Research Catalog

Title

La traviata [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Piave.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Publication

Jan. 13, 1973.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Cruz-Romo, Gilda.
• Di Giuseppe, Enrico, 1938-
• Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
• Kraft,Jean.
• Norden, Betsy.
• Goodloe, Robert.
• Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
• Boucher, Gene.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Marcella, Luigi.
• Paola, Paul de.
• Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Borge, Victor.
• Silberstein, Jascha.
• Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
• Levarie, Siegmund, 1914-
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Mohr, Richard.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs ; digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 13, 1973
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 13, 1973.

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Traviata

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 2:01:53 (opera) ; 1:27:19 (synopses and features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 20 (F).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 13, 1973.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1(Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 ; Act 3 -- CD 3. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air, pt. 1: Victor Borge and Jascha Silberstein ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Edward Downes questions Mary Ellis Peltz, Siegmund Levarie, Richard Mohr and William Weaver ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Opera news on the air, pt.2: Borge and Silberstein return ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 35306

OCLC

NYPG84-R242

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

La traviata [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Piave.

Imprint

Jan. 13, 1973.

Playing Time

020153 012719

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 13, 1973

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 13, 1973.

Performer

Gilda Cruz-Romo (Violetta) ; Enrico Di Giuseppe (Alfredo) ; Robert Merrill (Giorgio Germont) ; Jean Kraft (Flora Bervoix) ; Betsy Norden (Annina) ; Robert Goodloe (Baron Duphol) ; Louis Sgarro (Doctor Grenvil) ; Gene Boucher (Marquis d'Obigny) ; Charles Anthony (Gastone) ; Luigi Marcella (Giuseppe) ; Paul De Paola (gardener) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 37, no. 10 (Jan. 13, 1973).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 13, 1973.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Nov., 1983, from borrowed copies (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track stereo. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 20 (F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Cruz-Romo, Gilda. Performer

Di Giuseppe, Enrico, 1938- Performer

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer

Kraft,Jean. Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Marcella, Luigi. Performer

Paola, Paul de. Performer

Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Borge, Victor. Commentator

Silberstein, Jascha. Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

Levarie, Siegmund, 1914- Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

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

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 35306 Service copy.