Research Catalog

Title

La forza del destino : radio broadcast, 1972-02-12 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F. M. Piave.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Price, Leontyne.
• Casei, Nedda, 1935-2020.
• Ordassy, Carlotta.
• Bergonzi, Carlo.
• Paskalis, Kostas.
• Siepi, Ceasre.
• Corena, Fernando.
• Karlsrud, Edmond, 1927-1997.
• Schmorr, Robert.
• Boucher, Gene.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-2001.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Randall, Tony.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013.
• Veltri, Michelangelo, 1940-
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (in 1 container) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 12, 1972\720212\]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Forza del destino

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Title from house program ; series title frrom Opera news.
• Compact disc.
• Durations: 2:31:21 (opera) ; 1:06:51 (introduction, synopses, and intermission features).
• Production notes and official cast list on file under classmark: *LTCM 25 (F).

Event (note)

• Originally recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 12, 1972.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera ;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky discusses the various characters of musical keys in La forza del destino) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions Boris Goldovsky, Richard Mohr, Tony Randall, and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 42489

OCLC

86078239

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Composer

Title

La forza del destino : radio broadcast, 1972-02-12 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F. M. Piave.

Playing Time

023121 010651

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 12, 1972\720212\]

Performer

Leontyne Price (Leonora) ; Nedda Casei (Preziosilla) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Curra) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Don Alvaro) ; Kostas Paskalis (Don Carlo) ; Cesare Siepi (Padre Guardiano) ; Fernando Corena (Fra Melitone) ; Edmond Karlsrud (Marquis of Calatrava) ; Robert Schmorr (Trabucco) ; Gene Boucher (Surgeon) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Michelangelo Veltri, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Originally recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 12, 1972.

Original Version

Cassette tape copy re-recorded at NYPL, in 1984, from borrowed tape copies of the original recording, filed undeer classmark: *LTCM 25 (F).

Language

Sung in Italian.

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Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Price, Leontyne. Performer

Casei, Nedda, 1935-2020. Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer

Paskalis, Kostas. Performer

Siepi, Ceasre. Performer

Corena, Fernando. Performer

Karlsrud, Edmond, 1927-1997. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Randall, Tony. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013. Commentator

Veltri, Michelangelo, 1940- Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. 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 42489