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Les contes d'Hoffmann : opera in three acts, prologue and epilogue

Title
  1. Les contes d'Hoffmann : radio broadcast, 1946-01-12 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, prologue and epilogue / music by Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, founded on stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann.
Author
  1. Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
Published by
  1. [New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2002]
Format
  1. Music CD

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Additional authors
  1. Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901
  2. Carré, Michel, 1819-1872
  3. Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822
  4. Alarie, Pierrette
  5. Thebom, Blanche
  6. Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994
  7. Browning, Lucielle
  8. Jobin, Raoul
  9. Singher, Martial
  10. Oliviero, Lodovico, 1886-1948
  11. De Paolis, Alessio
  12. Pechner, Gerhard
  13. Manning, Richard, 1914-1954
  14. Baker, John, 1911-
  15. Moscona, Nicola
  16. Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-1996
  17. Harshaw, Margaret
  18. Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982
  19. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
  20. Goldovsky, Boris
  21. Munsel, Patrice, 1925-2016
  22. St. Leger, Frank
  23. Downes, Olin, 1886-1955
  24. Bagar, Robert C
  25. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
  26. Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965
  27. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  28. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
  1. 4 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.
Series statement
  1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 12, 1946.
Uniform title
  1. Contes d'Hoffmann
  2. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  3. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative title
  1. Contes d'Hoffmann
Subject
  1. Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffmann.
  2. Operas.
Genre/Form
  1. Live sound recordings.
Contents
  1. CD 1. Synopsis of Prologue (Milton Cross) ; Prologue ; Synopsis of Act 1 (Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Synopsis of Act 3 and Epilogue (Cross) ; Act 3 ; Epilogue ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opening remarks and synopsis of Prologue and Act 1 (Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, Patrice Munsel, and Frank St. Leger discuss Les contes d'Hoffmann) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Opera quiz (Olin Downes questions Robert Bagar, Robert Lawrence and Sigmund Spaeth) ; Synopsis of Act 3 and Epilogue (Cross).
Call number
  1. *LDC 32731
Language
  1. French
Note
  1. Subtitle from house program.
  2. Durations: 55:37 (announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:22:47 (opera).
  3. Compact discs.
  4. House program on file in Music Division.
Indexed in (note)
  1. Opera news
Performer (note)
  1. Pierrette Alarie (Olympia) ; Blanche Thebom (Giulietta, Muse) ; Jarmila Novotná (Antonia) ; Lucielle Browning (Niklausse) ; Raoul Jobin (Hoffmann) ; Martial Singher (Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dappertutto) ; Lodovico Oliviero (Andrés, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio) ; Alessio De Paolis (Frantz, Spalanzani) ; Gerhard Pchner (Luther) ; Richard Manning (Nathanael) ; John Baker (Hermann) ; Nicola Moscona (Crespel) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Schlemil) ; Margaret Harshaw (Mother's voice) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 12, 1946.
Source (note)
  1. Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  1. Sung in French.
Author
  1. Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Indexed in:
  1. Opera news, v. 10 (Jan. 7, 1946).
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