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The rake's progress / Igor Stravinsky.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, composer, composer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Live sound recordings--New York (State)--New York.
- Live sound recordings.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Operas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 20 min., 53 sec.))
- Other Title:
- Met Opera on Demand.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1953]
- Language Note:
- Sung in English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- audio file streaming audio file
- Summary:
- This historic broadcast captures the U.S. premiere of Stravinsky's landmark opera. Legendary conductor Fritz Reiner leads an extraordinary cast, headed by Eugene Conley as Tom Rakewell, the young man whose sudden inheritance leads to his downfall and the loss of his beloved, Anne Trulove, sung by the great Hilde Güden. Mack Harrell is Nick Shadow, Tom's Mephistophelian mentor and guide on his journey to dissolution. Blanche Thebom sings Baba the Turk and Norman Scott is Anne's father, Trulove.
- Contents:
- Prelude
- The woods are green
- Anne, my dear
- Yes, Father
- Here I stand
- Since it is not by merit
- Tom Rakewell?
- Fair lady
- I wished but once
- I'll call the coachman, sir
- Farewell, farewell, farewell for now
- Dear Father Trulove
- With air commanding
- Come, Tom
- Soon dawn will glitter
- Brothers of Mars
- Love, too frequently betrayed
- How sad a song
- The sun is bright
- No word from Tom
- Quietly, night
- My Father!
- I go, I go to him
- Vary the song
- I wish I were happy
- Come, master
- In youth the panting slave pursues ; The fair evasive dame
- My tale shall be told
- How strange!
- Anne! here!
- My love, am I to remain in here forever?
- Could it then, could it then have been known
- I have not run away, dear heart
- As I was saying both brothers wore moustaches
- Come, sweet
- Wretched me!
- My heart is cold
- Fa la la (Pantomime)
- O I wish it were true
- Thanks to this excellent device
- Forgive me, master
- Ruin, Disaster, Shame
- Ladies both fair and gracious
- Who hears me, knows me
- Sold! Annoyed!
- You love him
- If boys had wings and girls had stings
- Prelude
- How dark and dreadful is this place
- Very well then, my dear and good Tom
- My heart is wild with fear
- Now in his words
- Love, first and last
- I burn! I freeze!
- Prepare yourselves, heroic shades
- Leave all love and hope behind!
- There he is
- I have waited
- In a foolish dream
- Gently, little boat
- Every wearied body must
- Where art thou, Venus?
- Good people, just a moment (Epilogue).
- Participant:
- Hilde Güden, Blanche Thebom, Eugene Conley, Mack Harrell ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
- Notes:
- Recorded live in 1953 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
- Duration: 2 hr., 20 min., 53 sec.
- Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
- OCLC:
- 865507576
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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