Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.
2. Steber, Eleanor.
3. Elias, Rosalind.
4. Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013.
5. Gedda Nicolai.
6. Tozzi, Giorgio.
7. Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
8. Nagy, Robert, 1929-
9. Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960.
10. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
11. Gutman, John.
12. Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.
13. Harrison, Jay.
14. Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995.
15. Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993.
16. Cleva, Fausto.
17. Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999
18. Krawitz, Herman E.
19. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
20. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 3 sound discs (215 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 1, 1958
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 1, 1958.

Uniform title

1. Vanessa
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).
3. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
4. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
5. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Vanessa

Subject

1. Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981 > Interviews
2. Operas
3. Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007 > Interviews

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 3. Opera news on the air: John Gutman, Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti discuss Vanessa ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Jay Harrison, Max Rudolf, Erich Leinsdorf and Fausto Cleva ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Third intermission: Texaco's Roving Opera Reporter Clifton Fadiman and Met Supervisor Herman E. Krawitz conclude their backstage interviews ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross).

Call number

1. *LDC 34113

Note

1. Sung in English.
2. Durations: 1:24:50 (synopses and features) ; 2:10:10 (opera).
3. Compact discs.
4. Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 92 (F).
5. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 1, 1958.

Reproduction (note)

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 92 (F).

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Author

1. Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.

Title

1. Vanessa [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Samuel Barber ; libretto by Gian-Carlo Menotti.

Playing time

1. 012450 021010

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 1, 1958
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 1, 1958.

Performer

1. Eleanor Steber (Vanessa) ; Rosalind Elias (Erika) ; Nicolai Gedda (Anatol) ; Regina Resnik (Baroness) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Doctor) ; George Cehanovsky (Major-domo) ; Robert Nagy (footman) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 22, no. 13 (Jan. 27, 1958).

Event

1. Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 1, 1958.

Original version

1. Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Nov., 1984, from borrowed copies (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 92 (F).

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Librettist
2. Steber, Eleanor. Performer
3. Elias, Rosalind. Performer
4. Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013. Performer
5. Gedda Nicolai. Performer
6. Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer
7. Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer
8. Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer
9. Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960. Conductor
10. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
11. Gutman, John. Commentator
12. Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Commentator
13. Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Commentator
14. Harrison, Jay. Commentator
15. Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995. Commentator
16. Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993. Commentator
17. Cleva, Fausto. Commentator
18. Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999, interviewer.
19. Krawitz, Herman E. Commentator
20. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).
2. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
3. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 34113 Service copy.
2. *LTCM 92 (F) Cassette copy; production notes filed in listening room. Request service copy in *LDC 34113.