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Simon Boccanegra opera in a prologue and three acts (four scenes) in Italian

Title: Simon Boccanegra [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts (four scenes) in Italian / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, revised by Arrigo Boito.
Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (217 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1961-02-18 (Feb. 18, 1961)]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Note

Titles from Opera news.
Durations: 1:19:45 (synopses and features) ; 2:16:45 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 18, 1961.

Language (note)

Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of the prologue (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky and Zinka Milanov discuss Amelia Grimaldi and other Verdi heroines ; Progress report on the building of Lincoln Center: Anthony A. Bliss ; Synopsis of act 1 -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, Fausto Cleva, Hans Busch, Terry McEwen, Pul Horgan) ; Synopsis of Acts 2 and 3 -- side 3. Prologue ; Act 1 to La figlia dei Grimaldi? -- side 4. Act 1, conclusion -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 137 (F)

OCLC

NYPG85-R337

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Simon Boccanegra [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts (four scenes) in Italian / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, revised by Arrigo Boito.

Playing Time

011945 021646

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1961-02-18 (Feb. 18, 1961)]

Performer

Frank Guarrera (Simon Boccanegra) ; Renata Tebaldi (Amelia) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Fiesco) ; Richard Tucker (Gabriele) ; Ezio Flagello (Paolo) ; Norman Scott (Pietro) ; Robert Nagy (Captain) ; Athena Vicos (Amelia's maid) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nino Verchi, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL, May, 1985, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 25, no. 15 (Feb. 18, 1961).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 18, 1961.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist

Guarrera, Frank, 1923- Performer

Tebaldi, Renata. Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Performer

Flagello, Ezio. Performer

Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Vicos, Athena. Performer

Verchi, Nino. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Milanov, Zinka. Commentator

Bliss, Anthony A., 1913-1991. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Busch, Hans, 1914- Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995. Commentator

Cleva, Fausto. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 137 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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