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Martha : [sound recording] : opera in three acts

Title: Martha : radio broadcast, 1961-02-25 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Friedrich von Flotow ; original libretto by W. Friedrich ; English adaptation by Ann Ronell.
Author: Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883.

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Description

on 5 sides of 3 sound cassettes (189 min.) : analog mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1961-02-25 (Feb. 25, 1961)]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Martha.

Subject

Operas

Note

Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 1:10:40 (synopses and features) ; 1:58:35 (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. 25, 1961.

Language (note)

Sung in English.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky discusses bel canto singing with Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge, then comments on the opera Martha ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, Walter Slezak, Jay Harrison, Julius Rudel, Karl Haas) ; Synopsis of act 3 -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 138 (F)

Author

Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883.

Title

Martha : radio broadcast, 1961-02-25 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Friedrich von Flotow ; original libretto by W. Friedrich ; English adaptation by Ann Ronell.

Playing Time

011040 015835

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1961-02-25 (Feb. 25, 1961)]

Performer

Victoria de los Angeles (Lady Harriet) ; Rosalind Elias (Nancy) ; Richard Tucker (Lionel) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Plunkett) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Lord Tristram) ; Gerhard Pechner (Sheriff) ; Mildred Allen, Evangeline De Florio, Thelma Votipka (Maids) ; Walter Hemmerly, Arthur Backgren, Lou Marcella (Lackeys) ; John Frydel (Farmer) ; Lilias Sims (Farmer's wife) ; 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. 16 (Feb. 25, 1961).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 25, 1961.

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Friedrich, W., approximately 1820-1879. Librettist

Angeles, Victoria de los. Performer

Elias, Rosalind. Performer

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer

Pechner, Gerhard. Performer

Allen, Mildred. Performer

DeMarco, Evangeline DeFlorio, 1921-2009. Performer

Votipka, Thelma. Performer

Hemmerly, Walter. Performer

Backgren, Arthur. Performer

Marcella, Luigi. Performer

Frydel, John. Performer

Sims, Lilias. Performer

Verchi, Nino. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010. Commentator

Bonynge, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Rudel, Julius. Commentator

Haas, Karl. Commentator

Ronell, Ann.

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

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera broadcast (Radio program)

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

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