| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Summary |
Pierre Monteux, a master of French repertoire, conducts in this 1955 performance of Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffman. This Metropolitan Opera production features an all-star cast that includes Rise Stevens, Richard Tucker, Roberta Peters, and Lucine Amara |
| Notes |
Opera in a prologue, three acts and an epilogue |
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Libretto by Jules Barbier based on the play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (based on stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann) |
| Performer |
Roberta Peters, Lucine Amara, sopranos ; Risë Stevens, Mildred Miller, Sandra Warfield, mezzo-sopranos ; Richard Tucker, Paul Franke, Alessio DePaolis, James McCracken, tenors ; Martial Singher, George Cehanovsky, Calvin Marsh, Clifford Harvuot, baritones ; Norman Scott, bass ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Pierre Monteux, conductor |
| Event |
Recorded live 1955 December 3 Metropolitan Opera House, New York |
| Notes |
Sung in French |
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Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas
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| Genre/Form |
Streaming audio
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Live sound recordings
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Live sound recordings.
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Enregistrements sonores live.
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, author, librettist.
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Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, author.
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Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017, singer.
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Amara, Lucine, singer
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Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, singer.
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Miller, Mildred, 1924- singer.
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Warfield, Sandra, singer
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Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975, singer.
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Franke, Paul, 1917-2011, singer.
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De Paolis, Alessio, singer
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McCracken, James, 1926-1988, singer.
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Singher, Martial, singer
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Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986, singer.
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Marsh, Calvin, singer
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Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990, singer.
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Scott, Norman, 1921-1968, singer.
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Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964, conductor.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.
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