Research Catalog

Title

Il trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Greco, Norina.
• Castagna, Bruna.
• Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960.
• Valentino, Frank.
• Moscona, Nicola.
• Stellman, Maxine.
• Oliviero, Lodovico, 1886-1948.
• Kent, Arthur, 1906-1980.
• Calusio, Ferruccio.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-
• Schenck, Mary Percy.
• D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958.
• Bonelli, Richard.
• Burke, Hilda.
• Erskine, John, 1879-1951.
• Milligan, Harold Vincent, Mrs.
• Reed, Philip D. (Philip Dunham)
• 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

• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Feb. 11, 1941
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Feb. 11, 1941.

Uniform Title

• Trovatore
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).
• Opera Guild at home (Radio program)
• Opera Question Forum (Radio program)
• Our American way of living (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Trovatore

Subjects

• Operas
• Costume

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Compact discs.
• Durations: 1:06:19 (announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:18:38 (opera).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

• Norina Greco (Leonora) ; Bruna Castagna (Azucena) ; Jussi Björling (Manrico) ; Frank Valentino (Count di Luna) ; Nicola Moscona (Ferrando) ; Maxine Stellman (Inez) ; Lodovico Oliviero (Ruiz) ; Arthur Kent (A gypsy) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ferruccio Calusio, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 11, 1941.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Opening remarks and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 ; Act 3 -- CD 3. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Milton Cross) -- CD 4. Opera guild at home (Mrs. August Belmont speaks with costume designer Mary Percy Schenck and Louis D'Angelo about costumes) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Opera question forum (Milton Cross questions Richard Bonelli, Hilda Burke, and Dr. John Erskine) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Our American way of living (Mrs. Harold Vincent Milligan introduces General Electric chairman Philip D. Reed, who speaks about American initiative) ; Synopsis of Act 4.

Call Number

*LDC 33022

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Il trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Series

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Feb. 11, 1941

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Feb. 11, 1941.

Cast

Norina Greco (Leonora) ; Bruna Castagna (Azucena) ; Jussi Björling (Manrico) ; Frank Valentino (Count di Luna) ; Nicola Moscona (Ferrando) ; Maxine Stellman (Inez) ; Lodovico Oliviero (Ruiz) ; Arthur Kent (A gypsy) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ferruccio Calusio, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 11, 1941.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Source

Gift; Metropolitan Opera; May, 2003.

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Greco, Norina. Performer

Castagna, Bruna. Performer

Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960. Performer

Valentino, Frank. Performer

Moscona, Nicola. Performer

Stellman, Maxine. Performer

Oliviero, Lodovico, 1886-1948. Performer

Kent, Arthur, 1906-1980. Performer

Calusio, Ferruccio. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator

Schenck, Mary Percy. Commentator

D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958. Commentator

Bonelli, Richard. Commentator

Burke, Hilda. Commentator

Erskine, John, 1879-1951. Commentator

Milligan, Harold Vincent, Mrs. Commentator

Reed, Philip D. (Philip Dunham) Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).

Opera Guild at home (Radio program)

Opera Question Forum (Radio program)

Our American way of living (Radio program)

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33022