Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852
2. De Grandis, Franco
3. Kraft, Jean
4. Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010
5. Nucci, Leo
6. Pavarotti, Luciano
7. Verrett, Shirley
8. Morrison, H. Ray
9. O'Mara, Stephen
10. Baker, Mark (Tenor)
11. Bonynge, Richard
12. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
13. Troyanos, Tatiana
14. Goldovsky, Boris
15. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
16. Masiello, Alberta
17. Hubay, Alfred
18. Scott, Iain
19. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
20. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 19, 1987]

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. Operas.

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. 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

1. *LDC 27345

Language

1. Italian

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:49:35 (synopses and features) ; 2:27:32 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
4. Compact discs.
5. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. 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)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 19, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 518 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Playing time

1. 004935 022732

Original version

1. 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:

1. Opera news, v. 52, no. 7 (Dec. 19, 1987).

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Research call number

1. *LDC 27345 Service copy.
2. *LTCM 518 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file) Use service copy in *LDC 27345.