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Peter Grimes opera in three acts and a prologue

Title: Peter Grimes [sound recording] : opera in three acts and a prologue / Benjamin Britten ; text by Montagu Slater, after the poem by George Crabbe.
Author: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (214 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 5, 1969]

Uniform Title

Peter Grimes
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Peter Grimes

Subject

Operas

Note

Sung in English.
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 1:02:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:31:45 (opera).
With production notes and official cast list (6 p.).

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 5, 1969.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of prologue and act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky analyzes Peter Grimes ; synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz, with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Mary ellis Peltz, Jay Harrison, Richard Mohr and George Schick ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; -- side 3. Prologue ; Act 1, scene 1 ; Scene 2 to "Everybody's very quiet!" -- side 4. Act 1, scene 2, conclusion ; Act 2, scene 1 -- side 5. Act 2, scene 2 -- side 6. Act 3.

Call Number

*LTCM 304 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R54

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title

Peter Grimes [sound recording] : opera in three acts and a prologue / Benjamin Britten ; text by Montagu Slater, after the poem by George Crabbe.

Playing Time

010230 023145

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 5, 1969]

Performer

Jon Vickers (Peter Grimes) ; Lucine Amara (Ellen Orford) ; Geraint Evans (Captain Balstrode) ; Lili Chookasian (Auntie) ; Mary Ellen Pracht, Lilian Sukis (Two nieces) ; Paul Franke (Bob Boles) ; Raymond Michalski (Swallow) ; Jean Madeira (Mrs. Sedley) ; Robert Schmorr (Rev. Adams) ; Gene Boucher (Ned Keene) ; Paul Plishka (Hobson) ; William Mellow (Lawyer) ; Gail Leonard (Fisherwoman) ; Edward Ghazal (Fisherman) ; Metropolitan Opra Orchestra and Chorus ; Colin Davis, conductor ; Milton Cross, brodcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 33, no. 23 (Apr. 5, 1969).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 5, 1969.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1988, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Slater, Montagu, 1902- Librettist

Crabbe, George, 1754-1832. Borough.

Vickers, Jon. Performer

Amara, Lucine. Performer

Evans, G. N. D., 1935-1971. Performer

Chookasian, Lili. Performer

Pracht, Mary Ellen. Performer

Sukis, Lilian. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Michalski, Raymond. Performer

Madeira, Jean. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Mellow, William. Performer

Leonard, Gail. Performer

Ghazal, Edward. Performer

Davis, Colin, 1927- Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis (Opdycke) Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Schick, George. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 304 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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