Research Catalog

Title

Pelléas et Mélisande [sound recording] : opera in five acts / music by Claude Debussy, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Author

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.

Publication

[New York, N.Y.] : Metropolitan Opera, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949.
• Von Stade, Frederica.
• Horne, Marilyn.
• Croft, Dwayne.
• Braun, Victor, 1935-
• Lloyd, Robert, 1940-
• Rodriguez, Gregory.
• Aceto, Raymond.
• Schaldenbrand, Christopher.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Livingstone, William.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ardoin, John.
• Hamilton, Stuart.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 8, 1995]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 8, 1995.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Act II -- CD 2. Act III -- CD 3. Act IV ; Synopsis of act V (Allen) ; Act V ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (William Livingstone reflects on Met broadcasts; Richard Woitach offers observations on the orchestral interludes in Pelléas) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with John Ardoin, Stuart Hamilton, Livingstone and Woitach) ; Synopsis of act IV (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 32521

OCLC

NYPG04-R76

Author

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.

Title

Pelléas et Mélisande [sound recording] : opera in five acts / music by Claude Debussy, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Imprint

[New York, N.Y.] : Metropolitan Opera, c1995.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 8, 1995]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 8, 1995]

Performer

Frederica von Stade (Mélisande) ; Marilyn Horne (Geneviève) ; Dwayne Croft (Pelléas) ; Victor Braun (Golaud) ; Robert Lloyd (King Arkel) ; Gregory Rodriguez (Yniold) ; Raymond Aceto (A shepherd) ; Christopher Schaldenbrand (A physician) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 59, no. 14 (Apr. 1, 1995).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 8, 1995.

Language

Sung in French.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949. Pelléas et Mélisande.

Von Stade, Frederica. Performer

Horne, Marilyn. Performer

Croft, Dwayne. Performer

Braun, Victor, 1935- Performer

Lloyd, Robert, 1940- Performer

Rodriguez, Gregory. Performer

Aceto, Raymond. Performer

Schaldenbrand, Christopher. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ardoin, John. Commentator

Hamilton, Stuart. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32521