Research Catalog

Title

Macbeth [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi; libretto by F.M. Piave.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Arroyo, Martina.
• Raimondi, Ruggero.
• MacWherter, Rod.
• Tagliavini,Franco.
• Bater, Glenn.
• Ordassy, Carlotta.
• Best, Richard, 1935-
• Christopher, Russell.
• Aronson, Linore.
• Lindner, Elyssa.
• Karlsrud, Edmond.
• Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015.
• Porter, Sheila.
• Hawkins, Osie.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \February 3,1973\730203\]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Macbeth

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 2:22:18 (opera) ; 1:04:03 (synopses and features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 23(F).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 3, 1973.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 23(F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross) ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky gives a musical and drammatic analysis of Macbeth ; Synopsis of Act 2 ; Texaco's opera quiz: Edward Downes questions Sheila Porter, Osie Hawkins, Richard Mohr and Andrew Porter ; Synopsis of Act 3.

Call Number

*LDC 35309

OCLC

NYPG84-R271

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Macbeth [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi; libretto by F.M. Piave.

Playing Time

022218 010403

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \February 3,1973\730203\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \February 3,1973\730203\]

Performer

Sherrill Milnes (Macbeth) ; Martina Arroyo (Lady Macbeth) ; Ruggero Raimondi (Banquo) ; Rod MacWherter (Malcolm) ; Franco Tagliavini (Macduff) ; Glenn Bater (manservant) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Lady-in-attendance) ; Richard Best (Murderer) ; Russell Christopher (Apparition) ; Linore Aronson (Bloody Child) ; Elyssa Lindner (Crowned Child) ; Edmund Karlsrud (Physician) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 37, no. 13 (Feb. 3, 1973).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 3, 1973.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Dec., 1983, from borrowed copies (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 23(F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Arroyo, Martina. Performer

Raimondi, Ruggero. Performer

MacWherter, Rod. Performer

Tagliavini,Franco. Performer

Bater, Glenn. Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

Best, Richard, 1935- Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Aronson, Linore. Performer

Lindner, Elyssa. Performer

Karlsrud, Edmond. Performer

Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015. Commentator

Porter, Sheila. Commentator

Hawkins, Osie. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- 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 35309 Service copy.

*LTCM 23 (F) Cassette copy; request service copy in *LDC 35309.