Research Catalog

Title

Norma [sound recording] ; opera in four acts / Vincenzo Bellini ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Author

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Romani, Felice, 1788-1865.
• Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010.
• Horne, Marilyn.
• Bergonzi, Carlo.
• Siepi, Cesare.
• Ordassy, Carlotta.
• MacWherter, Rod.
• Bonynge, Richard.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Seaver, James.
• Ducloux, Walter.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (233 min.) : stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 4, 1970]

Uniform Title

• Norma
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Biographies in music (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Norma

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:11:50 (synopses and features) ; 2:41:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 4, 1970.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Richard Bonynge discusses "Norma" ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Martin Bernheimer, Walter Ducloux, James E. Seaver, and Alfred Hubay -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music: Francis Robinson continues his retrospective of singers from the first 20 years of the Bing administration (pt. 2 of 3) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Sinfonia ; Act 1 through exit of Druids -- side 4. Act 1, conclusion ; Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 326 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R193

Author

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.

Title

Norma [sound recording] ; opera in four acts / Vincenzo Bellini ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Playing Time

011150 024100

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 4, 1970]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 4, 1970]

Performer

Joan Sutherland (Norma) ; Marilyn Horne (Adalgisa) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Pollione) ; Cesare Siepi (Oroveso) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Clotilda) ; Rod MacWherter (Flavio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Richard Bonynge, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 34, no. 23 (Apr. 4, 1970).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 4, 1970.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL, July 1988, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Librettist

Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010. Performer

Horne, Marilyn. Performer

Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer

Siepi, Cesare. Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

MacWherter, Rod. Performer

Bonynge, Richard. Conductor. Commentator

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Seaver, James. Commentator

Ducloux, Walter. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

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

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 326 (F) Production notes in listening room.