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Additional authors

1. Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946.
2. Willner, Alfred Maria.
3. Reichert, Heinz.
4. Juntwait, Margaret.
5. Siff, Ira.
6. Gheorghiu, Angela.
7. Oropesa, Lisette.
8. Alagna, Roberto.
9. Brenciu, Marius.
10. Ramey, Samuel.
11. Yunus, Monica.
12. Cambridge, Alyson.
13. DeShong, Elizabeth.
14. Won, David.
15. Crawford, David, 1978-
16. Stevenson, Tony (Tenor)
17. Emerson, Ashley.
18. Nonnemacher, Anne.
19. Oswald, Belinda.
20. Newland, Alexandra.
21. Singleton, Marty.
22. Hendrix, Jason.
23. Andrews, Roger.
24. Armiliato, Marco.
25. Fleming, Renée.
26. Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
27. Tobleman, Lisa.
28. Plotkin, Fred.
29. Puccini, Simonetta.
30. DiDonato, Joyce
31. Lewin, Naomi.
32. Sohmer, Bill.
33. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
34. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
35. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Series statement

1. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
2. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 10, 2009

Uniform title

1. Rondine
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
3. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
4. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 10, 2009.

Alternative title

1. Rondine

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas
3. African American singers
4. African Americans in the performing arts
5. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
6. Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Peter Gelb annouces that Angela Gheorghiu has a cold but will sing anyway ; Act 1 ; commentary and synopsis of act 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 [beginning] -- CD 2. Act 2 [conclusion] ; Renée Fleming interviews Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews opera fan, Lisa Tobleman) ; Fred Plotkin interviews Simonetta Puccini about her grandfather ; Margaret Juntwait interviews mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato ; Met at 125 feature on African-American singers with Mary Jo Heath (beginning with the groundbreaking role of contralto, Marian Anderson, the first African-American to sing at the Met, and featuring commentary and sound clips by Martina Arroyo, Mattawilda Dobbs, Kathleen Battle, Simon Estes, Eric Owens, Jessye Norman, and Leontyne Price) ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews scenery painter, Bill Sohmer) ; synopsis of act 3 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 3 [beginning] -- CD 3. Act 3 [conclusion] ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call number

1. *LDC 47781

Note

1. Compact discs.
2. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 10, 2009.

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

1. La rondine : radio broadcast, 2009-01-10 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami, after A.M. Willner and Heinz Reichert.

Imprint

1. [New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2009.

Series

1. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
2. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 10, 2009
3. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
4. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 10, 2009.

Performer

1. Angela Gheorghiu (Magda) ; Lisette Oropesa (Lisette) ; Roberto Alagna (Ruggero) ; Marius Brenciu (Prunier) ; Samuel Ramey (Rambaldo) ; Monica Yunus (Yvette) ; Alyson Cambridge (Bianca) ; Elizabeth DeShong (Suzy) ; David Won (Perichaud) ; David Crawford (Crebillon) ; Tony Stevenson (Gobin) ; Ashley Emerson (Singer) ; Ann Nonnemacher (Georgette) ; Belinda Oswald (Gabrielle) ; Alexandra Newland (Lolette) ; Marty Singleton (Adolf) ; Jason Hendrix (Rabonnier) : Roger Andrews (Butler) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Marco Armiliato, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 73, no. 7 (Jan. 2009).

Event

1. Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 10, 2009.

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946. Librettist
2. Willner, Alfred Maria. Librettist
3. Reichert, Heinz. Librettist
4. Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator
5. Siff, Ira. Commentator
6. Gheorghiu, Angela. Performer. Interviewee
7. Oropesa, Lisette. Performer
8. Alagna, Roberto. Performer. Interviewee
9. Brenciu, Marius. Performer
10. Ramey, Samuel. Performer
11. Yunus, Monica. Performer
12. Cambridge, Alyson. Performer
13. DeShong, Elizabeth. Performer
14. Won, David. Performer
15. Crawford, David, 1978- Performer
16. Stevenson, Tony (Tenor) Performer
17. Emerson, Ashley. Performer
18. Nonnemacher, Anne. Performer
19. Oswald, Belinda. Performer
20. Newland, Alexandra. Performer
21. Singleton, Marty. Performer
22. Hendrix, Jason. Performer
23. Andrews, Roger. Performer
24. Armiliato, Marco. Conductor
25. Fleming, Renée. Interviewer
26. Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Commentator
27. Tobleman, Lisa. Interviewee
28. Plotkin, Fred. Interviewer
29. Puccini, Simonetta. Interviewee
30. DiDonato, Joyce, interviewee.
31. Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer
32. Sohmer, Bill. Interviewee
33. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer
34. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 47781