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La forza del destino : [sound recording] : opera in three acts

Title
La forza del destino : radio broadcast, 1977-03-12 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Publication
Mar. 12, 1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
  • Capecchi, Renato.
  • Coveney, John.
  • Dobriansky, Andrij.
  • Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Elias, Rosalind.
  • Fitzgerald, Gerald, 1932-
  • Goodloe, Robert.
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021.
  • MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
  • Ordassy, Carlotta.
  • Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
  • Ponselle, Rosa, 1897-1981.
  • Price, Leontyne.
  • Smith, Malcolm, 1933-
  • Sokol, Martin L.
  • Talvela, Martti.
  • Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
  • Weaver, William, 1923-2013,
Description
on 7 sides of 4 sound cassettes : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 12, 1977
Uniform Title
  • Forza del destino
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Forza del destino
Subjects
Note
  • Title from house program.
  • Production notes and official cast list (7 p.) on file.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 12, 1977.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Rosa Ponselle, interviewed by Robert Lawrence, recalls her 1918 debut as the Met's first Leonora) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions John Coveney, Gerald Fitzgerald, Martin Sokol, and William Weaver) ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1, part 1 -- side 4. Act 1, part 2 -- side 5. Act 2, part 1 -- side 6. Act 2, part 2 -- side 7. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen).
Call Number
*LTCM 818
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
La forza del destino : radio broadcast, 1977-03-12 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.
Imprint
Mar. 12, 1977.
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 12, 1977
Performer
Leontyne Price (Leonora) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Curra) ; Rosalind Elias (Preziosilla) ; Plácido Domingo (Don Alvaro) ; Malcolm Smith (The Marquis of Calatrava) ; Andrij Dobriansky (The Mayor of Hornachuelos) ; Cornell MacNeil (Don Carlo) ; Andrea Velis (Trabucco) ; Renato Capecchi (Fra Melitone) ; Martti Talvela (Padre Guardiano) ; Robert Goodloe (A surgeon) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 12, 1977.
Original Version
Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in 1982, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
Price, Leontyne. Performer
Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer
Elias, Rosalind. Performer
Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer
Smith, Malcolm, 1933- Performer
Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer
MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer
Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer
Capecchi, Renato. Performer
Talvela, Martti. Performer
Goodloe, Robert. Performer
Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Ponselle, Rosa, 1897-1981. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Coveney, John. Commentator
Fitzgerald, Gerald, 1932- Commentator
Sokol, Martin L. Commentator
Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Research Call Number
*LTCM 818 Notes on file.
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