Research Catalog

Title

La sonnambula [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Vincenzo Bellini ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Author

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Alexander, John, 1923-1990.
• Boky, Colette.
• Bonynge, Richard.
• Butler, Henry.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
• Giaiotti, Bonaldo.
• Hook, Howard J.
• Merrill, Nathaniel.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Pearl, Louise.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Ritchard, Cyril.
• Romani, Felice, 1788-1865.
• Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979.
• Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013,
• Wood, Peggy.

Description

on 3 sound cassettes (187 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 32, 1968]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Sonnambula

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:55:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:11:45 (opera).
• With production notes and official cast list (6 p.).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news,

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 21, 1968.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Henry Butler moderates an actors' roundtable with Cornelia Otis Skinner, Peggy Wood and Cyril Ritchard ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz, with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Nathaniel Merrill, Richard Mohr and William Walker ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 through A fosco cielo -- side 4. Act 1, conclusion ; Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3, scene 1 ; Act 3, scene 2, beginning to ...che dir non so -- side 6. Act 3, conlcusion ; Howard J. Hook, Jr. on the 1968 Regional Audiotions ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 289 (F)

Author

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.

Title

La sonnambula [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Vincenzo Bellini ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Playing Time

005530 021145

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 32, 1968]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 32, 1968]

Performer

Joan Sutherland (Amina) ; John Alexander (Elvino) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Count Rodolfo) ; Colette Boky, (Lisa) ; Louise Pearl (Teresa) ; Paul Plishka (Alessio) ; Paul Franke (Notary) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Richard Bonynge, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 33, no. 8 (Dec. 21, 1968).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 21, 1968.

Original Version

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

Added Author

Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Librettist

Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010. Performer

Alexander, John, 1923-1990. Performer

Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer

Boky, Colette. Performer

Pearl, Louise. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Bonynge, Richard. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Butler, Henry. Commentator

Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979. Commentator

Wood, Peggy. Commentator

Ritchard, Cyril. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Merrill, Nathaniel. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Hook, Howard J. 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 289 (F) Production notes in listening room.