Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Guillard, Nicolas François, 1752-1814
2. Guimond de la Touche, Claude, 1723-1760.
3. Euripides
4. Summers, Patrick
5. Graham, Susan, 1960-
6. Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
7. Groves, Paul (Tenor)
8. Hawkins, Gordon
9. Boulianne, Julie (Mezzo-soprano)
10. Xu, Lei (Soprano)
11. Hall, Cecilia
12. Won, David
13. Fleming, Renée
14. Brownlee, Lawrence
15. Juntwait, Margaret
16. Siff, Ira
17. Dessay, Natalie, 1965-
18. Zimmerman, Mary
19. Wadsworth, Stephen
20. Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
21. Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer
23. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), donor NN-RHA

Description

1. 2 audio discs : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Series statement

1. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
2. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] February 26, 2011

Uniform title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
2. Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] February 26, 2011.
3. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Alternative title

1. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Synopsis of acts 1-2 (Juntwait & Siff) ; Acts 1-2 ; Backstage pass: Natalie Dessay interviews Susan Graham and Plácido Domingo ; Iphigénie en Tauride Time Capsule -- CD 2. Juntwait talks with Mary Zimmerman about Armida ; Renée Fleming and Lawrence Brownlee sing duet from the 1st act of Armida (on tape) ; Renata Scotto: Levine 40th Anniversary tribute (with Mary Jo Heath) ; Synopsis of acts 3-4 ; Backstage pass: Natalie Dessay interviews Paul Groves and Stephen Wadsworth ; Acts 3-4 ; Closing remarks (Juntwait & Siff).

Call number

1. *LDC 53219

Note

1. Title and date from the discs ; credits from audition and Metropolitan Opera program.
2. House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

1. Susan Graham (Iphigénie) ; Plácido Domingo (Orest) ; Paul Groves (Pylade) ; Gordon Hawkins (Thoas) ; Julie Boulianne (Diane) ; Lei Xu (First priestess) ; Cecilia Hall (Second priestess) ; David Won (A minister, a Scythian) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Patrick Summers, conductor.

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera

Language (note)

1. Sung in French; commentary in English.

Author

1. Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787, composer.

Title

1. Iphigénie en Tauride : radio broadcast, 2011-02-26 : [opera in four acts] / music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck ; libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard, after the play by Guymond de la Touche, based on Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides.

Production

1. New York, NY : Metropolitan Opera, [2011]

Playing time

1. 011958 011958

Type of content

1. performed music

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audio disc

Series

1. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
2. Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] February 26, 2011
3. Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] February 26, 2011.
4. Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Performer

1. Margaret Juntwait, host ; Natalie Dessay, interviewer ; Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo, Paul Groves, Stephen Wadsworth, interviewees ; Ira Siff, Mary Zimmerman, Mary Jo Heath, Renata Scotto, commentators ; Renée Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, performers.

Cast

1. Susan Graham (Iphigénie) ; Plácido Domingo (Orest) ; Paul Groves (Pylade) ; Gordon Hawkins (Thoas) ; Julie Boulianne (Diane) ; Lei Xu (First priestess) ; Cecilia Hall (Second priestess) ; David Won (A minister, a Scythian) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Patrick Summers, conductor.

Event

1. Broadcast live on Sirius XM Metropolitan Opera Radio from Metropolitan Opera House, NYC 2011 February 26.

Language

1. Sung in French; commentary in English.

Source

1. Gift; Metropolitan Opera, August 2012.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Guillard, Nicolas François, 1752-1814, librettist.
2. Libretto based on (work): Guimond de la Touche, Claude, 1723-1760. Iphigénie en Tauride (Play)
3. Play based on (work): Euripides. Iphigenia in Tauris.
4. Summers, Patrick, conductor.
5. Graham, Susan, 1960- performer.
6. Graham, Susan, 1960- interviewee.
7. Domingo, Plácido, 1941- performer.
8. Domingo, Plácido, 1941- interviewee.
9. Groves, Paul (Tenor), performer.
10. Groves, Paul (Tenor), interviewee.
11. Hawkins, Gordon, performer.
12. Boulianne, Julie (Mezzo-soprano), performer.
13. Xu, Lei (Soprano), performer.
14. Hall, Cecilia, performer.
15. Won, David, performer.
16. Fleming, Renée, performer.
17. Brownlee, Lawrence, performer.
18. Juntwait, Margaret, host.
19. Siff, Ira, commentator.
20. Dessay, Natalie, 1965- interviewer.
21. Zimmerman, Mary, commentator.
22. Wadsworth, Stephen, interviewee.
23. Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- commentator.
24. Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023, commentator.
25. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.
26. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), donor NN-RHA

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
2. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Research call number

1. *LDC 53219