Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837
2. Thorborg, Kerstin, 1896-1970
3. Pinza, Ezio
4. De Paolis, Alessio
5. Kullman, Charles, 1903-1983
6. Moscona, Nicola
7. Cordon, Norman
8. Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960
9. Petina, Irra, 1908-2000
10. Farell, Marita
11. Kaskas, Anna
12. Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986
13. Paltrinieri, Giordano, 1890-1970
14. Doe, Doris, 1899-1985
15. Gurney, John, 1902-1997
16. Massue, Nicholas
17. Engelman, Wilfred
18. Gábor, Arnold, 1880-1950
19. Panizza, Héctor, 1875-1967
20. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
21. Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979
22. Witherspoon, Herbert, Mrs
23. Johnson, Edward, 1878-1959
24. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
25. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 5 sound discs (in 2 containers) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Dec. 9, 1939
2. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Dec. 9, 1939.

Uniform title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Johnson, Edward, 1878-1959.
2. Operas.

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Opening remarks and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 -- CD 4. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 5. Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Leonard Liebling presents Edward Johnson, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company, with the Radio Guide Magazine Medal of Merit for the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Milton Cross questions Mrs. August Belmont, Edward Johnson, and Mrs. Herbert Witherspoon about the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and its new publication "Opera News" ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross)

Call number

1. *LDC 32497

Language

1. Russian

Note

1. Subtitle from house program.
2. Compact discs.
3. Durations: 0:42:18 (announcements, synopses, and intermission features) ; 3:01:27 (opera).
4. House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

1. Kerstin Thorborg (Marina) ; Ezio Pinza (Boris) ; Alessio De Paolis (Shuiski) ; Charles Kullman (Grigory) ; Nicola Moscona (Pimen) ; Norman Cordon (Varlaam) ; Leonard Warren (Rangoni) ; Irra Petina (Fyodor) ; Marita Farell (Xenia) ; Anna Kaskas (Nurse) ; George Cehanovsky (Shchelkalov) ; Giordano Paltrinieri (Missail) ; Doris Doe (Innkeeper) ; John Gurney (Frontier guard) ; Nicholas Massue (Simpleton and Boyar) ; Wilfred Engelman (Lavitski) ; Arnold Gabor (Chernikovski) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ettore Panizza, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 9, 1939.

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in Russian and Italian.

Author

1. Musorgskǐi, Modest Petrivich, 1839-1881.

Source

1. Gift; Metropolitan Opera; May, 2003.

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