Research Catalog

Title

I Puritani [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Vincenzo Bellini ; libretto by Carlo Pepoli.

Author

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Pepoli, Carlo, conte, 1796-1881.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Gavanelli, Paolo.
• Gruberova, Edita, 1946-2021.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Merritt, Chris, 1952-
• Robbins, Julien.
• Kelly, Sondra.
• Bonynge, Richard.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989.
• Bampton, Rose.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

5 sound discs (206 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 30, 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: 0:45:03 (synopses and features) ; 2:41:22 (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)

• Charles Anthony (Sir Bruno Robertson) ; Paolo Gavanelli (Riccardo) ; Edita Gruberova (Elvira) ; Paul Plishka (Giorgio) ; Chris Merritt (Arturo) ; Julien Robbins (Gualtiero) ; Sondra Kelly (Enrichetta) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Richard Bonynge, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 30, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 593 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, scenes 1-2 -- CD 2. Act 1, scene 3 -- CD 3. Act 2 -- CD 4. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. Opera news on the air (Alfred Hubay) ; Met Moments (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Anthony Quayle and Rose Bampton) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alfred Hubay, Albert Innaurato and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 29105

OCLC

NYPG92-R971

Author

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Composer

Title

I Puritani [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Vincenzo Bellini ; libretto by Carlo Pepoli.

Playing Time

004503 024122

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 30, 1991]

Cast

Charles Anthony (Sir Bruno Robertson) ; Paolo Gavanelli (Riccardo) ; Edita Gruberova (Elvira) ; Paul Plishka (Giorgio) ; Chris Merritt (Arturo) ; Julien Robbins (Gualtiero) ; Sondra Kelly (Enrichetta) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Richard Bonynge, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in May 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. 14 (Mar. 30, 1991).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 30, 1991.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 593 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Pepoli, Carlo, conte, 1796-1881. Librettist

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Gavanelli, Paolo. Performer

Gruberova, Edita, 1946-2021. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Merritt, Chris, 1952- Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Bonynge, Richard. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989. 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)

Met moments (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 29105 Service copy.

*LTCM 593 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 29105.