Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
2. Cook, Terry.
3. Wells, Jeffrey.
4. Grant Murphy, Heidi.
5. Ichihara, Taro, 1950-
6. Milnes, Sherrill.
7. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
8. Quivar, Florence.
9. Croft, Dwayne.
10. Fitch, Bernard.
11. Mitchell, Leona.
12. Fulton, Thomas.
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
14. Eckert, Thor, Jr.
15. Zajick, Dolora.
16. Downes, Edward, 1911-
17. Ames, Alison, 1945-
18. Hubay, Alfred.
19. Behr, Jan.
20. Goldovsky, Boris.
21. Masiello, Alberta.
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
23. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 4 sound discs (202 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 Feb. 22, 1992]

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. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Prelude ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Thor Eckert Jr. and Dolora Zajick) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Thor Eckert Jr., Alison Ames and Alfred Hubay) ; Met moments (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, Jan Behr and Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of act III.

Call number

1. *LTCM 608 (F)

Note

1. Compact discs.
2. House program on file in Music Division.
3. Durations: 0:56:47 (synopses and features) ; 2:26:07 (opera).
4. 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, Feb. 22, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 608 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

1. Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1992-02-22 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma.

Playing time

1. 005647 022607

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 22, 1992]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 22, 1992]

Performer

1. Terry Cook (Samuel) ; Jeffrey Wells (Tom) ; Heidi Grant Murphy (Oscar) ; Taro Ichihara (Riccardo) ; Sherrill Milnes (Renato) ; Charles Anthony (The Chief Justice) ; Florence Quivar (Ulrica) ; Dwayne Croft (Silvano) ; Bernard Fitch (Amelia's servant) ; Leona Mitchell (Amelia) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Fulton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 56, no. 11 (Feb. 22, 1992).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 22, 1992.

Original version

1. Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in July, 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 608 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864. Librettist
2. Cook, Terry. Performer
3. Wells, Jeffrey. Performer
4. Grant Murphy, Heidi. Performer
5. Ichihara, Taro, 1950- Performer
6. Milnes, Sherrill. Performer
7. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
8. Quivar, Florence. Performer
9. Croft, Dwayne. Performer
10. Fitch, Bernard. Performer
11. Mitchell, Leona. Performer
12. Fulton, Thomas. Conductor
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
14. Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator
15. Zajick, Dolora. Commentator
16. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
17. Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator
18. Hubay, Alfred. Commentator
19. Behr, Jan. Commentator
20. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
21. Masiello, Alberta. Commentator
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

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

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 608 (F) Preservation copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30383.
2. *LDC 30383 Service copy.