Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1989-01-07 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1804-1893.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Toczyska, Stefania.
• Millo, Aprile.
• Kavrakos, Dimitri.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Reese, Sarah Carolyn.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Battle, Kathleen.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Allison, Aimes.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Bampton, Rose.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (236 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 7, 1989]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 1:14:49 (synopses and features) ; 2:40:34 (opera).
• Compact disc.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark : *LTCM 540 (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, Jan. 7, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 540 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III -- CD 4. Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with M. Owen Lee, Allison Aimes and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of Act III ; Third intermission feature (Richard Mohr, host, with Rose Bampton ; Synopsis of Act IV.

Call Number

*LDC 31956

OCLC

NYPG92-R55

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1989-01-07 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Playing Time

011449 024034

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 7, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 7, 1989]

Performer

Paul Plishka (Ramfis) ; Plácido Domingo (Radames) ; Stefania Toczyska (Amneris) ; Aprile Millo (Aida) ; Dimitri Kavrakos (The King) ; Charles Anthony (A messenger) ; Sarah Reese (A priestess) ; Sherrill Milnes (Amonasro) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 8 (Jan. 7, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 7, 1989.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1991, from borrowed masters (4 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 540 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1804-1893. Librettist

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

Toczyska, Stefania. Performer

Millo, Aprile. Performer

Kavrakos, Dimitri. rf.

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Reese, Sarah Carolyn. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Battle, Kathleen. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Allison, Aimes. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Bampton, Rose. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Third intermission feature (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 31956 Service copy.

*LTCM 540 (F) Cassette copy. Use service copy in *LDC 31956.