Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
2. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
3. Clark, Richard J.
4. Cook, Terry.
5. Milnes, Sherrill.
6. Plishka, Paul, 1941-
7. Te Kanawa, Kiri.
8. Moldoveanu, Vasile.
9. Wagner, Janet.
10. Nagy, Robert, 1929-
11. Chung, Myung-Whun, 1953-
12. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
13. Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
14. Downes, Edward, 1911-
15. Livingstone, William.
16. Weaver, William, 1923-2013
17. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
18. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes (177 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 15, 1986]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with M. Owen Lee, William Weaver and William Livingstone) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Prologue ; Act 1 through "Propizio ei giunge!" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing Remarks (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 490 (F)

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:56:77 (synopses and features) ; 2:01:34 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Ricard J. Clark (Paolo) ; Terry Cook (Pietro) ; Sherrill Milnes (Simon Boccanegra) ; Paul Plishka (Fiesco) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Amelia) ; Vasile Moldoveanu (Gabriele Adorno) ; Janet Wagner (Amelia's lady in waiting) ; Robert Nagy (A captian) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 15, 1986.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 490 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

1. Simon Boccanegra : radio broadcast, 1986-03-15 [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito.

Playing time

1. 005611 020134

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 15, 1986]

Cast

1. Ricard J. Clark (Paolo) ; Terry Cook (Pietro) ; Sherrill Milnes (Simon Boccanegra) ; Paul Plishka (Fiesco) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Amelia) ; Vasile Moldoveanu (Gabriele Adorno) ; Janet Wagner (Amelia's lady in waiting) ; Robert Nagy (A captian) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in June 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. 50, no. 13 (Mar. 15, 1986).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 15, 1986.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 490 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Added author

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
2. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
3. Clark, Richard J. Performer
4. Cook, Terry. Performer
5. Milnes, Sherrill. Performer
6. Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer
7. Te Kanawa, Kiri. Performer
8. Moldoveanu, Vasile. Performer
9. Wagner, Janet. Performer
10. Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer
11. Chung, Myung-Whun, 1953- Conductor
12. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
13. Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator
14. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
15. Livingstone, William. Commentator
16. Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.
17. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

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

Research call number

1. *LTCM 490 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)