Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
2. Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895.
3. Tomowa-Sintow, Anna, 1941-
4. Eckhoff, Herbert
5. Kesling, Diane
6. Courtney, James, 1946-
7. Olsen, Stanford
8. Cook, Terry
9. Rosenshein, Neil
10. Wray, Margaret Jane
11. Hanriot, John
12. Milnes, Sherrill
13. Sendrowitz, Mitchell
14. Fulton, Thomas
15. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
16. Morris, James, 1947-
17. Mohr, Richard
18. Downes, Edward, 1911-
19. Jellinek, George, 1919-
20. Livingstone, William
21. Reuben, David
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
23. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 26, 1987]

Uniform title

1. Traviata
2. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
3. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Traviata

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing announcements (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with George Jellinek, William Livingstone, David Reuben) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call number

1. *LDC 27344

Note

1. Sung in Italian.
2. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
3. Durations: 0:56:12 (synopses and features) ; 2:20:06 (opera).
4. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
5. Compact discs.
6. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Violetta) ; Herbert Eckhoff (Baron Douphol) ; Diane Kesling (Flora) ; James Courtney (The Marquis d'Obigny) ; Stanford Olsen (Gastone) ; Terry Cook (Doctor Grenville) ; Neil Rosenshein (Alfredo) ; Margaret Jane Wray (Annina) ; John Hanriot (Giuseppe) ; Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont) ; Mitchell Sendrowitz (A messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Fulton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 26, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 535 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

1. La Traviata [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.

Playing time

1. 005612 022006

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 26, 1987]

Cast

1. Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Violetta) ; Herbert Eckhoff (Baron Douphol) ; Diane Kesling (Flora) ; James Courtney (The Marquis d'Obigny) ; Stanford Olsen (Gastone) ; Terry Cook (Doctor Grenville) ; Neil Rosenshein (Alfredo) ; Margaret Jane Wray (Annina) ; John Hanriot (Giuseppe) ; Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont) ; Mitchell Sendrowitz (A messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Fulton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in Sept. 1991, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo, ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 52, no. 7 (Dec. 19, 1987).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 26, 1987.

Reproduction

1. Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 535 (F)

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
2. Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895. Dame aux camélias.
3. Tomowa-Sintow, Anna, 1941- Performer
4. Eckhoff, Herbert. Performer
5. Kesling, Diane. Performer
6. Courtney, James, 1946- performer
7. Olsen, Stanford. Performer
8. Cook, Terry. Performer
9. Rosenshein, Neil. Performer
10. Wray, Margaret Jane. Performer
11. Hanriot, John. Performer
12. Milnes, Sherrill. Performer
13. Sendrowitz, Mitchell. Performer
14. Fulton, Thomas. Conductor
15. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
16. Morris, James, 1947- Commentator
17. Mohr, Richard. Commentator
18. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
19. Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator
20. Livingstone, William. Commentator
21. Reuben, David. Commentator
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 27344 Service copy.
2. *LTCM 535 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27344.