Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852
2. Arroyo, Martina
3. Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975
4. Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
5. Cvejić, Biserka
6. Love, Shirley
7. Michalski, Raymond
8. Marek, Dan
9. Weiss, Rob
10. Forero, Luis
11. Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco
12. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
13. Weaver, William, 1923-2013
14. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
15. Allen, Reginald
16. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
17. Oxenburg, Allen Sven
18. Rudel, Julius
19. Robinson, Francis, 1910-1980
20. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
21. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes (222 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-02-18 (Feb. 18, 1967)]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Kipnis, Alexander, 1891-1978 -- Interviews. - [Browse in index]
2. Operas. - [Browse in index]

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (William Weaver reports on the Rome Opera premier of Verdi's "Alzira") ; synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning (Edward Downes, host, with Reginald Allen, Robert Lawrence, Allen Sven Oxenburg and Julius Rudel) -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music (Francis Robinson interviews Alexander Kipnis) ; synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; closing remarks (Cross).

Call number

1. *LTCM 258 (F)

Language

1. Italian

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 1:24:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:18:00 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 18, 1967.

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Playing time

1. 012400 021800

Performer

1. Martina Arroyo (Leonora) ; Richard Tucker (Manrico) ; Robert Merrill (Count di Luna) ; Biserka Cvejić (Azucena) ; Shirley Love (Inez) ; Raymond Michalski (Ferrando) ; Dan Marek (Ruiz) ; Hal Roberts (Messenger) ; Luis Forero (Gypsy) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1986, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 31, no. 17 (Feb. 18, 1967).

Research call number

1. *LTCM 258 (F) Production notes on file.