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Roméo et Juliette

Alternative title
Romeo and Juliet
Synopsis
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette with Nicolai Gedda and Mirella Freni in the title roles. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli. Milton Cross is the broadcast announcer.
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Language
French (Standard)
Country
United States
Medium
Radio
Notes
Preservation copy recorded in October 1991 from borrowed masters lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

The opera may be streamed by US subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio http://www.sirius.com/siriusinternetradio. Available for downloading or streaming at http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm (2008).
Subjects
Drama; Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Writer
Jules Barbier; Michel Carré
Music
Charles Gounod
Cast
Charles Anthony 
Gene Boucher 
John Macurdy 
John Reardon 
Lorenzo Alvary 
Marcia Baldwin 
Mirella Freni 
Nicolai Gedda 
Norman Scott 
Raymond Michalski 
Robert Schmorr 
Shirley Love 

Production Company

Name

Metropolitan Opera, New York

Email
metropolitanopera@metopera.org
Web
https://www.metopera.org/ External site opens in new window
Address
30 Lincoln Center
New York, NY
10023
USA

Sponsor

Name

Texaco

Archive

Name

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Email
rha@nypl.org
Web
http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/rha/rha.html External site opens in new window
Phone
(212) 870 1663
Address
New York Public Library of Recorded Sound
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 100123
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