovsky, Boris.
  • Güden, Hilde.
  • Harrell, Mack.
  • Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
  • Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987.
  • McCracken, James, 1926-
  • Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
  • Miller, Mildred.
  • Murger, Henri, 1822-1861.
  • Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
  • Scott, Norman, 1921-1968
Description
3 sound tape reels (179 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 19, 1953]
Uniform Title
  • Bohème
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Bohème
Subject
Note
  • Sung in Italian.
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:08:04 (synopses and features) ; 1:50:56 (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,
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 19, 1953.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 390 (F)
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Lucine Amara, Mildred Miller and Mack Harrell) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, George Marek and Robert Bagar) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Opera quiz part 2 ; 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
*LT-10 4939
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Title
La bohème : radio broadcast, 1953-12-19 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on "La Vie de Bohème" by Henri Murger.
Playing Time
10804 15056
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 19, 1953]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 19, 1953]
Performer
Eugene Conley (Rudolfo) ; Robert Merrill (Marcello) ; Clifford Harvuot (Schaunard) ; Norman Scott (Colline) ; Hilde Gueden (Mimi) ; Jean Fenn (Musetta) ; Lawrence Davidson (Benoit) ; James McCracken (Parpignol) ; Alessio De Paolis (Alcindoro) ; Algerd Brazis (A sergeant) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 18, no. 6 (Dec. 14, 1953).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 19, 1953.
Original Version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (6 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 390 (F)
Added Author
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist
Murger, Henri, 1822-1861. Scènes de la vie de Bohème.
Conley, Eugene, 1908-1981. Performer
Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer
Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer
Scott, Norman, 1921-1968 Performer
Güden, Hilde. Performer
Fenn, Jean. Performer
Davidson, Lawrence. Performer
McCracken, James, 1926- Performer
De Paolis, Alessio. Performer
Brazis, Algerd. Performer
Erede, Alberto. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Amara, Lucine. Commentator
Miller, Mildred. Commentator
Harrell, Mack. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator
Bagar, Robert. Commentator
Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. 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 4939 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 390 (F).
*LTCM 390 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4939.
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