Research Catalog

Title

La damnation de Faust : radio broadcast, 2008-11-29 [sound recording] : dramatic legend in 4 parts / music by Hector Berlioz ; libretto by the composer and Almire Gandonnière, from the French translation of Goethe's Faust by Gérard de Nerval.

Author

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.

Publication

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

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gandonnière, Almire.
• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Siff, Ira.
• Giordani, Marcello.
• Graham, Susan, 1960-
• Relyea, John.
• Carfizzi, Patrick.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Toolajian, Loren.
• Fritz, Joseph.
• Lewin, Naomi.
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• Lepage, Robert, 1957-
• Gelb, Peter.
• Sheets, Barbara.
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
• 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, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
• Toll-Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Nov. 29, 2008

Uniform Title

• Damnation de Faust
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Nov. 29, 2008.
• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Alternative Title

Damnation de Faust

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Faust, -approximately 1540 > Drama
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

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

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Marcello Giordani (Faust) ; Susan Graham (Marguerite) ; John Relyea (Méphistophélès) ; Patrick Carfizzi (Brander) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Nov. 29, 2008.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French; intermission features in English.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of parts 1 & 2 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Parts 1 & 2 ; Loren Toolajian interviews Marcello Giordani and John Relyea ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews dance director Joseph Fritz) ; Loren Toolajian interviews Susan Graham -- CD 2. Mary Jo Heath discusses the production with Robert Lepage ; Juntwait talks with Peter Gelb ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews longtime radio listener Barbara Sheets) ; synopsis of part 3 & 4 and commentary (Juntwait and Siff) ; Parts 3 & 4 [beginning] -- CD 3. Part 4 [conclusion] ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 47775

OCLC

527702426

Author

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.

Title

La damnation de Faust : radio broadcast, 2008-11-29 [sound recording] : dramatic legend in 4 parts / music by Hector Berlioz ; libretto by the composer and Almire Gandonnière, from the French translation of Goethe's Faust by Gérard de Nerval.

Imprint

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

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll-Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Nov. 29, 2008

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Nov. 29, 2008.

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Cast

Marcello Giordani (Faust) ; Susan Graham (Marguerite) ; John Relyea (Méphistophélès) ; Patrick Carfizzi (Brander) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

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

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Nov. 29, 2008.

Language

Sung in French; intermission features in English.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Gandonnière, Almire. Librettist

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Giordani, Marcello. Performer. Interviewee

Graham, Susan, 1960- Performer. Interviewee

Relyea, John. Performer. Interviewee

Carfizzi, Patrick. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Toolajian, Loren. Interviewer

Fritz, Joseph. Interviewee

Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Commentator

Lepage, Robert, 1957- interviewee.

Gelb, Peter. Interviewee

Sheets, Barbara. Interviewee

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.

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

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

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 47775