Norma opera in four acts
- Title
- Norma [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Vincenzo Bellini ; libretto by Felice Romani.
- Author
- Published by
- [New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]
- Format
- Music CD
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| Status | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound. | AccessUse in library | Call number*LDC 32544 [CD] | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Details
- Additional authors
- Romani, Felice, 1788-1865
- Cigna, Gina, 1900-
- Castagna, Bruna
- Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969
- Pinza, Ezio
- Votipka, Thelma
- Paltrinieri, Giordano, 1890-1970
- Panizza, Ettore
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
- Davenport, Marcia, 1903-1996
- Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
- Description
- 4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.
- Series statement
- Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast; [broadcast of] February 20, 1937.
- Uniform title
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Contents
- CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 ; Act 3 -- CD 3. Act 4, scene 1 ; Synopsis of Act 4, scene 2 (Cross) ; Act 4, scene 2 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. 1st intermission (Marcia Davenport discusses the vocal demands of Norma in contrast to Isolde and Fidelio) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; 2nd intermission (Mrs. August Belmont, Metropolitan Opera Guild chairman, discusses the Guild) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; 3rd intermission (Mrs. Davenport discusses the requirements of good singing and mentions Lilli Lehmann) ; Synopsis of Act 4, scene 1 (Cross).
- Call number
- *LDC 32544
- Language
- Italian
- Note
- Subtitle from house program.
- Durations: 48:30 (Introduction, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:38:00 (opera).
- Compact discs.
- House program on file in Music Division.
- Performer (note)
- Gina Cigna (Norma) ; Bruna Castagna (Adalgisa) ; Giovanni Martinelli (Pollione) ; Ezio Pinza (Oroveso) ; Thelma Votipka (Clotilde) ; Giordano Paltrinieri (Flavio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ettore Panizza, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 20, 1937; broadcast over the nationwide Blue Network of the broadcasting service of RCA, the National Broadcasting Corporation.
- Source (note)
- Metropolitan Opera;
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian.
- Author
- Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
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