Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1952-03-08 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
• Vichegonov, Lubomir.
• Rankin, Nell.
• Milanov, Zinka.
• Del Monaco, Mario, 1915-
• Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
• Hines, Jerome, 1921-
• Hayward, Thomas, 1921-
• Amara, Lucine.
• Cleva, Fausto.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Matzenauer, Margarete, 1881-1963.
• Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Ducloux, Walter.
• Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987.
• Bagar, Robert C.
• Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound tape reels (221 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 8, 1952]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:02:23 (synopses and features) ; 2:38:54 (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) ; Nell Rankin (Amneris) ; Zinka Milanov (Aïda) ; Mario Del Monaco (Radames) ; Leonard Warren (Amonasro) ; Jerome Hines (Ramfis) ; Thomas Hayward (A messenger) ; Lucine Amara (A priestess) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 8, 1952.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 363 (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 Margarete Matzenauer and Robert Merrill) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Walter Ducloux, George Marek and Robert Bagar) -- side 2. Opera quiz concluded ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Metropolitan Opera mailbox (Rudolf Bing, host) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Broadcast concluded.

Call Number

*LT-10 4912

OCLC

NYPG89-R214

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1952-03-08 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Playing Time

010223 023854

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 8, 1952]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 8, 1952]

Cast

Lubomir Vichegonov (The king) ; Nell Rankin (Amneris) ; Zinka Milanov (Aïda) ; Mario Del Monaco (Radames) ; Leonard Warren (Amonasro) ; Jerome Hines (Ramfis) ; Thomas Hayward (A messenger) ; Lucine Amara (A priestess) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 16, no. 18 (Mar. 3, 1952).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 8, 1952.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in June 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 363 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Vichegonov, Lubomir. Performer

Rankin, Nell. Performer

Milanov, Zinka. Performer

Del Monaco, Mario, 1915- Performer

Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer

Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer

Hayward, Thomas, 1921- Performer

Amara, Lucine. Performer

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Matzenauer, Margarete, 1881-1963. Commentator

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Ducloux, Walter. Commentator

Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. Commentator

Bagar, Robert C. Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera mailbox (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10 4912 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 363 (F)

*LTCM 363 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4912.