Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918
2. Darrenkamp, John
3. Little, Francis E., 1936-
4. Milnes, Sherrill
5. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012
6. Cassilly, Richard, 1927-
7. Sooter, Edward
8. Zylis-Gara, Teresa
9. Kraft, Jean
10. Boucher, Gene
11. Morris, James, 1947-
12. Levine, James, 1943-2021
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
14. Culshaw, John
15. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
16. Masiello, Alberta
17. McNally, Terrence
18. Leverie, Sigmund
19. Belt, Byron
20. Weaver, William, 1923-2013
21. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
22. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes (223 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 9, 1980]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (John Culshaw) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, Terrence McNally, Sigmund Leverie and Byron Belt) -- side 2. Opera quiz concluded ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) ; Texaco's roving opera reporter (William Weaver) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 634 (F)

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 1:24:45 (synopses and features) ; 2:18:27 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. John Darrenkamp (Montano) ; Frank Little (Cassio) ; Sherrill Milnes (Iago) ; Charles Anthony (Roderigo) ; Richard Cassilly [Act I], Edward Sooter [Acts II-III] (Otello) ; Teresa Zylis-Gara (Desdemona) ; Jean Kraft (Emila) ; Gene Boucher (A herald) ; James Morris (Lodovico) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 9, 1980.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 634 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

1. Otello [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito.

Playing time

1. 012445 021827

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 9, 1980]

Cast

1. John Darrenkamp (Montano) ; Frank Little (Cassio) ; Sherrill Milnes (Iago) ; Charles Anthony (Roderigo) ; Richard Cassilly [Act I], Edward Sooter [Acts II-III] (Otello) ; Teresa Zylis-Gara (Desdemona) ; Jean Kraft (Emila) ; Gene Boucher (A herald) ; James Morris (Lodovico) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

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

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 44, no. 13 (Feb. 9, 1980).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 9, 1980.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 634 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Added author

1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
2. Darrenkamp, John. Performer
3. Little, Francis E., 1936- Performer
4. Milnes, Sherrill. Performer
5. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
6. Cassilly, Richard, 1927- Performer
7. Sooter, Edward. Performer
8. Zylis-Gara, Teresa. Performer
9. Kraft, Jean. Performer
10. Boucher, Gene. Performer
11. Morris, James, 1947- Performer
12. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.
14. Culshaw, John. Commentator
15. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.
16. Masiello, Alberta. Commentator
17. McNally, Terrence, commentator.
18. Leverie, Sigmund. Commentator
19. Belt, Byron. Commentator
20. Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.
21. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

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

Research call number

1. *LTCM 634 (F) (Production notes on file on file.)