| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Summary |
Jussi Bjoerling and Bidu Sayao star as the famous star crossed lovers in this February 1947 performance of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette |
| Notes |
Opera in five acts |
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Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on the play by Shakespeare |
| Performer |
Bidú Sayã̃o, Mimi Benzell, sopranos ; Claramae Turner, contralto ; Jussi Björling, Thomas Hayward, Anthony Marlowe, tenors ; George Cehanovsky, John Brownlee, Philip Kinsman, baritones ; Kenneth Schon, Nicola Moscona, basses ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Emil Cooper, conductor |
| Event |
Recorded live 1947 February 1 Metropolitan Opera House, New York City |
| 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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| Form |
Streaming audio
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| Author |
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist.
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Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist.
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Sayão, Bidú, singer
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Benzell, Mimi, singer
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Turner, Claramae, 1920-2013, singer.
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Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960, singer.
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Hayward, Thomas, 1917-1995, singer.
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Marlowe, Anthony, singer
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Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986, singer.
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Brownlee, John, 1901-1969, singer.
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Kinsman, Philip, singer
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Schon, Kenneth, singer
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Moscona, Nicola, singer
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Cooper, Emil, conductor
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Libretto based on (work):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.
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