Research Catalog

Title

Carmen (Incomplete) : radio broadcast, 1944-05-06 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée.

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2002]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
• Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
• Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
• Djanel, Lily.
• Albanese, Licia.
• Jobin, Raoul.
• Valentino, Frank.
• Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
• Baker, John, 1911-
• Votipka, Thelma.
• Browning, Lucielle.
• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• De Paolis, Alessio.
• Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] May 6, 1944.

Uniform Title

• Carmen. Selections
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

• Carmen.
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas > Excerpts

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 2:10 (Synopsis of Act 3) ; 1:32:40 (Opera, Acts 1 and 3).
• Only Acts 1 and 3 from this performance recorded.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

• Lily Djanel (Carmen) ; Licia Albanese (Micaela) ; Raoul Jobin (Don José) ; Frank Valentino (Escamillo) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Zuniga) ; John Baker (Morales) ; Thelma Votipka (Frasquita) ; Lucielle Browning (Mercedes) ; George Cehanovsky (Danca̋iro) ; Alessio De Paolis (Remendado) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from Cleveland, Ohio, May 6, 1944.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Star-spangled banner ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Synopsis of Act 3 (Milton Cross) ; Act 3.

Call Number

*LDC 32708

Author

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.

Title

Carmen (Incomplete) : radio broadcast, 1944-05-06 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2002]

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] May 6, 1944.

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] May 6, 1944.

Cast

Lily Djanel (Carmen) ; Licia Albanese (Micaela) ; Raoul Jobin (Don José) ; Frank Valentino (Escamillo) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Zuniga) ; John Baker (Morales) ; Thelma Votipka (Frasquita) ; Lucielle Browning (Mercedes) ; George Cehanovsky (Danca̋iro) ; Alessio De Paolis (Remendado) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from Cleveland, Ohio, May 6, 1944.

Language

Sung in French.

Added Author

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908. Librettist

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. Carmen.

Djanel, Lily. Performer

Albanese, Licia. Performer

Jobin, Raoul. Performer

Valentino, Frank. Performer

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer

Baker, John, 1911- Performer

Votipka, Thelma. Performer

Browning, Lucielle. Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

De Paolis, Alessio. Performer

Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32708