Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837
2. Talvela, Martti
3. Nagy, Robert, 1929-2008
4. Plishka, Paul, 1941-
5. Ochman, Wiesław
6. Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994
7. Dunn, Mignon
8. Meredith, Morley
9. Corena, Fernando
10. Dobriansky, Andrij
11. Booth, Philip, 1942-
12. Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah
13. Franke, Paul, 1917-2011
14. Best, Richard, 1935-2022
15. Di Franco, Loretta
16. Sapolsky, Robert
17. Love, Shirley
18. Kuestner, Charles
19. Goodloe, Robert
20. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012
21. Kord, Kazimiertz
22. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
23. Goldovsky, Boris
24. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
25. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
26. McEwen, Terry
27. Mohr, Richard
28. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
29. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 25, 1978

Uniform title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky presents a musical and dramatic analysis of Boris Godunov) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) -- side. 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions Robert Lawrence, Terry McEwen, and Richard Mohr) ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1, scenes 1-3 -- side 4. Act 1, scenes 4-5 -- side 5. Act 2 ; Act 3, scene 1 -- side 6. Act 3, scenes 2-3 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 754

Note

1. Title from house program.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 25, 1978.

Language (note)

1. Sung in Russian.

Author

1. Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.

Title

1. Boris Godunov : radio broadcast, 1978-02-25 [sound recording] : opera in three acts, based on Pushkin / music and libretto by M.P.Mussorgsky.

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 25, 1978

Performer

1. Martti Talvela (Boris) ; Robert Nagy (Shouisky) ; Paul Plishka (Pimen) ; Wieslaw Ochman (Grigory) ; Mignon Dunn (Marina) ; Morley Meredith (Rangoni) ; Fernando Corena (Varlaam) ; Andrea Velis (Simpleton) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Nikitich) ; Philip Booth (Mitiukh) ; Allan Monk (Shchelkalov) ; Batyah Godfrey Ben-David (Innkeeper) ; Paul Franke (Missail) ; Richard Best (Officer) ; Loretta Di Franco (Ksenia) ; Robert Sapolsky (Feodor) ; Shirley Love (Nurse) ; Charles Kuestner (Khrushchov, Boyar in attendance) ; Robert Goodloe (Lavitsky) ; Charles Anthony (Chernikovsky) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Kazimierz Kord, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 25, 1978.

Original version

1. Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in 1982 from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Language

1. Sung in Russian.

Added author

1. Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Boris Godunov.
2. Talvela, Martti. Performer
3. Nagy, Robert, 1929-2008, singer.
4. Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer
5. Ochman, Wiesław. Performer
6. Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer
7. Dunn, Mignon. Performer
8. Meredith, Morley. Performer
9. Corena, Fernando. Performer
10. Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer
11. Booth, Philip, 1942- singer.
12. Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah. Performer
13. Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
14. Best, Richard, 1935-2022. Performer
15. Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
16. Sapolsky, Robert. Performer
17. Love, Shirley. Performer
18. Kuestner, Charles. Performer
19. Goodloe, Robert. Performer
20. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
21. Kord, Kazimiertz. Conductor
22. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.
23. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
24. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.
25. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981, commentator.
26. McEwen, Terry. Commentator
27. Mohr, Richard. Commentator
28. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 754