Research Catalog

Title

Otello [sound recording] : lyric drama in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boïto.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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Details

Additional Authors

• Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Vickers, Jon
• Zylis-Gara, Teresa
• Quilico, Louis
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994
• Goeke, Leo
• Kraft, Jean
• Goodloe, Robert
• Michalski, Raymond
• Boucher, Gene
• Levine, James, 1943-2021
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979
• Chapin, Schyler
• Coveney, John
• Jellinek, George, 1919-2010
• McEwen, Terry
• Mohr, Richard
• Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
• Bronson, Michael
• Hadley, William
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-1980
• Reicker, Charles
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

5 sound discs (in 2 containers) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 9, 1972
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 9, 1972.

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Otello

Subjects

• Chapin, Schuyler > Interviews
• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 2:28:28 (opera) ; 1:26:52 (synopses and features).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file under classmark *LTCM 16(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, Dec. 9, 1972.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed)available in *LTCM 16(F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 -- CD 4. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Mrs. August Belmont introduces Schuyler G. Chapin ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) -- CD 5. Texaco's opera quiz: Edward Downes questions John Coveny, George Jellinek, Terry McEwen, and Richard Mohr ; Synopsis of Act 3 ; Intermission feature: Schuyler G. Chapin introduces his team, Michael Bronson, William Hadley, Francis Robinson and Charles Reicker ; Synopsis of Act 4.

Call Number

*LDC 35301

OCLC

NYPG84-R56

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Otello [sound recording] : lyric drama in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boïto.

Playing Time

022828 012652

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 9, 1972

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 9, 1972.

Performer

Jon Vickers (Otello) ; Teresa Zylis-Gara (Desdemona) ; Louis Quilico (Iago) ; Andrea Velis (Roderigo) ; Leo Goeke (Cassio) ; Jean Kraft (Emilia) ; Robert Goodloe (Montano) ; Raymond Michalski (Lodovico) ; Gene Boucher (Herald) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 37, no. 6 (Dec. 9, 1972).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 9, 1972.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Dec., 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 16(F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.

Vickers, Jon. Performer

Zylis-Gara, Teresa. Performer

Quilico, Louis. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Goeke, Leo. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Michalski, Raymond. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979, commentator.

Chapin, Schyler. Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919-2010, commentator.

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Bronson, Michael. Commentator

Hadley, William. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910-1980, commentator.

Reicker, Charles. 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 35301 Service copy.