Research Catalog

Title

Rigoletto [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F.M. Piave.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
• Carelli, Gabor.
• Chambers, Madelaine.
• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
• Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
• Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
• Tozzi, Giorgio.
• Güden, Hilde.
• Thelma Votipka.
• Vanni, Helen.
• Marsh, Calvin.
• Roggero, Margaret.
• Cleva, Fausto.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Rosenfield, John.
• Bagar, Robert C.
• Harrison, Jay.
• Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995.
• Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999.
• Burger, Julius.
• Ceroni, Otello.
• Trucco, Victor.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (195 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 5, 1957\570105\]

Uniform Title

• Rigoletto
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Rigoletto

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 2:03:12 (opera) ; 1:11:18 (synopses and features).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 69 (F).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 5, 1957.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) avaliable in: *LTCM 69 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 3. Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky and twelve Met singers illustrate operatic ensembles ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Robert Lawrence, John Rosenfield ; Robert Bagar, Jay Harrison and Max Rudolf ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Third intermission: Clifton Fadiman, Julius Burger, Otello Ceroni and Victor Trucco discuss the art of prompting ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 34060

OCLC

NYPG84-R1073

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Rigoletto [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F.M. Piave.

Playing Time

020312 011118

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 5, 1957\570105\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 5, 1957\570105\]

Performer

Jan Peerce (Duke) ; Robert Merrill (Rigoletto) ; Hilde Gueden (Gilda) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Sparafucile) ; Margaret Roggero (Maddalena) ; Thelma Votipka (Giovanna) ; Louis Sgarro (Monterone) ; Clifford Harvuot (Marullo) ; Gabor Carelli (Borsa) ; George Cehanovsky (Count Ceprano) ; Madelaine Chambers (Countess Ceprano) ; Helen Vanni (page) ; Calvin Marsh (Chief Guard) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 21, no. 8 (Dec. 31, 1956).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 5, 1957.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Aug., 1984, from borrowed copies (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) avaliable in: *LTCM 69 (F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984. Performer

Carelli, Gabor. Performer

Chambers, Madelaine. Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer

Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Güden, Hilde. Performer

Thelma Votipka. Performer

Vanni, Helen. Performer

Marsh, Calvin. Performer

Roggero, Margaret. Performer

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Rosenfield, John. Commentator

Bagar, Robert C. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995. Commentator

Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999. Commentator

Burger, Julius. Commentator

Ceroni, Otello. Commentator

Trucco, Victor. Commentator

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

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 34060 Service copy.

*LTCM 69 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 34060.