Research Catalog

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1991-01-26 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
• Cook, Terry.
• Wells, Jeffrey.
• Blackwell, Harolyn.
• Pavarotti, Luciano.
• Nucci, Leo.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Quivar, Florence.
• Hawkins, Gordon.
• Fracker, Richard.
• Millo, Aprile.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013.
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Ames, Alison, 1945-
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Traubel, Helen.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (207 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 26, 1991]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:02:50 (synopses and features) ; 2:24:12 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Terry Cook (Samuel) ; Jeffrey Wells (Tom) ; Harolyn Blackwell (Oscar) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Riccardo) ; Leo Nucci (Renato) ; Charles Anthony (The Chief Justice) ; Florence Quivar (Ulrica) ; Gordon Hawkins (Silvano) ; Richard Fracker (Amelia's servant) ; Aprile Millo (Amelia) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 26, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 584 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Martin Bernheimer, Alison Ames and M. Owen Lee) ; Met Moments (Milton Cross, host, with Helen Traubel) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 29106

OCLC

NYPG92-R924

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1991-01-26 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma.

Playing Time

010250 022412

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 26, 1991]

Cast

Terry Cook (Samuel) ; Jeffrey Wells (Tom) ; Harolyn Blackwell (Oscar) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Riccardo) ; Leo Nucci (Renato) ; Charles Anthony (The Chief Justice) ; Florence Quivar (Ulrica) ; Gordon Hawkins (Silvano) ; Richard Fracker (Amelia's servant) ; Aprile Millo (Amelia) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 55, no. 9 (Jan. 19, 1991).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 26, 1991.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 584 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864. Librettist

Cook, Terry. Performer

Wells, Jeffrey. Performer

Blackwell, Harolyn. Performer

Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer

Nucci, Leo. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Quivar, Florence. Performer

Hawkins, Gordon. Performer

Fracker, Richard. Performer

Millo, Aprile. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013. Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Traubel, Helen. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 29106 Service copy.

*LTCM 584 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 584.