Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Kraft, Jean.
• Millo, Aprile.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Pavarotti, Luciano.
• Cossotto, Fiorenza.
• Crolius, Ross.
• Apy, Arthur.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Horne, Marilyn.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (195 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 21, 1989]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Trovatore

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 0:48:25 (synopses and features) ; 2:26:39 (opera).
• Compact disc.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark : *LTCM 542 (F).
• 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. 21, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 542 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Acts I and II -- CD 2. Acts III and IV ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of Acts I and II (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of Act III (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Martin Bernheimer, Albert Innaurato and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of Act IV (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 542 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R62

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Composer

Title

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

Playing Time

004825 022639

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 21, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 21, 1989]

Performer

Paul Plishka (Ferrando) ; Jean Kraft (Inez) ; Aprile Millo (Leonora) ; Sherrill Milnes (Count di Luna) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Manrico) ; Fiorenza Cossotto (Azucena) ; Ross Crolius (A gypsy) ; Arthur Apy (A messenger) ; Charles Anthony (Ruiz) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 9 (Jan. 21, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 21, 1989.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 542 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Millo, Aprile. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer

Cossotto, Fiorenza. Performer

Crolius, Ross. Performer

Apy, Arthur. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Horne, Marilyn. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. 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

*LTCM 542 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room). Use service copy in *LDC 31958.

*LDC 31958 Service copy.