Description |
2 audio discs (138 min.) : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in. |
Playing Time |
021800 |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
Note |
Opera in three acts. |
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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. |
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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.
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Operas. |
Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Live sound recordings.
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Live sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Added Author |
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist.
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Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist.
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Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, singer.
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Melton, James, 1904-1961, singer.
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Benzell, Mimi, singer.
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Pinza, Ezio, singer.
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Dame, Donald, singer.
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Gurney, John, 1902-1997, singer.
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Browning, Lucielle, singer.
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Hawkins, Osie, singer.
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Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982, conductor.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre.
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Container of (work): Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896.
Mignon.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, singer.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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Standard No. |
886979619227 |
Music No. |
88697 96192 2 Sony Classical |
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