Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861
2. McCracken, James, 1926-
3. Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023
4. Horne, Marilyn
5. Meredith, Morley
6. Little, Frank, 1936-1993
7. Hines, Jerome, 1921-
8. Herincx, Raimund
9. Smith, Alma Jean
10. Love, Shirley
11. Castel, Nico
12. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012
13. Boucher, Gene
14. Best, Richard, 1935-2022
15. Lewis, Henry
16. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
17. Goldovsky, Boris
18. Downes, Edward, 1911-
19. Hawkins, Osie
20. Levarie, Siegmund, 1914-
21. McEwen, terry
22. Rubin, Stephen E.
23. Metrropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
24. 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] Jan. 29, 1977

Uniform title

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

Alternative title

1. Prophète.

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas > Excerpts

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 with a musical and dramatic analysis of Le prophète) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions Osie Hawkins, Siegmund Levarie, Terry McEwen, and Stephen E. Rubin) ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1, part 1 -- side 4. Act 1, part 2 -- side 5. Act 1, part 3 -- side 6. Act 2.

Call number

1. *LTCM 812

Note

1. Title from house program.
2. Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, January 29, 1977.

Language (note)

1. Sung in French.

Author

1. Meyerbeer, Gicaomo, 1791-1864.

Title

1. Le prophète (incomplete) [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Meyerbeer ; libretto by Eugène Scribe.

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 29, 1977

Performer

1. James McCracken (Jean de Leyde) ; Renata Scotto (Berthe) ; Marilyn Horne (Fidès) ; Morley Meredith (Comte d'Oberthal) ; Frank Little (Jonas) ; Jerome Hines (Zacharie) ; Raimund Herincx (Mathisen) ; Alma Jean Smith and Shirley Love (Paysannes) ; Nico Castel (Un paysan, Anabaptiste, Bourgeois, Un officier) ; Charles Anthony (Un soldat, Anabaptiste, Bourgeois) ; Gene Boucher (Un paysan, Bourgeois, Anabaptiste, Un officier) ; Richard Best (Un paysan, Anabaptiste, Bourgeois) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Henry Lewis, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, January 29, 1977.

Original version

1. Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in 1982, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Language

1. Sung in French.

Local note

1. Only Acts 1 and 2 recorded.

Added author

1. Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861. Librettist
2. McCracken, James, 1926- Performer
3. Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023. Performer
4. Horne, Marilyn. Performer
5. Meredith, Morley. Performer
6. Little, Frank, 1936-1993. Performer
7. Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer
8. Herincx, Raimund. Performer
9. Smith, Alma Jean. Performer
10. Love, Shirley. Performer
11. Castel, Nico. Performer
12. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
13. Boucher, Gene. Performer
14. Best, Richard, 1935-2022. Performer
15. Lewis, Henry. Conductor
16. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
17. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
18. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
19. Hawkins, Osie. Commentator
20. Levarie, Siegmund, 1914- Commentator
21. McEwen, terry. Commentator
22. Rubin, Stephen E. Commentator
23. Metrropolitan 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 812 Notes on file.