Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
2. Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
3. Pavarotti, Luciano
4. Mitchell, Leona
5. Milnes, Sherrill
6. Kraft, Jean
7. Raimondi, Ruggero
8. Vernon, Richard, 1950-
9. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
10. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
11. Allen, Peter, 1920-
12. Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
13. Habachy, Nimet
14. Downes, Edward, 1911-
15. Jacobson, Robert M.
16. McClosky, William
17. McNally, Terrence
18. Edgerton, William
19. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
20. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes (214 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 17, 1983]

Uniform title

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

Alternative title

1. Third intermission feature (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 (Nimet Habachy) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Robert Jacobson, William McClosky and Terrence McNally) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Peter Allen) ; Third Intermission (William Edgerton) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Peter Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 through "Infelice" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded ; Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 438 (F)

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 1:20:02 (synopses and features) ; 2:13:43 (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

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 17, 1983.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 438 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

1. Ernani [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play by Victor Hugo.

Playing time

1. 012002 021343

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 17, 1983]

Performer

1. Luciano Pavarotti (Ernani) ; Leona Mitchell (Elvira) ; Sherrill Milnes (Don Carlo) ; Jean Kraft (Giovanna) ; Ruggero Raimondi (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva) ; Richard Vernon (Jago) ; Charles Anthony (Don Riccardo) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Jan. 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 48, no. 6 (Dec. 10, 1983).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 17, 1983.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 438 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Added author

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
2. Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Hernani.
3. Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer
4. Mitchell, Leona. Performer
5. Milnes, Sherrill. Performer
6. Kraft, Jean. Performer
7. Raimondi, Ruggero. Performer
8. Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer
9. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
10. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
11. Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
12. Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Commentator
13. Habachy, Nimet. Commentator
14. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
15. Jacobson, Robert M. Commentator
16. McClosky, William. Commentator
17. McNally, Terrence. Commentator
18. Edgerton, William. Commentator
19. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

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

Research call number

1. *LTCM 438 (F) (Production notes on file.)