Research Catalog

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 2008-01-05 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma after Scribe's play, Gustave III, or Le bal masqué.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
• Crider, Michèle.
• Sala, Ofelia.
• Blythe, Stephanie.
• Licitra, Salvatore, 1968-
• Hvorostovsky, Dmitri.
• Tian, Hao Jiang, 1954-
• Gangestad, Andrew.
• Schowalter, Mark.
• Mattsey, Jeff.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Noseda, Gianandrea.
• Toolajian, Loren.
• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Siff, Ira.
• McClintock, Peter.
• Coote, Alice.
• Berger, William, 1961-
• Stone, Karen, 1952-
• Gainsley, Philip.
• Waters, Willie Anthony.
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• Cardona, Danny.
• Díaz, Pedro (Pedro R.)
• Elsevier, Désirée.
• Relyea, John.
• Lewin, Naomi.
• Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Series Statement

• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast] of Jan. 5, 2008

Uniform Title

• Ballo in maschera
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Ballo in maschera

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Original version, set in Sweden.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 5, 2008.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff discuss the opera with Gianandrea Noseda, Michèle Crider,and Ofelia Sala) ; synopsis of act 1, scene 1 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act I, scene 1 ; synopsis of act 1, scene 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act I, scene 2 ; Loren Toolajian interviews Stephanie Blythe ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews opera fan, Danny Cardona) ; Loren Toolajian interviews Salvatore Licitra ; Tribute to Met stars who died in 2007, including clips from Met broadcasts (Beverly Sills, Frank Guarrera, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Jerry Hadley) [incomplete] -- CD 2. Loren Toolajian interviews Salvatore Licitra [incomplete] ; Tribute to Met stars who died in 2007, including clips from Met broadcasts (Beverly Sills, Frank Guarrera, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Jerry Hadley, Teresa Stich-Randall, Rose Bampton, Gian Carlo Menotti, Régine Crespin, Luciano Pavarotti) [complete] ; Juntwait interviews stage director, Peter McClintock ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews English horn player, Pedro Díaz) ; synopsis of act 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews violist, Désirée Elsevier) ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Alice Coote, host, with William Berger, Philip Gainsley, Karen Stone, and Willie Anthony Waters) ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews John Relyea) ; Mary Jo Heath discusses Verdi ensembles -- CD 3. Mary Jo Heath discusses Verdi ensembles [beginning omitted] ; synopsis of act 3, scene 1 ; Act 3, scene 1 ; synopsis of act 3, scene 2 ; Act 3, scene 2 ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 46559

OCLC

285423107

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 2008-01-05 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma after Scribe's play, Gustave III, or Le bal masqué.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast] of Jan. 5, 2008

Performer

Michèle Crider (Amelia) ; Ofelia Sala (Oscar) ; Stephanie Blythe (Ulrica) ; Salvatore Licitra (Gustavo III) ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Anckarström) ; Hao Jiang Tian (De Horn) ; Andrew Gangestad (Ribbing) ; Mark Schowalter (Chief Justice) ; Jeff Mattsey (Christiano) ; Charles Anthony (Amelia's servant) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor.

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 5, 2008.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 72, no. 7 (Jan. 2008).

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864. Librettist

Crider, Michèle. Performer. Commentator

Sala, Ofelia. Performer. Commentator

Blythe, Stephanie. Performer. Interviewee

Licitra, Salvatore, 1968- Performer. Interviewee

Hvorostovsky, Dmitri. Performer

Tian, Hao Jiang, 1954- Performer

Gangestad, Andrew. Performer

Schowalter, Mark. Performer

Mattsey, Jeff. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Noseda, Gianandrea. Conductor. Commentator

Toolajian, Loren. Interviewer

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Siff, Ira. Commentator

McClintock, Peter. Interviewee

Coote, Alice. Host

Berger, William, 1961- Commentator

Stone, Karen, 1952- Commentator

Gainsley, Philip. Commentator

Waters, Willie Anthony. Commentator

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Commentator

Cardona, Danny. Interviewee

Díaz, Pedro (Pedro R.) Interviewee

Elsevier, Désirée. Interviewee

Relyea, John. Interviewee

Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer

Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861. Gustave III.

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

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 46559