Research Catalog

Title

Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
• Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
• Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
• Zanasi, Mario.
• Moscona, Nicola.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Votipka, Thelma.
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Cleva, Fausto.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008.
• McCormack, Lily, countess.
• Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
• Harrison, Jay.
• Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
• De Schauensee, Max.
• Busch, Hans, 1914-
• Smith, Edward.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (174 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 5, 1958\580405\]

Uniform Title

• Lucia di Lammermoor
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Lucia di Lammermoor

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 0:58:55 (synopses and features) ; 1:54:55 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 99 (F).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 5, 1958.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 99 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Act 1, scene 1 ; Synopsis of Act 1, scene 2 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1, scene 2 ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3, scene 1 ; Synopsis of Act 3, scene 2(Cross) ; Act 3, scene 2 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1, scene 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Norman Dello Joio, Countess Lily McCormack and Robert Merrill discuss bel canto ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Jay Harrison, Mary Ellis Peltz, Max de Schauensee, Edward Smith and Hans Busch ; Synopsis of Act 3, scene 1 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 34120

OCLC

NYPG84-R1151

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Title

Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Playing Time

005855 015455

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 5, 1958\580405\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 5, 1958\580405\]

Performer

Roberta Peters (Lucia) ; Jan Peerce (Edgardo) ; Mario Zanasi (Enrico) ; Nicola Moscona (Raimondo) ; Charles Anthony (Arturo) ; Thelma Votipka (Alisa) ; Robert Nagy (Normanno) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 22, no. 22 (Mar. 31, 1958).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 5, 1958.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Nov., 1984, from borrowed copies (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 99 (F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. Bride of Lammermoor.

Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Performer

Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984. Performer

Zanasi, Mario. Performer

Moscona, Nicola. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Votipka, Thelma. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Commentator

McCormack, Lily, countess. Commentator

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

De Schauensee, Max. Commentator

Busch, Hans, 1914- Commentator

Smith, Edward. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 34120 Service copy.

*LTCM 99 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 34120.