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Lucia di Lammermoor opera in three acts

Title
Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Walter Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor".
Author
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
  • Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
  • Pons, Lily, 1898-1976.
  • Valdengo, Giuseppe, 1914-
  • Tagliavini, Ferruccio, 1913-
  • Votipka, Thelma.
  • Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
  • Carelli, Gabor.
  • Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
  • Cleva, Fausto.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Goldovsky, Boris.
  • Pinza, Ezio.
  • Briggs, John, 1916-
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Bagar, Robert C.
  • Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987.
  • Kramer, A. Walter (Arthur Walter), 1890-1969.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
3 sound tape reels (168 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 29, 1951]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
Operas
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:42:38 (synopses and features) ; 2:05:27 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news,
Performer (note)
  • Lily Pons (Lucia) ; Giuseppe Valdengo (Enrico) ; Ferruccio Tagliavini (Edgardo) ; Thelma Votipka (Alisa) ; Norman Scott (Raimondo) ; Gabor Carelli (Arturo) ; Paul Franke (Normanno) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 29, 1951.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 353 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Ezio Pinza and John Briggs) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Robert Bagar, George Marek and A. Walter Kramer) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Act 1 -- side 3. Act 2 ; Act 3 through "Dalle stanze, ove Lucia" -- side 4. Act 3 concluded ; Broadcast concluded.
Call Number
*LT-10 4902
Author
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Title
Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Walter Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor".
Playing Time
004238 020527
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 29, 1951]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 29, 1951]
Cast
Lily Pons (Lucia) ; Giuseppe Valdengo (Enrico) ; Ferruccio Tagliavini (Edgardo) ; Thelma Votipka (Alisa) ; Norman Scott (Raimondo) ; Gabor Carelli (Arturo) ; Paul Franke (Normanno) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in May. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (6 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 16, no. 8 (Dec. 24, 1951).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 29, 1951.
Reproduction
Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 353 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. Bride of Lammermoor.
Pons, Lily, 1898-1976. Performer
Valdengo, Giuseppe, 1914- Performer
Tagliavini, Ferruccio, 1913- Performer
Votipka, Thelma. Performer
Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer
Carelli, Gabor. Performer
Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
Cleva, Fausto. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Pinza, Ezio. Commentator
Briggs, John, 1916- Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Bagar, Robert C. Commentator
Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. Commentator
Kramer, A. Walter (Arthur Walter), 1890-1969. 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
*LT-10 4902 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 353 (F)
*LTCM 353 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4902.
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