Research Catalog

Title

Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, last duet and finale by Franco Alfano.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946.
• Adler, Kurt, 1907-1977.
• Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954.
• Altman, Karen.
• Amara, Lucine.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Davis, Ivan.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ferraro, Edilio.
• Giaotti, Bonaldo.
• Goeke, Leo.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Goodloe, Robert.
• Gozzi, Carlo, conte, 1722-1806.
• Griffith, David.
• Hawkins, Del I.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
• Myhal, Ivanka.
• Nilsson, Birgit.
• Pierce, Jacqueline.
• Rudel, Julius.
• Schmorr, Robert.
• Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952.
• Uppman, Theodor, 1920-
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013,

Description

on 5 sides of 3 sound cassettes (178 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 21, 1970]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Turandot

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:00:00 (synopses and features) ; 1:58:00 (opera).
• With production notes and official cast list (6 p.).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news,

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 21, 1970.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky illistrates vocal ensembles in opera with Metropolitan Opera Studio artists Ivanka Myhal, Leo Goeke, Jacqueline Pierce, Karen Altman, David Hawkins, and David Griffith ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz, with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists William Weaver, Martin Bernheimer, Ivan Davis , and Julius Rudel ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 320 (F)

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, last duet and finale by Franco Alfano.

Playing Time

010000 015800

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 21, 1970]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 21, 1970]

Performer

Birgit Nilsson (Princess Turandot) ; Placido Domingo (Calaf) ; Lucine Amara (Liù) ; Theodor Uppman (Ping) ; Andrea Velis (Pang) ; Charles Anthony (Pong) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Timur) ; Robert Schmorr (Emperor Altoum) ; Robert Goodloe (Mandarin) ; Edilio Ferraro (Prince of Persia) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Kurt Adler, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 34, no. 17 (Feb. 21, 1970).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 21, 1970.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in June 1988, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954. Composer

Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946. Librettist

Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952. Librettist

Gozzi, Carlo, conte, 1722-1806. Fiabe. Turandotte.

Nilsson, Birgit. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

Amara, Lucine. Performer

Uppman, Theodor, 1920- Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Giaotti, Bonaldo. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Ferraro, Edilio. Performer

Adler, Kurt, 1907-1977. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Myhal, Ivanka. Commentator

Goeke, Leo. Commentator

Pierce, Jacqueline. Commentator

Altman, Karen. Commentator

Hawkins, Del I. Commentator

Griffith, David. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Davis, Ivan. Commentator

Rudel, Julius. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

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 320 (F) Production notes in listening room.