Research Catalog
Giacomo Puccini's Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts
- Title
- Giacomo Puccini's Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts libretto by Victorien Sardou, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
- Author
- Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908.
- Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
- Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
- Zylis-Gara, Teresa
- Bergonzi, Carlo
- Bacquier, Gabriel
- Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
- Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
- Christopher, Russell
- Corena, Fernando
- Offenkrantz, Paul
- Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004.
- Erede, Alberto
- Allen, Peter, 1920-
- Weaver, William, 1923-2013
- Ardoin, John
- Davis, Ivan
- McEwen, Terry
- Downes, Edward, 1911-
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
- Description
- On 5 sides of 3 sound cassettes (180 min.) : stereo., Dolby B processed.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 8, 1975
- Uniform Title
- Tosca
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Tosca
- Tosca.
- Subjects
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 2:02:00 (opera) ; 58:00 (synopses and features).
- Official cast list and production notes (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.
- Indexed In (note)
- Opera news
- Performer (note)
- Teresa Zylis-Gara (Tosca) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Cavaradossi) ; Gabriel Bacquier (Scarpia) ; Charles Anthony (Spoleta) ; Louis Sgarro (Angelotti) ; Russell Christopher (Sciarrone) ; Fernando Corena (Sacristan) ; Paul Offenkrantz (Shepherd) ; Arthur Thompson (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
- Event (note)
- Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 8, 1975.
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air: Five generations of the Puccini family (William Weaver) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. A record collector's roundtable (John Ardoin ; Ivan Davis ; Terry McEwen ; Edward Downes, moderator) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Blank.
- Call Number
- *LTCM 6 (F)
- OCLC
- NYPG83-R137
- Author
- Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
- Title
- Giacomo Puccini's Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts libretto by Victorien Sardou, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
- Playing Time
- 020200 005800
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 8, 1975
- Cast
- Teresa Zylis-Gara (Tosca) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Cavaradossi) ; Gabriel Bacquier (Scarpia) ; Charles Anthony (Spoleta) ; Louis Sgarro (Angelotti) ; Russell Christopher (Sciarrone) ; Fernando Corena (Sacristan) ; Paul Offenkrantz (Shepherd) ; Arthur Thompson (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
- Original Version
- Re-recorded at NYPL, Sept. 1982, from borrowed copies (3 sound tape reels ; 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 39, no. 14 (Feb. 8, l975).
- Event
- Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 8, 1975.
- Language
- Sung in Italian.
- Added Author
- Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Tosca.Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. LibrettistGiacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. LibrettistZylis-Gara, Teresa. PerformerBergonzi, Carlo. PerformerBacquier, Gabriel. PerformerAnthony, Charles, 1929-2012. PerformerSgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. PerformerChristopher, Russell. PerformerCorena, Fernando. PerformerOffenkrantz, Paul. PerformerThompson, Arthur, 1942-2004. PerformerErede, Alberto. ConductorAllen, Peter, 1920- CommentatorWeaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.Ardoin, John. CommentatorDavis, Ivan. CommentatorMcEwen, Terry. CommentatorDownes, Edward, 1911- CommentatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer
- Added Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)Tosca.
- Research Call Number
- *LTCM 6 (F) (Production notes filed in listening room.)