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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. Bonelli, Richard
8. Olheim, Helen
9. Bourskaya, Ina
10. Engelman, Wilfred
11. Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982.
12. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
13. Davenport, Marcia, 1903-
14. Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943.
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] March 20, 1937.

Uniform title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. 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 feature (Marcia Davenport discusses Faust and the great singers who sang it at the Metropolitan Opera) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Second intermission feature (Dr. William Lyon Phelpsoffers personal reflections on the Faust legend in the theatre and opera) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Third intermission feature (Marcia Davenport discusses the early history of the Metropolitan Opera House and its construction) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross).

Call number

1. *LDC 32540

Note

1. Subtitle from house program.
2. Durations: 38:38 (Announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:35:19 (opera).
3. Compact discs.
4. House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

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

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 20, 1937.

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in French.

Author

1. Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.

Title

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

Imprint

1. [New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]

Series

1. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 20, 1937.
2. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 20, 1937.

Cast

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

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 20, 1937.

Language

1. Sung in French.

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. Bonelli, Richard. Performer
8. Olheim, Helen. Performer
9. Bourskaya, Ina. Performer
10. Engelman, Wilfred. Performer
11. Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982. Conductor
12. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
13. Davenport, Marcia, 1903- Commentator
14. Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943. Commentator
15. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 32540