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Author Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896, composer.

Title Mignon / Thomas.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Sony Classical, [2011]
New York, NY : Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment.
℗2011

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 Talbott Media  CD 25442    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 2 audio discs (138 min.) : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 021800
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
plastic metal
Description digital
optical
mono
1.4 m/s
audio file
CD audio
Note Opera in three acts.
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre.
Performer Risë Stevens (Mignon) ; James Melton (Wilhelm Meister) ; Mimi Benzell (Philine) ; Ezio Pinza (Lothario) ; Donald Dame (Laërte) ; John Gurney (Jarno) ; Lucielle Browning (Frédéric) ; Osie Hawkins (Antonio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Wilfred Pelletier, conductor.
Event Recorded live 1945 January 27 Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
Note Title from disc label.
Synopsis in English (11 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Summary Broadcast on January 27, 1945, this performance of Thomas's Mignon features Risë Stevens as the title character in what would become one of her signature roles.
Language Sung in French.
Subject Operas.
Operas.
Genre/Form Operas.
Operas.
Adaptations.
Adaptations.
Live sound recordings.
Live sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Added Author Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist.
Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist.
Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, singer.
Melton, James, 1904-1961, singer.
Benzell, Mimi, singer.
Pinza, Ezio, singer.
Dame, Donald, singer.
Gurney, John, 1902-1997, singer.
Browning, Lucielle, singer.
Hawkins, Osie, singer.
Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982, conductor.
Opera adaptation of (work): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre.
Container of (work): Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Mignon.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, singer.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, instrumentalist.
Standard No. 886979619227
Music No. 88697 96192 2 Sony Classical