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

Let's Go to the Opera Radio Broadcast Collection, 1946

*L (Special) 89-31
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    Table of Contents

    Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

    Title
    Let's Go to the Opera Radio Broadcast Collection, 1946.
    Collection ID
    *L (Special) 89-31
    Creator
    Let's Go to the Opera (Radio program).
    Extent
    77 sound recordings
    Repository
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
    Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
    Abstract
    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. All selections are sung in English.

    Administrative Information Table of Contents

    Access

    Collection is open to the public. Access is restricted. Advance notification is required for use.

    Publication Rights

    For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

    Preferred Citation

    *L (Special) 89.31, Let's Go to the Opera Radio Broadcast Collection, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

    Historical Note Table of Contents

    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 weekly series was broadcast live on station WOR, the New York affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting Company.

    Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

    The collection consists of excerpts of twenty-five consecutive programs, broadcast weekly from April 28, 1946 to September 13, 1946. The selections are sung in English and introduced with a brief explanation of the plot context.

    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.

    Collection Listing Table of Contents

       
    *LJ-12 1050*LJ-12 1051*LJ-12 1052 Radio broadcast, April 29, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Marie Rogndahl ; Lawrence Tibbett.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Lohengrin. Vorspiel (overture) / Richard Wagner -- Fledermaus. Selections / Johann Strauss -- Rigoletto. Selections / Giuseppe Verdi -- Tannhäuser. Selections / Richard Wagner.

       
    *LJ-12 1053*LJ-12 1054*LJ-12 1055 Radio broadcast, May 5, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Lawrence Tibbett ; Eugene Conley ; Eleanor Steber.

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    Contents: Damnation de Faust. Overture / Hector Berlioz -- The Bartered Bride. Selections / Bedrich Smetena -- Traviata. Selections / Giuseppe Verdi -- Martha. Selections / Friedrich von Flotow.

       
    *LJ-12 1056*LJ-12 1057*LJ-12 1058 Radio broadcast, May 12, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Lawrence Tibbett ; Hugh Thompson.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Rienzi. Ouverture / Richard Wagner -- Carmen. Prelude / Georges Bizet -- Pagliacci. Selections / Ruggiero Leoncavallo -- Madama Butterfly. Selections / Giacomo Puccini.

       
    *LJ-12 1059 Radio broadcast, May 19, 1946 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Parts 1and 4 only.

    Performer: Lucille Manners.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Patience. Selections / Arthur Sullivan.

       
    *LJ-12 1060*LJ-12 1061*LJ-12 1062 Radio broadcast, May 26, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Brenda Lewis ; John Brownlee.

    The 1st selection is also known as the overture to the Barber of Seville.

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    Contents: Barbieri di Siviglia. Sinfonia (overture) / Giaocchino Rossini -- The Bartered Bride. Selections / Bedrich Smetena -- H.M.S. Pinafore. Selections / Arthur Sullivan.

       
    *LJ-12 1063*LJ-12 1064*LJ-12 1065*LJ-12 1066 Radio broadcast, June 2, 1946 .
    4 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Eugene Conley ; Eleanor Steber ; Charles Kullman.

    The 2nd selection is also known as Eugene Onegin.

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    Contents: Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Selections / Richard Wagner -- Evgenii Onegin. Selections / Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky -- Tosca. Selections / Giacomo Puccini.

       
    *LJ-12 1067*LJ-12 1068*LJ-12 1069*LJ-12 1070*LJ-12 1071*LJ-12 1072 Radio broadcast, June 9, 1946 .
    6 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Mona Paulee ; Mary Henderson.

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    Contents: Carmen. Prelude / Georges Bizet -- Samson et Dalila. Selections / Camille Saint-Saëns -- Pagliacci. Selections / Ruggiero Leoncavallo -- Cosi fan tutte. Selections / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

       
    *LJ-12 1073*LJ-12 1074*LJ-12 1075*LJ-12 1076 Radio broadcast, June 16, 1946 .
    4 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Norman Cordon ; Mimi Benzell.

    The 2nd selection is also known as Abduction from the seraglio.

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    Contents: Les contes d'Hoffmann. Overture / Jacques Offenbach -- Entführung aus dem Serail. Selections / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Boris Godunov. Selections / Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky -- Simon Boccanegra. Selections / Giuseppe Verdi.

       
    *LJ-12 1077*LJ-12 1078*LJ-12 1079 Radio broadcast, June 23, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Martha Lipton ; Richard Tucker.

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    Contents: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Vorspiel (prelude) (Act 1) / Richard Wagner -- Boris Godunov. Selections / Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky -- Samson et Dalila. Selections / Camille Saint-Saëns -- Love for three oranges. Selections / Sergei Prokofiev.

       
    *LJ-12 1080*LJ-12 1081*LJ-12 1082 Radio broadcast, June 30, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: William Horne ; Natalie Bodanya ; Marjorie Meyer.

    The 1st work is also known as the overture to Orpheus in the underworld. The 2nd selection is also known as Merry widow.

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    Contents: Orphée aux enfers. Ouverture / Jacques Offenbach -- Lustige Witwe. Selections / Franz Lehar -- Robin Hood. Selections / Reginald De Koven -- Porgy and Bess. Selections / George Gershwin -- Martha. Selections / Friedrich von Flotow.

       
    *LJ-12 1083*LJ-12 1084*LJ-12 1085*LJ-12 1086 Radio broadcast, July 7, 1946 .
    4 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Richard Tucker ; Hugh Thompson.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Aïda. Sinfonia (overture) / Giuseppe Verdi -- Rigoletto. Selections / Giuseppe Verdi -- Forza del destino. Selections / Giuseppe Verdi.

       
    *LJ-12 1087*LJ-12 1088*LJ-12 1089 Radio broadcast, July 14, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Lucille Manners ; Richard Tucker.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Les contes d'Hoffmann. Overture / Jacques Offenbach -- Manon. Selections / Jules Massenet -- Faust. Selections / Charles Gounod -- Samson et Dalila. Selections / Camille Saint-Saëns.

       
    *LJ-12 1090*LJ-12 1091*LJ-12 1092 Radio broadcast, July 21, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performer: Marjorie Lawrence.

    The 1st selection is also known as the overture to the Marriage of Figaro. The 2nd selection is also known as Eugene Onegin.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Nozze di Figaro. Ouverture / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Evgenii Onegin. Selections / Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky -- Alceste (1776). Selections / Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck -- Samson et Dalila. Selections / Camille Saint-Saëns.

       
    *LJ-12 1093*LJ-12 1094*LJ-12 1095 Radio broadcast, July 28, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Natalie Bodany ; Eugene Conley ; Hugh Thompson.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: La Bohème. Act 3 / Giacomo Puccini.

       
    *LJ-12 1096*LJ-12 1097*LJ-12 1098*LJ-12 1099 Radio broadcast, August 4, 1946 .
    4 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Risë Stevens ; Eugene Conley.

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    Contents: Carmen. Prelude / Georges Bizet -- Tosca. Selections / Giacomo Puccini -- Orfeo ed Eurydice. Selections / Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck.

       
    *LJ-12 1100*LJ-12 1101*LJ-12 1102 Radio broadcast, August 11, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Eleanor Steber ; John Baker.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Semiramide. Sinfonia / Gioacchino Rossini -- Rigoletto. Selections / Giuseppe Verdi -- Turandot. Selections / Giacomo Puccini.

       
    *LJ-12 1103*LJ-12 1104*LJ-12 1105 Radio broadcast, August 18, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performer: Harriet O'Rourke.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Schöne Galatea. Ouverture / Franz von Suppe -- Fledermaus. Selections / Johann Strauss -- Show boat. Selections / Jerome Kern -- Gondoliers. Selections / Arthur Sullivan.

       
    *LJ-12 1106*LJ-12 1107*LJ-12 1108 Radio broadcast, August 25, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performer: Lawrence Tibbett ; Camilla Williams.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Finale / Richard Wagner -- Faust. Selections / Charles Gounod -- Norma. Selections / Vincenzo Bellini -- Pagliacci. Selections / Ruggiero Leoncavallo.

       
    *LJ-12 1109*LJ-12 1110*LJ-12 1111 Radio broadcast, September 1, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Emery Darcy ; Claramae Turner.

    The 1st selection is also known as the overture to the Flying Dutchman.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Fliegende Holländer. Ouverture / Richard Wagner -- Tristan und Isolde. Selections / Richard Wagner -- Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Selections / Richard Wagner.

       
    *LJ-12 1112*LJ-12 1113*LJ-12 1114 Radio broadcast, September 8, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performer: Richard Tucker.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Rigoletto. Selections / Giuseppe Verdi -- Aïda. Selections / Giuseppe Verdi -- Fidelio (1814). Selections / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Pêcheurs de perles. Selections / Georges Bizet.

       
    *LJ-12 1115*LJ-12 1116*LJ-12 1117 Radio broadcast, September 15, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Mona Paulee ; Mary Henderson ; Norman Young.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Amore brujo. Overture / Manuel de Falla -- Giulio Cesare. Selections / George Frideric Handel -- Hérodiade. Selections / Jules Massenet -- Così fan tutte. Selections / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

       
    *LJ-12 1118*LJ-12 1119*LJ-12 1120 Radio broadcast, September 29, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Eugene Conley ; Claramae Turner.

    The 1st selection is also known as the overture to the Impresario.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Schauspieldirektor. Sinfonia (overture) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- The Bartered Bride. Selections / Bedrich Smetena -- Turandot. Selections / Giacomo Puccini.

       
    *LJ-12 1121*LJ-12 1122*LJ-12 1123 Radio broadcast, October 6, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performer: Ann McKnight ; Todd Duncan.

    The 1st selection is also known as the overture to the Flying Dutchman.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Fliegende Holländer. Ouverture / Richard Wagner -- Damnation de Faust. Selections / Hector Berlioz -- Freischütz. Selections / Carl Maria von Weber -- Hérodiade. Selections / Jules Massenet.

       
    *LJ-12 1124*LJ-12 1125*LJ-12 1126 Radio broadcast, October 13, 1946 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Performers: Mimi Benzell ; Mary Henderson ; Martha Lipton ; Robert Marshall.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Rosenkavalier. Selections / Richard Strauss.

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