Research Catalog

Title

Macbeth [sound recording] : opera in four acts... / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei, based on Shakespeare's play.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Blair, Lynn.
• Christopher, Russell.
• Clements, Joy, 1932-
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Dalis, Irene.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ghazal, Edward.
• Ghitti, Franco.
• Giaiotti, Bonaldo.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Goodloe, Robert.
• Hook, Howard J., Jr.
• Jaretzki, Paul.
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
• Maffei, Andrea, 1798-1885.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
• Morell, Barry.
• Ordassy, Carlotta.
• Pechner, Gerhard.
• Peel, Mary Beth.
• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Santi, Nello.
• Schumer, Harry G., 1893-1971.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979.
• Slezak, Walter, 1902-
• Walker, William, 1931-

Description

3 sound cassettes (226 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 4, 1964\640404\]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Titles from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:35:35 (synopses and features) ; 2:10:05 (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)

• Cornell MacNeil (Macbeth) ; Irene Dalis (Lady Macbeth) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Banquo) ; Barry Morell (Macduff) ; Franco Ghitti (Malcolm) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Lady in attendance) ; Edward Ghazal (Manservant) ; Russell Christopher (Murderer) ; William Walker (Warrior apparition) ; Lynn Blair (Bloody child apparition) ; Joy Clements (Crowned child apparition) ; Gerhard Pechner (Physician) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 4, 1964.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Cornelia Otis Skinner discusses Macbeth as play and opera) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, Paul Jaretzki, Boris Goldovsky, Walter Slezak and Harry Schumer) ; Synopses of acts 3-4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Acts 2-3 -- side 5. Act 4 -- side 6. Howard J. Hook, Jr. introduces National Council Auditions winners Mary Beth Peel and Robert Goodloe ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 203 (F)

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Macbeth [sound recording] : opera in four acts... / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei, based on Shakespeare's play.

Playing Time

013535 021005

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 4, 1964\640404\]

Cast

Cornell MacNeil (Macbeth) ; Irene Dalis (Lady Macbeth) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Banquo) ; Barry Morell (Macduff) ; Franco Ghitti (Malcolm) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Lady in attendance) ; Edward Ghazal (Manservant) ; Russell Christopher (Murderer) ; William Walker (Warrior apparition) ; Lynn Blair (Bloody child apparition) ; Joy Clements (Crowned child apparition) ; Gerhard Pechner (Physician) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 28, no. 12 (Apr. 4, 1964).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 4, 1964.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Nov. 1985, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Maffei, Andrea, 1798-1885. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer

Dalis, Irene. Performer

Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer

Morell, Barry. Performer

Ghitti, Franco. Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

Ghazal, Edward. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Walker, William, 1931- Performer

Blair, Lynn. Performer

Clements, Joy, 1932- Performer

Pechner, Gerhard. Performer

Santi, Nello. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Jaretzki, Paul. Commentator

Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator

Schumer, Harry G., 1893-1971. Commentator

Hook, Howard J., Jr. Commentator

Goodloe, Robert. Commentator

Peel, Mary Beth. 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

*LTCM 203 (F) Production notes on file.