Research Catalog

Title

La traviata [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Alexandre Dumas' play, La dame aux camélias.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895.
• Cotrubas, Ileana.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
• Bybee, Ariel.
• Talley, Dana.
• Darrenkamp, John.
• Robbins, Julien.
• Fleck, William.
• Decker, Geraldine.
• Hanriot, John.
• Peck, Donald.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Taplin, Frank E.
• McKinley, John K.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Milanov, Zinka.
• Sayão, Bidú.
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1981].

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program).
• Singers' roundtable (Radio program).
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news,

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 28, 1981.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Prelude ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Terrence McNally, Alberta Masiello) ; Dedication of broadcast booth (Frank E. Taplin, John K. McKinley) ; Singers' roundtable (Edward Downes, with, Zinka Milanov, Bidú Sayão, and Risë Stevens).

Call Number

*LDC 32032

OCLC

NYPG03-R166

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

La traviata [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Alexandre Dumas' play, La dame aux camélias.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1981].

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1981].

Performer

Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta) ; Plácido Domingo (Alfredo) ; Cornell MacNeil (Giorgio Germont) ; Ariel Bybee (Flora) ; Dana Talley (Gastone) ; John Darrenkamp (Baron Douphol) ; Julien Robbins (Marquis d'Obigny) ; William Fleck (Doctor Grenvil) ; Geraldine Decker (Annina) ; John Hanriot (Giuseppe) ; Donald Peck (Gardener) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 45, no. 16 (Mar. 28, 1981).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 28, 1981.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895. Dame aux camélias (Play)

Cotrubas, Ileana. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer

Bybee, Ariel. Performer

Talley, Dana. Performer

Darrenkamp, John. rf.

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Fleck, William. Performer

Decker, Geraldine. Performer

Hanriot, John. Performer

Peck, Donald. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Performer

Taplin, Frank E. Commentator

McKinley, John K. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Milanov, Zinka. Commentator

Sayão, Bidú. Commentator

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013. Commentator

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

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program).

Singers' roundtable (Radio program).

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32032 Service copy.