Research Catalog

Title

Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Victorien Sardou, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bacquier, Gabriel.
• Boucher, Gene.
• Callas, Maria, 1923-1977.
• Christopher, Russell.
• Crespin, Régine.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Devereaux, John Drew.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Mehta, Zubin.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Puleo, Rob.
• Raimondi, Gianni.
• Randall, Tony.
• Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908.
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978.

Description

3 sound cassettes (174 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 13, 1968]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Operas
• Callas, Maria, 1923-1977 > Interviews

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:58:10 (synopses and features) ; 1:56:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news,

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 13, 1968.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Edward Downes interviews Maria Callas, part 2) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Peggy Wood, John Drew Devereaux, and Tony Randall) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 ; Closing remarks.

Call Number

*LTCM 272 (F)

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Victorien Sardou, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Playing Time

005810 015600

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 13, 1968]

Performer

Régine Crespin (Floria Tosca) ; Gianni Raimondi (Mario Cavaradossi) ; Gabriel Bacquier (Baron Scarpia) ; Clifford Harvuot (Cesare Angelotti) ; Paul Plishka (Sacristan) ; Andrea Velis (Spoletta) ; Russell Christopher (Sciarrone) ; Gene Boucher (Jailer) ; Robert Puleo (Shepherd) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Zubin Mehta, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 32, no. 11 (Jan. 13, 1968).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 13, 1968.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Tosca.

Crespin, Régine. Performer

Raimondi, Gianni. Performer

Bacquier, Gabriel. Performer

Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Puleo, Rob. Performer

Mehta, Zubin. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Callas, Maria, 1923-1977. Commentator

Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978. Commentator

Randall, Tony. Commentator

Devereaux, John Drew. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 272 (F) Production notes in listening room.