Aïda : opera in four acts
- Title
- Aïda : radio broadcast, 1966-02-12 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.
- Author
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Details
- Additional authors
- Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
- Price, Leontyne.
- Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
- Dalis, Irene.
- Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
- G︠i︡uzelev, Nikola, 1936-
- Pracht, Mary Ellen.
- Michalski, Raymond.
- Nagy, Robert, 1929-
- Mehta, Zubin.
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Davenport, Marcia, 1903-
- Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
- Kolodin, Irving, 1908-
- Downes, Edward, 1911-
- Ducloux, Walter.
- Hubay, Alfred.
- Mohr, Albert Richard.
- Rudel, Julius.
- Robinson, Francis, 1910-
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 3 sound cassettes (224 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
- Series statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-02-12 (Feb. 12, 1966)]
- Uniform title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Biographies in music (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Marcia Davenport discusses Metropolitan Opera history with Mary Ellis Peltz and Irving Kolodin) ; Synopsis of act 2 ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning (Edward Downes, host, with Walter Ducloux, Alfred Hubay, Richard Mohr and Julius Rudel) -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music (Francis Robinson discusses Dame Nellie Melba) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
- Call number
- *LTCM 236 (F)
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 1:17:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:27:00 (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)
- Leontyne Price (Aïda) ; Richard Tucker (Radames) ; Irene Dalis (Amneris) ; Robert Merrill (Amonasro) ; Nicola Ghiuselev (Ramfis) ; Mary Ellen Pracht (Priestess) ; Raymond Michalski (King of Egypt) ; Robert Nagy (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Zubin Mehta, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 12, 1966.
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian.
- Author
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
- Title
- Aïda : radio broadcast, 1966-02-12 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.
- Playing time
- 011700 022700
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-02-12 (Feb. 12, 1966)]
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-02-12 (Feb. 12, 1966)]
- Cast
- Leontyne Price (Aïda) ; Richard Tucker (Radames) ; Irene Dalis (Amneris) ; Robert Merrill (Amonasro) ; Nicola Ghiuselev (Ramfis) ; Mary Ellen Pracht (Priestess) ; Raymond Michalski (King of Egypt) ; Robert Nagy (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Zubin Mehta, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Indexed in:
- Opera news, v. 30, no. 15 (Feb. 12, 1966).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 12, 1966.
- Original version
- Re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1986, from masters lent by the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
- Language
- Sung in Italian.
- Added author
- Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist
- Price, Leontyne. Performer
- Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Performer
- Dalis, Irene. Performer
- Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer
- G︠i︡uzelev, Nikola, 1936- Performer
- Pracht, Mary Ellen. Performer
- Michalski, Raymond. Performer
- Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer
- Mehta, Zubin. Conductor
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
- Davenport, Marcia, 1903- Commentator
- Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator
- Kolodin, Irving, 1908- Commentator
- Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
- Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
- Hubay, Alfred. Commentator
- Mohr, Albert Richard. Commentator
- Rudel, Julius. Commentator
- Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Added title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Biographies in music (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Research call number
- *LTCM 236 (F) Production notes filed in listening room.