Research Catalog

Title

Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on the play by Victorien Sardou.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908.
• Held, Alan, 1959-
• Capecchi, Renato.
• Bartolini, Lando.
• Tomowa-Sintow, Anna, 1941-
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Cokorinos, Philip.
• Finckel, Adrien.
• Aceto, Raymond.
• Badea, Christian.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Paolucci, Bridget.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Krisel, Michelle.
• Scott, Iain.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Slezak, Walter, 1902-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (190 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 9, 1993.

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 1:04:42 (synopses and features) ; 2:05:09 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 9, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 711 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3 Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Bridget Paolucci) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Michelle Krisel, Iain Scott and Richard Woitach) ; Met Moments (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Walter Slezak) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 31777

OCLC

NYPG94-R332

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on the play by Victorien Sardou.

Playing Time

010442 020509

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 9, 1993.

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 9, 1993.

Performer

Alan Held (Angelotti) ; Renato Capecchi (Sacristan) ; Lando Bartolini (Cavaradossi) ; Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Tosca) ; James Morris (Scarpia) ; Charles Anthony (Spoletta) ; Philip Cokorinos (Sciarrone) ; Adrien Finckel (Shepherd) ; Raymond Aceto (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christian Badea, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 8 (Jan. 2, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 9, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1993, from borrowed masters (3 sound 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 711 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Tosca.

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Capecchi, Renato. Performer

Bartolini, Lando. Performer

Tomowa-Sintow, Anna, 1941- Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Cokorinos, Philip. Performer

Finckel, Adrien. Performer

Aceto, Raymond. Performer

Badea, Christian. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Paolucci, Bridget. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Krisel, Michelle. Commentator

Scott, Iain. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 31777 Service copy.

*LT-10-A 1573 Master tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31777.

*LTCM 711 (F) Cassette copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31777.