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Il Trovatore opera in four acts

Title
Il Trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Additional Authors
  • Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
  • De Grandis, Franco.
  • Kraft, Jean.
  • Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010.
  • Nucci, Leo.
  • Pavarotti, Luciano.
  • Verrett, Shirley.
  • Morrison, H. Ray.
  • O'Mara, Stephen.
  • Baker, Mark (Tenor)
  • Bonynge, Richard.
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Troyanos, Tatiana.
  • Goldovsky, Boris.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Masiello, Alberta.
  • Hubay, Alfred.
  • Scott, Iain.
  • 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 Dec. 19, 1987]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:49:35 (synopses and features) ; 2:27:32 (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)
  • Franco De Grandis (Ferrando) ; Jean Kraft (Inez) ; Joan Sutherland (Leonora) ; Leo Nucci (Count di Luna) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Manrico) ; Shirley Verrett (Azucena) ; Ray Morrison (A gypsy) ; Stephen O'Mara (A messenger) ; Mark Baker (Ruiz) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Richard Bonynge, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 19, 1987.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 518 (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 ; Act 3 -- CD 3. Act 4 ; closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, Alfred Hubay and Iain Scott) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Allen)
Call Number
*LDC 27345
OCLC
NYPG91-R998
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Il Trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.
Playing Time
004935 022732
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 19, 1987]
Cast
Franco De Grandis (Ferrando) ; Jean Kraft (Inez) ; Joan Sutherland (Leonora) ; Leo Nucci (Count di Luna) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Manrico) ; Shirley Verrett (Azucena) ; Ray Morrison (A gypsy) ; Stephen O'Mara (A messenger) ; Mark Baker (Ruiz) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Richard Bonynge, 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. 7 (Dec. 19, 1987).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 19, 1987.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 518 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
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Added Author
Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist
De Grandis, Franco. Performer
Kraft, Jean. Performer
Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010. Performer
Nucci, Leo. Performer
Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer
Verrett, Shirley. Performer
Morrison, H. Ray. Performer
O'Mara, Stephen. Performer
Baker, Mark (Tenor) Performer
Bonynge, Richard. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Troyanos, Tatiana. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Performer
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Masiello, Alberta. Commentator
Hubay, Alfred. Commentator
Scott, Iain. 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 27345 Service copy.
*LTCM 518 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file) Use service copy in *LDC 27345.
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