Research Catalog

Title

Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, last duet and finale completed by Franco Alfano.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924

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Details

Additional Authors

• Alfano, Franco, 1876-1954
• Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946
• Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952
• Marton, Eva
• Mitchell, Leona
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Cuénod, Hugues
• Hartman, Vernon
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012
• Creech, Philip
• Cordial, Gary
• Stocker, Christopher
• Fritz, Joseph
• Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004
• Koch, Roger
• Forrest, Scott
• Levine, James, 1943-2021
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
• Ramey, Samuel
• Habachy, Nimet
• Livingstone, William
• Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
• Guarino, Florence
• McNally, Terrence
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound discs (196 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1987]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 1:05:14 (synopses and features) ; 2:11:29 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark: *LTCM 512 (F)).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 28, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 512 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Nimet Habachy) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (William Livingstone, host, with Florence Guarino, Edward Downes and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of Act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 512 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R635

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, last duet and finale completed by Franco Alfano.

Playing Time

010514 021129

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1987]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1987]

Performer

Eva Marton (Turandot) ; Leona Mitchell (Liù) ; Plácido Domingo (Calàf) ; Paul Plishka (Timur) ; Hugues Cuénod (The Emperor Altoum) ; Vernon Hartman (Ping) ; Charles Anthony (Pang) ; Philip Creech (Pong) ; Gary Cordial, Christopher Stocker, Joseph Fritz (The Three Masks) ; Arthur Thompson (Mandaarin) ; Roger Koch (Executioner) ; Scott Forrest (The Prince of Persia) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 51, no. 14 (Mar. 28, 1987).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 28, 1987.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1991, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 512 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Alfano, Franco, 1876-1954. Librettist

Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946. Librettist

Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952. Librettist

Marton, Eva. Performer

Mitchell, Leona. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Cuénod, Hugues. Performer

Hartman, Vernon. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Creech, Philip. Performer

Cordial, Gary. Performer

Stocker, Christopher. Performer

Fritz, Joseph. Performer

Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004. Performer

Koch, Roger. Performer

Forrest, Scott. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.

Ramey, Samuel. Commentator

Habachy, Nimet. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Guarino, Florence. Commentator

McNally, Terrence, commentator.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

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

*LTCM 512 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 32749.

*LDC 32749 Service copy.