Research Catalog

Title

Falstaff [sound recording] : lyric comedy in three acts (six scenes) / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; book by Arrigo Boito, after Shakespeare's Henry IV and Merry wives of Windsor.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Flagello, Ezio.
• Curtin, Phyllis.
• Barbieri, Fedora.
• Miller, Mildred, 1924-
• Raskin, Judith.
• Guarrera, Frank, 1923-
• Alva, Luigi.
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
• Caruso, Mariano.
• Amaducci, Bruno, 1925-
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Broiles, Mel.
• Gniewek, Raymond, 1931-
• Horowitz, Richard, 1924-
• Nass, Richard.
• Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
• Coveney, John.
• Ducloux, Walter.
• McEwen, Terry.
• Hook, Howard J., Jr.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (203 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 16, 1967]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Titles from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:19:39 (synopses and features) ; 2:03:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Ezio Flagello (Falstaff) ; Phyllis Curtin (Alice Ford) ; Fedora Barbieri (Dame Quickly) ; Mildred Miller (Meg Page) ; Judith Raskin (Nannetta) ; Frank Guarrera (Ford) ; Luigi Alva (Fenton) ; Andrea Velis (Bardolfo) ; Norman Scott (Pistola) ; Mariano Caruso (Dr. Caius) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Bruno Amaducci, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 16, 1967.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lawrence leads a roundtable discussion with orchestra members Melvyn Broiles, Raymond Gniewek, Richard Horowitz and Richard Nass) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, John Coveney, Walter Ducloux and Terry McEwen) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Howard J. Hook, Jr. on the Regional Auditions ; Broadcast closing remarks (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3.

Call Number

*LTCM 268 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R270

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Falstaff [sound recording] : lyric comedy in three acts (six scenes) / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; book by Arrigo Boito, after Shakespeare's Henry IV and Merry wives of Windsor.

Playing Time

011930 020300

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 16, 1967]

Cast

Ezio Flagello (Falstaff) ; Phyllis Curtin (Alice Ford) ; Fedora Barbieri (Dame Quickly) ; Mildred Miller (Meg Page) ; Judith Raskin (Nannetta) ; Frank Guarrera (Ford) ; Luigi Alva (Fenton) ; Andrea Velis (Bardolfo) ; Norman Scott (Pistola) ; Mariano Caruso (Dr. Caius) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Bruno Amaducci, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Jul. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 32, no. 7 (Dec. 16, 1967).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 16, 1967.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor.

Flagello, Ezio. Performer

Curtin, Phyllis. Performer

Barbieri, Fedora. Performer

Miller, Mildred, 1924- Performer

Raskin, Judith. Performer

Guarrera, Frank, 1923- Performer

Alva, Luigi. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer

Caruso, Mariano. Performer

Amaducci, Bruno, 1925- Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Broiles, Mel. Commentator

Gniewek, Raymond, 1931- Commentator

Horowitz, Richard, 1924- Commentator

Nass, Richard. Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

Ducloux, Walter. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Hook, Howard J., Jr. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 268 (F) Production notes in lisening room.