Research Catalog

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in five acts / Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Goethe.

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
• Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
• Isokoski, Soile.
• Jepson, Kristine.
• Alagna, Roberto.
• Hvorostovsky, Dmitri.
• Pape, René.
• Carfizzi, Patrick.
• Bunnell, Jane.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Zeger, Brian.
• Simeone, Lisa.
• Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020.
• Hamilton, Stuart.
• Mansouri, Lofti.
• McNally, Terrence.
• 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 International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 30, 2005
• Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 30, 2005.

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 2:36:32 (Opera) ; 1:14:06 (Introduction, synopses, and intermission features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Soile Isokoski (Marguerite) ; Kristine Jepson (Siébel) ; Roberto Alagna (Faust) ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Valentin) ; René Pape (Méphistophélès) ; Patrick Carfizzi (Wagner) ; Jane Bunnell (Marthe) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 30, 2005.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Margaret Juntwait) ; Act 1 ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Juntwait) ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 -- CD 3. Act 4 ; Synopsis of Act 5 (Juntwait) ; Act 5 ; Closing remarks (Juntwait) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Brian Zeger talks about three musical works inspired by the Faust legend ; Lisa Simeone talks with Mirella Freni) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Juntwait) ; Metropolitan Opera quiz (Brian Zeger questions Stuart Hamilton, Lofti Mansouri, and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Juntwait).

Call Number

*LDC 38213

OCLC

NYPG05-R10265

Author

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

Faust [sound recording] : opera in five acts / Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Goethe.

Series

Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 30, 2005

Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 30, 2005.

Cast

Soile Isokoski (Marguerite) ; Kristine Jepson (Siébel) ; Roberto Alagna (Faust) ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Valentin) ; René Pape (Méphistophélès) ; Patrick Carfizzi (Wagner) ; Jane Bunnell (Marthe) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 69, no. 10 (April 2005).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 30, 2005.

Language

Sung in French.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.

Isokoski, Soile. Performer

Jepson, Kristine. Performer

Alagna, Roberto. Performer

Hvorostovsky, Dmitri. Performer

Pape, René. Performer

Carfizzi, Patrick. Performer

Bunnell, Jane. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Zeger, Brian. Commentator

Simeone, Lisa. Commentator

Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020. Commentator

Hamilton, Stuart. Commentator

Mansouri, Lofti. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 38213