Research Catalog

Title

Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, last duet and finale completed by Franco Alfano.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954.
• Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946.
• Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952.
• Gozzi, Carlo, 1720-1806.
• Dimitrova, Gena Macheva, 1941-2005.
• Mitchell, Leona.
• Martinucci, Nicola.
• De Grandis, Franco.
• Cuénod, Hugues.
• Schexnayder, Brian.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Cordial, Gary.
• Fritz, Joseph.
• Stocker, Christopher.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Koch, Roger.
• Forrest, Scott.
• Der Derian, Suzanne.
• Hulse, Beverly.
• Andrey, Pauline.
• Graves, Kimberly.
• Laurence, Suzanne.
• Lay, Deanne.
• Santi, Nello.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Bonelli, Peter.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Woitach, Richard.
• 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 Feb. 13, 1988]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (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: 0:59:59 (synopses and features) ; 2:08:08 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Ghena Dimitrova (Turandot) ; Leona Mitchell (Liù) ; Nicola Martinucci (Calàf) ; Franco De Grandis (Timur) ; Hugues Cuénod (Emperor Altoum) ; Brian Schexnayder (Ping) ; Charles Anthony (Pang) ; Anthony Laciura (Pong) ; Gary Cordial, Joseph Fritz, Christopher Stocker (Three Masks) ; James Courtney (Mandarin) ; Roger Koch (Executioner) ; Scott Forrest (Prince of Persia) ; Suzanne Der Derian, Beverly Hulse (Handmaidens) ; Pauline Andrey, Kimberly Graves, Suzanne Laurence, Deanne Lay (Temptresses) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 13, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 525 (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. Act 3 ; Closing announcements (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Peter Bonelli) ; Synpsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Peter Bonelli, Christopher Purdy and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen)

Call Number

*LDC 27337

OCLC

NYPG91-R1027

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, last duet and finale completed by Franco Alfano.

Playing Time

005959 020808

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 13, 1988]

Cast

Ghena Dimitrova (Turandot) ; Leona Mitchell (Liù) ; Nicola Martinucci (Calàf) ; Franco De Grandis (Timur) ; Hugues Cuénod (Emperor Altoum) ; Brian Schexnayder (Ping) ; Charles Anthony (Pang) ; Anthony Laciura (Pong) ; Gary Cordial, Joseph Fritz, Christopher Stocker (Three Masks) ; James Courtney (Mandarin) ; Roger Koch (Executioner) ; Scott Forrest (Prince of Persia) ; Suzanne Der Derian, Beverly Hulse (Handmaidens) ; Pauline Andrey, Kimberly Graves, Suzanne Laurence, Deanne Lay (Temptresses) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

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:

Opera news, v. 52, no. 11 (Feb. 13, 1988).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 13, 1988.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 525 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954. Composer

Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946. Librettist

Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952. Librettist

Gozzi, Carlo, 1720-1806. Turandot.

Dimitrova, Gena Macheva, 1941-2005. Performer

Mitchell, Leona. Performer

Martinucci, Nicola. Performer

De Grandis, Franco. Performer

Cuénod, Hugues. Performer

Schexnayder, Brian. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Cordial, Gary. Performer

Fritz, Joseph. Performer

Stocker, Christopher. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Koch, Roger. Performer

Forrest, Scott. Performer

Der Derian, Suzanne. Performer

Hulse, Beverly. Performer

Andrey, Pauline. Performer

Graves, Kimberly. Performer

Laurence, Suzanne. Performer

Lay, Deanne. Performer

Santi, Nello. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Bonelli, Peter. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 27337 Service copy.

*LTCM 525 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27337.