Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
2. Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
3. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
4. Jepson, Helen, 1904-1997.
5. Crooks, Richard, 1900-1972.
6. Pinza, Ezio
7. Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
8. Olheim, Helen
9. Votipka, Thelma
10. Engelman, Wilfred
11. Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982.
12. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
13. Swarthout, Gladys, 1904-
14. Goodrich, Wallace, 1871-1952.
15. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
16. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] April 6, 1940
2. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] April 6, 1940.

Uniform title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. First intermission (Metropolitan Opera Fund update ; Synopsis of Act 2 ; Short biographical sketch of Ezio Pinza (Cross)) ; Second intermission feature (Gladys Swarthout gives her views on the critical situation of the Met) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Third intermission feature (New England Conservatory director Wallace Goodrich speaks about the Met ; Richard Crooks speaks from his dressing room about the broadcasts and the Metropolitan Opera Fund) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross).

Call number

1. *LDC 32983

Note

1. Subtitle from house program.
2. Compact discs.
3. Durations: 1:00:35 (Announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:33:23 (opera).
4. House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

1. Helen Jepson (Marguerite) ; Richard Crooks (Faust) ; Ezio Pinza (Méphistophélès) ; Leonard Warren (Valentin) ; Helen Olheim (Siebel) ; Thelma Votipka (Marthe) ; Wilfred Engelman (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast during the Met's spring tour, from the Boston Opera House, Boston, Mass. April 6, 1940.

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in French.

Author

1. Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

1. Faust : radio broadcast, 1940-04-06 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Charles Gounod ; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after Part I of Goethe's drama.

Series

1. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] April 6, 1940
2. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] April 6, 1940.

Cast

1. Helen Jepson (Marguerite) ; Richard Crooks (Faust) ; Ezio Pinza (Méphistophélès) ; Leonard Warren (Valentin) ; Helen Olheim (Siebel) ; Thelma Votipka (Marthe) ; Wilfred Engelman (Wagner) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

1. Live broadcast during the Met's spring tour, from the Boston Opera House, Boston, Mass. April 6, 1940.

Language

1. Sung in French.

Source

1. Gift; Metropolitan Opera; May, 2003.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Librettist
2. Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. Librettist
3. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.
4. Jepson, Helen, 1904-1997. Performer
5. Crooks, Richard, 1900-1972. Performer
6. Pinza, Ezio. Performer
7. Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer
8. Olheim, Helen. Performer
9. Votipka, Thelma. Performer
10. Engelman, Wilfred. Performer
11. Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Conductor
12. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
13. Swarthout, Gladys, 1904- Commentator
14. Goodrich, Wallace, 1871-1952. Commentator
15. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 32983