Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Civinini, G. (Guelfo), 1873-1954
2. Zangarini, Carlo
3. Belasco, David, 1853-1931
4. Dimitrova, Gena Macheva, 1941-2005
5. Fondary, Alain
6. Martinucci, Nicola
7. Frank, Joseph
8. Wells, Jeffrey
9. Josephson, Kim
10. Grossman, Henry
11. Courtney, James, 1946-
12. Vernon, Richard, 1950-
13. Fitch, Bernard
14. Forest, Michael
15. Short, Kevin
16. Malis, David, 1961-
17. Cokorinos, Philip
18. Kelly, Sondra
19. Cook, Terry
20. Hartman, Vernon
21. Best, Michael
22. Badea, Christian
23. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
24. Keillor, Garrison
25. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
26. Bernheimer, Martin
27. Ames, Alison, 1945-
28. Livingstone, William
29. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
30. Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992
31. Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975
32. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
33. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 4 sound discs (198 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 6, 1993]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Operas. - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Tone ; 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 (Garrison Keillor) ; Met Moments (Robert Lawrence, host, with Dorothy Kirsten and Richard Tucker) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Martin Bernheimer, Alison Ames and William Livingstone) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call number

1. *LT-10-A 1581

Language

1. Italian

Note

1. Compact discs.
2. 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, Mar. 6, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 719 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Playing time

1. 005828 022008

Performer

1. Gena Dimitrova (Minnie) ; Alain Fondary (Jack Rance) ; Nicola Martinucci (Dick Johnson) ; Joseph Frank (Nick) ; Jeffrey Wells (Ashby) ; Kim Josephson (Sonora) ; Henry Grossman (Trin) ; James Courtney (Sid) ; Richard Vernon (Bello) ; Bernard Fitch (Harry) ; Michael Forest (Joe) ; Kevin Short (Happy) ; David Malis (Jim Larkens) ; Philip Cokorinos (Billy Jackrabbit) ; Sondra Kelly (Wowkle) ; Terry Cook (Jake Wallace) ; Vernon Hartman (Josʹe Castro) ; Michael Best (Pony express rider) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christian Badea, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 57, no. 12 (Feb. 27, 1993).

Original version

1. Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in July 1993, from borrowed masters (3 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Connect to:

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

Research call number

1. *LT-10-A 1581 Master tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31790.
2. *LTCM 719 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31790.
3. *LDC 31790 Service copy.