Let's Go to the Opera radio broadcast collection, 1946

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Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Extent

• 77 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in.

Access Restrictions

Access restricted ; advance notification required for use.

Scope/Contents Note

The collection consists of excerpts of twenty-five consecutive programs, broadcast weekly from April 28, 1946to September 13, 1946. Thomas Scherman served as conductor for the entire series. Noteworthy singers include Natalie Bodanya, John Brownlee, Eugene Conley, Norman Cordon, Todd Duncan, Dorothy Kirsten, Charles Kullman, Brenda Lewis, Martha Lipton, Ann McKnight, Ray Middleton, Mona Paulee, Eleanor Steber, Lawrence Tibbett, Richard Tucker, and Claramae Turner.

Biographical/Historical Note

Let's Go to the Opera was a 1946 radio series that featured Metropolitan Opera principals and other well known singers of the time in selections from popular operas and operettas. The selections are sung in Englishand introduced with a brief explanation of the plot context. The weekly series was broadcast live on station WOR, the New York affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting Company.

Controlled Access Terms

• Operas -- Excerpts.
• Radio programs, Musical -- United States.
• Sound recordings.

Additional Creator Names

• Bodanya, Natalie. prf
• Brownlee, John, 1901-1969. prf
• Conley, Eugene, 1908-1981. prf
• Cordon, Norman. prf
• Duncan, Todd. prf
• Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992. prf
• Kullman, Charles, 1903-1983. prf
• Lewis, Brenda. prf
• Lipton, Martha. prf
• McKnight, Ann. prf
• Middleton, Ray. prf
• Paulee, Mona, 1916-1995. prf
• Scherman, Thomas. cnd
• Steber, Eleanor. prf
• Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960. prf
• Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. prf
• Turner, Claramae. prf