Research Catalog

Title

Macbeth [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei, after the play by Shakespeare.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Maffei, Andrea, 1798-1885.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Burchinal, Frederick.
• Ramey, Samuel.
• Connell, Elizabeth.
• Harper, Talmage.
• Murphy, Andrew.
• Booth, Thomas.
• Polozov, Vyacheslav M.
• Zseller, Eva.
• Lenis, John.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Peck, Donald.
• Cokorinos, Philip.
• Ross, Cheryllynn.
• Christopher, Russell.
• Meyers, Mary.
• Mays, Linda.
• Kord, Kazimierz.
• Norman, Jessye.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017.
• Wrong, Henry.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Albanese, Licia.
• Steber, Eleanor.
• Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 23, 1988]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 2:04:33 (synopses and features) ; 1:25:07 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• An emergency in the opera house causes the cancellation of Act 3. There are extended intermission features instead.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 23, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 522 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Opera news on the air (Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Terrence McNally, Charles Osborne and Henry Wrong) ; Singer's round table [rebroadcast, originally aired Mar. 6, 1982] (Richard Mohr, host, with Licia Albanese, Dorothy Kirsten and Eleanor Steber) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Part 2) ; Concluding statements (Peter Allen)

Call Number

*LDC 27340

OCLC

NYPG91-R1021

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Macbeth [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei, after the play by Shakespeare.

Playing Time

020433 012507

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 23, 1988]

Performer

Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Ballet (Witches) ; Frederick Burchinal (Macbeth) ; Samuel Ramey (Banquo) ; Elizabeth Connell (Lady Macbeth) ; Talmage Harper (A sevant of Macbeth) ; Andrew Murphy (Duncan) ; Thomas Booth (Malcolm) ; Vyacheslav M. Polozov (Macduff) ; Eva Zseller (Lady-in-waiting to Lady Macbeth) ; John Lenis (Fleance) ; James Courtney (A murderer) ; Donald Peck (A herald) ; Philip Cokorinos (A doctor) ; Cheryllynn Ross (Hecate) ; Russell Christopher (A warrior) ; Mary Meyers (A bloody child) ; Linda Mays (A crowned child) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Kazimierz Kord, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

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

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 52, no. 9 (Jan. 16, 1988).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 23, 1988.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 522 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Maffei, Andrea, 1798-1885. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.

Burchinal, Frederick. Performer

Ramey, Samuel. Performer

Connell, Elizabeth. Performer

Harper, Talmage. Performer

Murphy, Andrew. Performer

Booth, Thomas. Performer

Polozov, Vyacheslav M. Performer

Zseller, Eva. Performer

Lenis, John. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- prf.

Peck, Donald. Performer

Cokorinos, Philip. Performer

Ross, Cheryllynn. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Meyers, Mary. Performer

Mays, Linda. Performer

Kord, Kazimierz. Conductor

Norman, Jessye. Commentator

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017. Commentator

Wrong, Henry. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Albanese, Licia. Commentator

Steber, Eleanor. Commentator

Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Singers' roundtable (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 27340 Service copy.

*LTCM 522 (F) Preservation copy (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27340.