Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906
2. Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919
3. Josephson, Kim
4. Farina, Franco (Singer)
5. Plishka, Paul, 1941-
6. Hartman, Vernon
7. Capecchi, Renato
8. Villarroel, Verónica
9. Hanriot, John
10. Daniels, Barbara, 1946-
11. Marcus, Herman
12. Paola, Paul de
13. Veltri, Michelangelo, 1940-
14. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
15. Paolucci, Bridget
16. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
17. Burroughs, Bruce
18. Hamilton, Stuart
19. Smith, Patrick J., 1932-
20. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
21. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 3 sound discs (177 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 11, 1992]

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. - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 ; Synopsis of act 2 ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. Opera news on the air (Bridget Paolucci discusses Puccini and nostalgia, with Kemal Khan, pianist) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Bruce Burroughs, Stuart Hamilton and Patrick J. Smith) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Allen).

Call number

1. *LDC 30388

Language

1. Italian

Note

1. Durations: 0:55:47 (synopses and features) ; 2:01:46 (opera).
2. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
3. Compact discs.
4. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Kim Josephson (Marcello) ; Franco Farina (Rodolfo) ; Paul Plishka (Coline) ; Vernon Hartman (Schaunard) ; Renato Capecchi (Benoit, Alcindoro) ; Veronica Villarroel (Mimi) ; John Hanriot (Parpignol) ; Barbara Daniels (Musetta) ; Herman Marcus (Customhouse Sergeant) ; Paul De Paola (Customhouse Officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Michelangelo Veltri, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 11, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 602 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Original version

1. Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in June, 1992, 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. 56, no. 8 (Jan. 4, 1992).

Connect to:

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

Research call number

1. *LDC 30388 Service copy.
2. *LTCM 602 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LTCM 602.