Research Catalog

Tosca opera in three acts in Italian

Title: Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts in Italian / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa after Sardou's drama.
Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Result Found

Item details
Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Audio	Use in library	*LDC 34034 [CD. Service copy]	Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Details

Additional Authors

Description

4 sound discs (179 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 11, 1959\590411\]

Uniform Title

Tosca
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Tosca

Subject

Operas

Note

Sung in Italian.
Durations: 0:54:55 (synopses and features) ; 2:03:50 (opera).
Compact discs.
Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 112 (F).

Indexed In (note)

Opera news,

Event (note)

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 11, 1959.

Reproduction (note)

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 112 (F).

Source (note)

Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Texaco's opera quiz: Edward Downes, Jay Harrison, Sigmund Spaeth, Eric McLean and Paul jaretzki ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Preview of next season: Lauder Greenway and William S. Paley ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 34034

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts in Italian / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa after Sardou's drama.

Playing Time

005455 020350

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 11, 1959\590411\]

Performer

Eleanor Steber (Tosca) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Mario) ; George London (Scarpia) ; Gerhard Pechner (Sacristan) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Angelotti) ; Alessio De Paolis (Spoletta) ; Osie Hawkins (Sciarrone) ; Peter Burke (shepherd boy) ; Louis Sgarro (jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Kurt Adler, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 23, no. 23 (Apr. 6, 1959).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 11, 1959.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Jan., 1985, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.)

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 112 (F).

Added Author

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Tosca.

Steber, Eleanor. Performer

Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer

London, George, 1920-1985. Performer

Pechner, Gerhard. Performer

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer

De Paolis Alessio. Performer

Hawkins, Osie. Performer

Burke, Peter. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Adler, Kurt, 1907-1977. Conductor

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

McLean, Eric. Commentator

Jaretzki, Paul. Commentator

Greenway, Lauder. Commentator

Paley, William S. (William Samuel), 1901- Commentator

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 34034 Service copy.

*LTCM 112 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 34034.

View in Legacy Catalog