Research Catalog

Title

Thaïs : radio broadcast, 2008-12-20 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Jules Massenet ; libretto by Louis Gallet, based on the novel by Anatole France.

Author

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gallet, Louis, 1835-1898.
• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Siff, Ira.
• Fleming, Renée.
• Fleming Renée.
• Schade, Michael.
• Hampson, Thomas.
• Vernhes, Alain, 1944-
• Cambridge, Alyson.
• Costa-Jackson, Ginger.
• Partridge, Leah.
• Zifchak, Maria.
• Scheunemann, Trevor.
• Smith, Daniel Clark.
• Andrews, Roger.
• Phinney, Kurt.
• Pearson, Richard (Singer)
• Montgomery, Craig (Tenor)
• López Cobos, Jesús.
• Lewin, Naomi.
• Krauss, David.
• Arroyo, Martina.
• Berger, William, 1961-
• Kazaras, Peter.
• Pines, Roger.
• Wolf, Thomas, 1945-
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• Elias, Rosalind.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Montano, Umberto.
• Cabell, Nicole.
• Buchalter, Gregory.
• France, Anatole, 1844-1924.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 20, 2008

Uniform Title

• Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 20, 2008.
• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 20, 2008.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1, scene 1(Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Act 1, scene 1 ; synopsis of act 1, scene 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 1, scene 2 ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews principal trumpet, David Krauss) ; Renée Fleming speaks about the Massenet heroines, Manon and Thaïs ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Martina Arroyo, host, with William Berger, Peter Kazaras, Roger Pines, and Thomas Wolf) [beginning] -- CD 2. Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz [conclusion] ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews Rosalind Elias about Massenet's Werther) ; synopsis of act 2 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 ; Plácido Domingo speaks with Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews chef Umberto Montano) ; Met at 125 feature (Mary Jo Heath on the founding of the Metropolitan Opera in 1883) ; Mary Jo Heath speaks with Jesús López-Cobos ; Margaret Juntwait speaks with soprano Nicole Cabell about her upcoming Met debut as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews assistant conductor Gregory Buchalter ; synopsis of act 3 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) [beginning] -- CD 3. Commentary (Juntwait and Siff) [conclusion] ; Act 3 ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 47778

OCLC

477274238

Author

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.

Title

Thaïs : radio broadcast, 2008-12-20 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Jules Massenet ; libretto by Louis Gallet, based on the novel by Anatole France.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2008.

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 20, 2008

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 20, 2008.

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Performer

Renée Fleming (Thaïs) ; Michael Schade (Nicias) ; Thomas Hampson (Athanaël) ; Alain Vernhes (Palémon) ; Alyson Cambridge (Crobyle) ; Ginger Costa-Jackson (Myrtale) ; Leah Partridge (Charmeuse) ; Maria Zifchak (Albine) ; Trevor Scheunemann (Servant) ; Daniel Clark Smith, Roger Andrews, Kurt Phinney, Richard Pearson, Craig Montgomery (Cenobites) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Jesús López-Cobos, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 73, no. 6 (Dec. 2008).

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 20, 2008.

Language

Sung in French.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Gallet, Louis, 1835-1898. Librettist

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Fleming, Renée. Performer

Fleming Renée. Commentator

Schade, Michael. Performer

Hampson, Thomas. Performer. Commentator

Vernhes, Alain, 1944- Performer

Cambridge, Alyson. Performer

Costa-Jackson, Ginger. Performer

Partridge, Leah. Performer

Zifchak, Maria. Performer

Scheunemann, Trevor. Performer

Smith, Daniel Clark. Performer

Andrews, Roger. Performer

Phinney, Kurt. Performer

Pearson, Richard (Singer) Performer

Montgomery, Craig (Tenor) Performer

López Cobos, Jesús. Conductor. Commentator

Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer

Krauss, David. Interviewee

Arroyo, Martina. Host

Berger, William, 1961- Commentator

Kazaras, Peter. Commentator

Pines, Roger. Commentator

Wolf, Thomas, 1945- Commentator

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Commentator

Elias, Rosalind. Commentator

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Interviewer

Montano, Umberto. Interviewee

Cabell, Nicole. Interviewee

Buchalter, Gregory. Interviewee

France, Anatole, 1844-1924. Thaïs.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 47778