Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.

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Details

Additional Authors

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

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

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

OCLC

NYPG88-R36

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 Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 289 (F) Production notes in listening room.