Research Catalog
La Gioconda opera in four acts
- Title
- La Gioconda [sound recording ] : opera in four acts / music by Amilcare Ponchielli ; libretto by Tobia Gorrio (Arrigo Boito).
- Author
- Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
- Milanov, Zinka.
- Barbieri, Fedora.
- Siepi, Cesare.
- Madeira, Jean.
- Baum, Kurt, 1900-1989.
- Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
- Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
- Carelli, Gabor.
- Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone)
- De Paolis, Alessio.
- Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
- Brazis, Algerd.
- Cleva, Fausto.
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Goldovsky, Boris.
- Swarthout, Gladys, 1904-
- Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
- Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
- Bagar, Robert C.
- Ducloux, Walter.
- Gutman, John.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 4 sound tape reels (239 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 03, 1953]
- Uniform Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 1:14:21 (synopses and features) ; 2:44:40 (opera).
- Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
- Indexed In (note)
- Opera news
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 3, 1953.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 334 (F)
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Gladys Swarthout and Jan Peerce) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Robert Bagar, Walter Ducloux and John Gutman) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Opera quiz part 2 ; Synopsis of act 4 and Closing (Cross) -- side 3. Prelude Through "O Grido di Quest'anima" -- side 4. "Maledici? Sta ben" through end of act 1 -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 through scene 3 -- side 7. "Benvenuti, messeri!" through end of act 3 -- side 8. Act 4.
- Call Number
- *LT-10 4884
- OCLC
- NYPG89-R50
- Author
- Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.
- Title
- La Gioconda [sound recording ] : opera in four acts / music by Amilcare Ponchielli ; libretto by Tobia Gorrio (Arrigo Boito).
- Playing Time
- 011421 024440
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 03, 1953]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 03, 1953]
- Performer
- Zinka Milanov (Gioconda) ; Fedora Barbieri (Laura) ; Cesare Siepi (Alvise Badoere) ; Jean Madeira (La Cieca) ; Kurt Baum (Enzo) ; Leonard Warren (Barnaba) ; George Cehanovsky (Zuane) ; Gabor Corelli (First Singer) ; Lawrence Davidson (Second Singer) ; Alessio De Paolis (Isepo) ; Norman Scott (A monk) ; Algerd Brazis (A steerman) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Original Version
- Preservation tapes recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 17, no. 9 (Dec. 29, 1952).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 3, 1953.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 334 (F)
- Language
- Sung in Italian.
- Added Author
- Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. LibrettistMilanov, Zinka. PerformerBarbieri, Fedora. PerformerSiepi, Cesare. PerformerMadeira, Jean. PerformerBaum, Kurt, 1900-1989. PerformerWarren, Leonard, 1911-1960. PerformerCehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. PerformerCarelli, Gabor. PerformerDavidson, Lawrence (Baritone) PerformerDe Paolis, Alessio. PerformerScott, Norman, 1921-1968. PerformerBrazis, Algerd. PerformerCleva, Fausto. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorSwarthout, Gladys, 1904- CommentatorPeerce, Jan, 1904-1984. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912- CommentatorSpaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. CommentatorBagar, Robert C. CommentatorDucloux, Walter. CommentatorGutman, John. CommentatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *LT-10 4884 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 334 (F)*LTCM 334 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4884.