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Title

Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, based on the play by Carlo Gozzi ; last duet and finale by Franco Alfano.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954.
• Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946.
• Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952.
• Gozzi, Carlo, 1720-1806.
• Jones, Gwyneth, 1936-
• Millo, Aprile.
• Popov, V. (Vladimir), 1947-
• Macurdy, John.
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Hartman, Vernon.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Cordial, Gary.
• Fritz, Joseph.
• Stocker, Christopher.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Chew, Ming.
• Costello, Robert.
• Flasch, Christine.
• Meyers, Mary.
• Andrey, Pauline.
• Gelinas, Linda.
• Laurence, Suzanne.
• Lay, Deanne.
• Santi, Nello.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Shicoff, Neil.
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ames, Alison, 1945-
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Livingstone, William.
• Gutman, John.
• Raisa, Rosa, 1893-1963.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (194 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 13, 1990]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:07:41 (synopses and features) ; 2:06:34 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Gwyneth Jones (Turandot) ; Aprile Millo (Liù) ; Vladimir Popov (Calàf) ; John Macurdy (Timur) ; Andrea Velis (Emperor Altoum) ; Vernon Hartman (Ping) ; Charles Anthony (Pang) ; Anthony Laciura (Pong) ; Gary Cordial, Joseph Fritz, Christopher Stocker (Three masks) ; James Courtney (Mandarin) ; Ming Chew (Executioner) ; Robert Costello (Prince of Persia) ; Christine Flasch, Mary Meyers (Handmaidens) ; Pauline Andrey, Linda Gelinas, Suzanne Laurence, Deanne Lay (Temptresses) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 13, 1990.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 562 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Alfred Hubay) ; Met moments (John Gutman, host, with Rosa Raisa) ; Neil Shicoff ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alison Ames, George Jellinek, and William Livingstone) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 28841

OCLC

NYPG92-R350

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, based on the play by Carlo Gozzi ; last duet and finale by Franco Alfano.

Playing Time

010741 020634

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 13, 1990]

Cast

Gwyneth Jones (Turandot) ; Aprile Millo (Liù) ; Vladimir Popov (Calàf) ; John Macurdy (Timur) ; Andrea Velis (Emperor Altoum) ; Vernon Hartman (Ping) ; Charles Anthony (Pang) ; Anthony Laciura (Pong) ; Gary Cordial, Joseph Fritz, Christopher Stocker (Three masks) ; James Courtney (Mandarin) ; Ming Chew (Executioner) ; Robert Costello (Prince of Persia) ; Christine Flasch, Mary Meyers (Handmaidens) ; Pauline Andrey, Linda Gelinas, Suzanne Laurence, Deanne Lay (Temptresses) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

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

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 54, no. 8 (Jan. 6, 1990).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 13, 1990.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 562 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

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Added Author

Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954. Composer

Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946. Librettist

Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952. Librettist

Gozzi, Carlo, 1720-1806. Turandot.

Jones, Gwyneth, 1936- Performer

Millo, Aprile. Performer

Popov, V. (Vladimir), 1947- Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Hartman, Vernon. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Cordial, Gary. Performer

Fritz, Joseph. Performer

Stocker, Christopher. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Chew, Ming. Performer

Costello, Robert. Performer

Flasch, Christine. Performer

Meyers, Mary. Performer

Andrey, Pauline. Performer

Gelinas, Linda. Performer

Laurence, Suzanne. Performer

Lay, Deanne. Performer

Santi, Nello. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Shicoff, Neil. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Gutman, John. Commentator

Raisa, Rosa, 1893-1963. 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)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 28841 Service copy

*LTCM 562 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28841