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artwork [cover] Gérard
baritone vocals [don pedro de hinoyosa, governor of lima] Ralph Herbert
baritone vocals [paquillo, a street singer] Theodor Uppman
baritone vocals [second notary] Calvin Marsh
chorus master Kurt Herbert Adler
conductor Jean Morel
conductor [assistant] Ignace Strasfogel
libretto by Henri Meilhac
libretto by Ludovic Halévy
liner notes Howard Taubman
liner notes Maurice Valency
liner notes [english text by] Maurice Valency
mezzo-soprano vocals [the three cousins, virginella] Rosalind Elias
music by Jacques Offenbach
performer [don andres de ribeira, viceroy of peru] Cyril Ritchard
performer [the lord chancellor, a turnkey, ladies in waiting, courtiers, dragoons, grenadiers, the populace] Metropolitan Opera Chorus
performer [the lord chancellor, a turnkey, ladies in waiting, courtiers, dragoons, grenadiers, the populace] The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
soprano vocals [la périchole] Patrice Munsel
soprano vocals [the three cousins, estrella] Madelaine Chambers
soprano vocals [the three cousins, guadalena] Heidi Krall
tenor vocals [first notary] Charles Anthony
tenor vocals [the count of panatellas] Paul Franke
tenor vocals [the old prisoner] Alessio De Paolis
A Metropolitan Opera recording.

Libretto is based on Prosper Mérimée's play Le Carrosse du Saint Sacrement.

Comes in a cardboard box that contains the libretto and the record.

Libretto:
© 1957 by Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc.
English text © 1956 by Boosey and Hawkes, Inc.

Record: Made in U.S.A.

Matrix / Runout: H2RP-3767 (Center label, side A)
Matrix / Runout: H2RP-3768 (Center label, side B)
Matrix / Runout: H2 RP3767-3S I A1 (Runout, side A)
Matrix / Runout: H2 RP3768-1S I B1 (Runout, side B)