Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1966-02-12 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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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)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

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.

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)

OCLC

NYPG87-R11

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.