Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Romani, Felice, 1788-1865
2. Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010
3. Alexander, John, 1923-1990
4. Giaiotti, Bonaldo
5. Boky, Colette
6. Pearl, Louise
7. Plishka, Paul, 1941-
8. Franke, Paul, 1917-2011
9. Bonynge, Richard
10. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
11. Butler, Henry
12. Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979
13. Wood, Peggy
14. Ritchard, Cyril
15. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
16. Merrill, Nathaniel
17. Mohr, Richard
18. Weaver, William, 1923-2013
19. Hook, Howard J.
20. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
21. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

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

Series statement

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

Uniform title

1. Sonnambula
2. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
3. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Sonnambula

Subject

1. Operas. - [Browse in index]

Contents

1. 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

1. *LTCM 289 (F)

Language

1. Italian

Note

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

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

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

Author

1. Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.

Playing time

1. 005530 021145

Performer

1. 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:

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

Original version

1. 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.).

Research call number

1. *LTCM 289 (F) Production notes on file.