Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1991-12-28 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Bartolini, Lando.
• Toczyska, Stefania.
• Mitchell, Leona.
• Wells, Jeffrey.
• Murray, John Horton.
• Johnson, Camellia.
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Saccani, Rico.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Hammond, Antony D.
• Hubay, Alfred.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Crespin, Régine.
• Horne, Marilyn.
• McCracken, James, 1926-
• Corigliano, John, 1938-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

5 sound discs (239 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 28, 1991
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 28, 1991.

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Corigliano, John, 1938- > Ghosts of Versailles
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 1:16:17 (synopses and features) ; 2:43:17 (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)

• Paul Plishka (Ramfis) ; Lando Bartolini (Radamès) ; Stefania Toczyska (Amneris) ; Leona Mitchell (Aïda) ; Jeffrey Wells (The King) ; John Horton Murray (A messenger) ; Camellia Johnson (A priestess) ; James Morris (Amonasro) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Rico Saccani, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 28, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 600 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Prelude ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 -- CD 4. Act 4 -- CD 5. Opera news on the air (Edward Downes gives his personal sentiments on Aida and Egypt) ; Met moments [recalling portions of Mar. 11, 1972 Singer's roundtable] (Edward Downes, host, with Régine Crespin, Marilyn Horne and James McCracken) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Antony D. Hammond, Alfred Hubay and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) ; Third intermission feature (Terrence McNally talks with John Corigliano about his opera, The ghosts of Versailles) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 30391

OCLC

NYPG92-R1389

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1991-12-28 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 28, 1991

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 28, 1991.

Cast

Paul Plishka (Ramfis) ; Lando Bartolini (Radamès) ; Stefania Toczyska (Amneris) ; Leona Mitchell (Aïda) ; Jeffrey Wells (The King) ; John Horton Murray (A messenger) ; Camellia Johnson (A priestess) ; James Morris (Amonasro) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Rico Saccani, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in June, 1992, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 7 (Dec. 21, 1991).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 28, 1991.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 600 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Bartolini, Lando. Performer

Toczyska, Stefania. Performer

Mitchell, Leona. Performer

Wells, Jeffrey. Performer

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Johnson, Camellia. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Saccani, Rico. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Hammond, Antony D. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Crespin, Régine. Commentator

Horne, Marilyn. Commentator

McCracken, James, 1926- Commentator

Corigliano, John, 1938- 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)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 30391 Service copy.

*LTCM 600 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30391.