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Cavalleria rusticana : opera in one act

Title
Cavalleria rusticana : radio broadcast, 1943-03-20 : opera in one act / music by Pietro Mascagni ; libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, based on the play by Giovanni Verga. Pagliacci : opera in two acts / music and libretto by Ruggiero Leoncavallo [sound recording].
Author
Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945.
Publication
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2002]

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Additional Authors
  • Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni, 1863-1934.
  • Menasci, Guido.
  • Verga, Giovanni, 1840-1922.
  • Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919.
  • Milanov, Zinka.
  • Kaskas, Anna.
  • Jagel, Frederick.
  • Valentino, Frank.
  • Olheim, Helen.
  • Farell, Marita.
  • Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969.
  • Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
  • Cassel, Walter.
  • Dudley, John.
  • Sodero, Cesare, 1886-1947.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Johnson, Edward, 1878-1959.
  • Downes, Olin, 1886-1955.
  • Kipnis, Alexander, 1891-1978.
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
4 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 20, 1943.
Uniform Title
  • Column of the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Titles and subtitles from house program.
  • Durations: 1:11:14 (announcements, synopses, and intermission feature) ; 1:18:08 (Cavalleria rusticana) ; 1:15:38 (Pagliacci).
  • Compact discs.
  • House program on file in Music Division.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Performer (note)
  • In 1st work: Zinka Milanov (Santuzza) ; Anna Kaskas (Lola) ; Frederick Jagel (Turiddu) ; Frank Valentino (Alfio) ; Helen Olheim (Lucia).
  • In 2nd work: Marita Farell (Nedda) ; Giovanni Martinelli (Canio) ; Leonard Warren (Tonio) ; Walter Cassel (Silvio) ; John Dudley (Beppe).
  • In both works: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Cesare Sodero, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 20, 1943.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
CD 1. Opening remarks and synopsis of 1st opera (in Spanish) ; Cavalleria rusticana, part 1 -- CD 2. Cavalleria rusticana, part 2 ; Synopsis of Pagliacci, Act 1 (in Spanish) ; Pagliacci, Act 1 -- CD 3. Synopsis of Pagliacci, Act 2 (in Spanish) ; Pagliacci, Act 2 ; Closing remarks (in Spanish) -- CD 4. Opening remarks (Milton Cross) ; Pre-curtain feature: message from Edward Johnson regarding the spring tour ; Synopsis of Cavalleria rusticana (Cross) ; Column of the air (Milton Cross discusses the Metropolitan Opera Guild) ; Opera forum quiz (Olin Downes questions Alexander Kipnis, Robert Lawrence and Sigmund Spaeth) ; Synopsis of Pagliacci (Cross) ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LDC 32732
OCLC
NYPG04-R340
Author
Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945.
Title
Cavalleria rusticana : radio broadcast, 1943-03-20 : opera in one act / music by Pietro Mascagni ; libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, based on the play by Giovanni Verga. Pagliacci : opera in two acts / music and libretto by Ruggiero Leoncavallo [sound recording].
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2002]
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 20, 1943.
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 20, 1943.
Cast
In 1st work: Zinka Milanov (Santuzza) ; Anna Kaskas (Lola) ; Frederick Jagel (Turiddu) ; Frank Valentino (Alfio) ; Helen Olheim (Lucia).
In 2nd work: Marita Farell (Nedda) ; Giovanni Martinelli (Canio) ; Leonard Warren (Tonio) ; Walter Cassel (Silvio) ; John Dudley (Beppe).
In both works: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Cesare Sodero, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 7 (Mar. 15, 1943).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 20, 1943.
Language
Sung in Italian.
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Added Author
Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni, 1863-1934. Librettist
Menasci, Guido. Librettist
Verga, Giovanni, 1840-1922. Cavalleria rusticana.
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919. Pagliacci.
Milanov, Zinka. Performer
Kaskas, Anna. Performer
Jagel, Frederick. Performer
Valentino, Frank. Performer
Olheim, Helen. Performer
Farell, Marita. Performer
Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969. Performer
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer
Cassel, Walter. Performer
Dudley, John. Performer
Sodero, Cesare, 1886-1947. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Johnson, Edward, 1878-1959. Commentator
Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. Commentator
Kipnis, Alexander, 1891-1978. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Column of the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 32732
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