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Aïda : [sound recording] : opera in four acts

Title
Aïda : radio broadcast, 1954-02-20 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Additional Authors
  • Barbieri, Fedora.
  • Baum, Kurt, 1900-1989.
  • Cleva, Fausto.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Ducloux, Walter.
  • Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
  • Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
  • Goldman, Edwin Franko, 1878-1956.
  • Graf, Herbert, 1903-
  • Gutman, John.
  • Güden, Hilde.
  • Harrison, Jay.
  • Hines, Jerome, 1921-
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
  • Milanov, Zinka.
  • Roggero, Margaret.
  • Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
  • Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
  • Vichegonov, Lubomir.
  • Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
Description
4 sound tape reels (214 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 20, 1954]
Uniform Title
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan at work (Radio program)
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Subject
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:01:07 (synopses and features) ; 2:33:37 (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)
  • Lubomir Vichegonov (The King) ; Fedora Barbieri (Amneris) ; Zinka Milanov (Aida) ; Kurt Baum (Radames) ; Leonard Warren (Amonasro) ; Jerome Hines (Ramfis) ; Paul Franke (A messenger) ; Margaret Roggero (A priestess) ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 20, 1954.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 399 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Deems Taylor, host, with Hilde Gueden and Edwin Franko Goldman) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Walter Ducloux, and Jay S. Harrison) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. The Metropolitan at work (John Gutman, host, with Herbert Graf) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LT-10 5549
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Aïda : radio broadcast, 1954-02-20 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.
Playing Time
010107 023337
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 20, 1954]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 20, 1954]
Cast
Lubomir Vichegonov (The King) ; Fedora Barbieri (Amneris) ; Zinka Milanov (Aida) ; Kurt Baum (Radames) ; Leonard Warren (Amonasro) ; Jerome Hines (Ramfis) ; Paul Franke (A messenger) ; Margaret Roggero (A priestess) ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 18, no. 15 (Feb. 15, 1954).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 20, 1954.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 399 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist
Vichegonov, Lubomir. Performer
Barbieri, Fedora. Performer
Milanov, Zinka. Performer
Baum, Kurt, 1900-1989. Performer
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer
Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer
Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
Roggero, Margaret. Performer
Cleva, Fausto. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
Güden, Hilde. Commentator
Goldman, Edwin Franko, 1878-1956. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
Harrison, Jay. Commentator
Gutman, John. Commentator
Graf, Herbert, 1903- Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan at work (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LT-10 5549 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 399 (F)
*LTCM 399 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 5549.
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