Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Civinini, G. (Guelfo), 1873-1954.
2. Zangarini, Carlo
3. Belasco, David, 1853-1931.
4. Dimitrova, Gena Macheva, 1941-2005.
5. Fondary, Alain
6. Martinucci, Nicola
7. Frank, Joseph
8. Wells, Jeffrey
9. Josephson, Kim
10. Grossman, Henry
11. Courtney, James, 1946-
12. Vernon, Richard, 1950-
13. Fitch, Bernard
14. Forest, Michael
15. Short, Kevin
16. Malis, David, 1961-
17. Cokorinos, Philip
18. Kelly, Sondra
19. Cook, Terry
20. Hartman, Vernon
21. Best, Michael
22. Badea, Christian
23. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
24. Keillor, Garrison
25. Downes, Edward, 1911-
26. Bernheimer, Martin
27. Ames, Alison, 1945-
28. Livingstone, William
29. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
30. Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992.
31. Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
32. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
33. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 4 sound discs (198 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 6, 1993]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Garrison Keillor) ; Met Moments (Robert Lawrence, host, with Dorothy Kirsten and Richard Tucker) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Martin Bernheimer, Alison Ames and William Livingstone) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call number

1. *LT-10-A 1581

Note

1. Compact discs.
2. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 6, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 719 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

1. La fanciulla del West [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini ; based on a play by David Belasco.

Playing time

1. 005828 022008

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 6, 1993]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 6, 1993]

Performer

1. Gena Dimitrova (Minnie) ; Alain Fondary (Jack Rance) ; Nicola Martinucci (Dick Johnson) ; Joseph Frank (Nick) ; Jeffrey Wells (Ashby) ; Kim Josephson (Sonora) ; Henry Grossman (Trin) ; James Courtney (Sid) ; Richard Vernon (Bello) ; Bernard Fitch (Harry) ; Michael Forest (Joe) ; Kevin Short (Happy) ; David Malis (Jim Larkens) ; Philip Cokorinos (Billy Jackrabbit) ; Sondra Kelly (Wowkle) ; Terry Cook (Jake Wallace) ; Vernon Hartman (Josʹe Castro) ; Michael Best (Pony express rider) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christian Badea, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 57, no. 12 (Feb. 27, 1993).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 6, 1993.

Original version

1. Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in July 1993, from borrowed masters (3 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 719 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Civinini, G. (Guelfo), 1873-1954. Librettist
2. Zangarini, Carlo. Librettist
3. Belasco, David, 1853-1931. Girl of the golden West.
4. Dimitrova, Gena Macheva, 1941-2005. Performer
5. Fondary, Alain. Performer
6. Martinucci, Nicola. Performer
7. Frank, Joseph. Performer
8. Wells, Jeffrey. Performer
9. Josephson, Kim. Performer
10. Grossman, Henry. Performer
11. Courtney, James, 1946- performer.
12. Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer
13. Fitch, Bernard. Performer
14. Forest, Michael. Performer
15. Short, Kevin. Performer
16. Malis, David, 1961- Performer
17. Cokorinos, Philip. Performer
18. Kelly, Sondra. Performer
19. Cook, Terry. Performer
20. Hartman, Vernon. Performer
21. Best, Michael. Performer
22. Badea, Christian. Conductor
23. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
24. Keillor, Garrison. Commentator
25. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
26. Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator
27. Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator
28. Livingstone, William. Commentator
29. Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
30. Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992. Commentator
31. Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Commentator
32. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Met moments (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LT-10-A 1581 Master tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31790.
2. *LTCM 719 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31790.
3. *LDC 31790 Service copy.