Research Catalog

Title

The bartered bride [sound recording] : opera in 3 acts / Bedřich Smetana ; libretto by Karel Sabina ; [English translation by Madeleine Marshall and others].

Author

Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Sabina, Karel, 1813-1877.
• Marshall, Madeleine.
• Burke, Hilda.
• Chamlee, Mario, 1892-1966.
• Rasely, George.
• D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958.
• Browning, Lucielle.
• Engelman, Wilfred.
• Kaskas, Anna.
• Gurney, John, 1902-1997.
• Cordon, Norman.
• Bodanya, Natalie.
• Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982.
• Pattison, Lee.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Howard, John Tasker, 1890-1964.
• 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

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] May 8, 1937.

Uniform Title

• Prodaná nevěsta. English
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Prodaná nevěsta.

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 41:44 (Announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:09:04 (Opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

• Hilda Burke (Marenka) ; Mario Chamlee (Jeník) ; George Rasely (Vasek) ; Louis D'Angelo (Kecal) ; Lucielle Browning (Ludmila) ; Wilfred Engelman (Krusina) ; Anna Kaskas (Háta) ; John Gurney (Tobias) ; Norman Cordon (Circus barker) ; Natalie Bodanya (Esmeralda) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, May 8, 1937.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. First intermission feature (Lee Pattison discusses the spring season of the Metropolitan Opera) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Second intermission feature (John Tasker Howard discusses the background of The Bartered Bride) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross41

Call Number

*LDC 32553

OCLC

NYPG05-R51

Author

Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884.

Title

The bartered bride [sound recording] : opera in 3 acts / Bedřich Smetana ; libretto by Karel Sabina ; [English translation by Madeleine Marshall and others].

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]

Series

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] May 8, 1937.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] May 8, 1937.

Cast

Hilda Burke (Marenka) ; Mario Chamlee (Jeník) ; George Rasely (Vasek) ; Louis D'Angelo (Kecal) ; Lucielle Browning (Ludmila) ; Wilfred Engelman (Krusina) ; Anna Kaskas (Háta) ; John Gurney (Tobias) ; Norman Cordon (Circus barker) ; Natalie Bodanya (Esmeralda) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, May 8, 1937.

Language

Sung in English.

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Added Author

Sabina, Karel, 1813-1877. Librettist

Marshall, Madeleine. rl.

Burke, Hilda. Performer

Chamlee, Mario, 1892-1966. Performer

Rasely, George. Performer

D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958. Performer

Browning, Lucielle. Performer

Engelman, Wilfred. Performer

Kaskas, Anna. Performer

Gurney, John, 1902-1997. Performer

Cordon, Norman. Performer

Bodanya, Natalie. Performer

Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Conductor

Pattison, Lee. Commentator

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Howard, John Tasker, 1890-1964. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32553