Research Catalog

Title

Il trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-
• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Cvejić, Biserka.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Forero, Luis.
• Giaiotti, Bonaldo.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Harrison, Jay.
• Hook, Howard J., Jr.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Love, Shirley.
• McEwen, Terry.
• Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
• Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
• Prevedi, Bruno.
• Prêtre, Georges.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Tucci, Gabriella.
• Weiss, Rob.

Description

3 sound cassettes (223 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1965-12-04 (Dec. 4, 1965)]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Operas
• Bori, Lucrezia, 1887-1960

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:27:50 (synopses and features) ; 2:14:40 (opera).
• With production notes and official cast list (7 p.)

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news,

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 4, 1965.

Contents

side 1. Introduction, season greeting and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross and Rudolf Bing) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky interviews Mrs. August Belmont ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning (Edward Downes, Mary Ellis Peltz, Jay Harrison, Robert Lawrence and Terry McEwen) -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music: Francis Robinson discusses Lucrezia Bori ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Howard J. Hook, Jr. discusses the National Council's Regional Auditions ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 226 (F)

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Il trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Playing Time

012750 021440

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1965-12-04 (Dec. 4, 1965)]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1965-12-04 (Dec. 4, 1965)]

Performer

Gabriella Tucci (Leonora) ; Bruno Prevedi (Manrico) ; Robert Merrill (Count di Luna) ; Biserka Cvejic (Azucena) ; Shirley Love (Inez) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Ferrando) ; Charles Anthony (Ruiz) ; Hal Roberts (Messenger) ; Luis Forero (Gypsy) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Georges Prêtre, conductor ; Milton Cross, program host.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in June 1986, from masters lent by Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.)

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 30, no. 5 (Dec. 4, 1965).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 4, 1965.

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Tucci, Gabriella. Performer

Prevedi, Bruno. Performer

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer

Cvejić, Biserka. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Weiss, Rob. Performer

Forero, Luis. Performer

Prêtre, Georges. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Hook, Howard J., Jr. Commentator

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

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 226 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)