Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
2. Vichegonov, Lubomir.
3. Barbieri, Fedora.
4. Milanov, Zinka.
5. Baum, Kurt, 1900-1989.
6. Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
7. Hines, Jerome, 1921-
8. Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
9. Roggero, Margaret.
10. Cleva, Fausto.
11. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
12. Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
13. Güden, Hilde.
14. Goldman, Edwin Franko, 1878-1956.
15. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
16. Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
17. Ducloux, Walter.
18. Harrison, Jay.
19. Gutman, John.
20. Graf, Herbert, 1903-
21. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
22. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 4 sound tape reels (214 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 20, 1954]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. 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

1. *LT-10 5549

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 1:01:07 (synopses and features) ; 2:33:37 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. 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)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 20, 1954.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 399 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

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

Playing time

1. 010107 023337

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 20, 1954]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 20, 1954]

Cast

1. 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

1. 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:

1. Opera news, v. 18, no. 15 (Feb. 15, 1954).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 20, 1954.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 399 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Added author

1. Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist
2. Vichegonov, Lubomir. Performer
3. Barbieri, Fedora. Performer
4. Milanov, Zinka. Performer
5. Baum, Kurt, 1900-1989. Performer
6. Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer
7. Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer
8. Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
9. Roggero, Margaret. Performer
10. Cleva, Fausto. Conductor
11. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
12. Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
13. Güden, Hilde. Commentator
14. Goldman, Edwin Franko, 1878-1956. Commentator
15. Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
16. Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
17. Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
18. Harrison, Jay. Commentator
19. Gutman, John. Commentator
20. Graf, Herbert, 1903- 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. Metropolitan at work (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LT-10 5549 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 399 (F)
2. *LTCM 399 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 5549.