Research Catalog
Aida : opera in four acts
- Title
- Aida : radio broadcast, 1953-01-24 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.
- Author
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
- Vichegonov, Lubomir.
- Thebom, Blanche.
- Milanov, Zinka.
- Del Monaco, Mario, 1915-1982
- London, George, 1920-1985.
- Hines, Jerome, 1921-2003
- Hayward, Thomas, 1917-1995
- Amara, Lucine.
- Cleva, Fausto.
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Goldovsky, Boris.
- Weinstock, Herbert, 1905-1971.
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
- Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
- Bagar, Robert C.
- Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988
- Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Herbert Weinstock Memorial Fund.
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 5 sound tape reels (209 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 24, 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: 1:08:07 (synopses and features) ; 2:21:31 (opera).
- Production notes and official cast list (4 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. 24, 1953.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 337 (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 Douglas Moore and Herbert Weinstock) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, Robert Bagar and Luigi Lucioni) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Opera quiz part 2 ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4.
- Call Number
- *LT-10 4887
- OCLC
- NYPG89-R60
- Author
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
- Title
- Aida : radio broadcast, 1953-01-24 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.
- Playing Time
- 010807 022131
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 24, 1953]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 24, 1953]
- Performer
- Lubomir Vichegonov (The King) ; Blanche Thebom (Amneris) ; Zinka Milanov (Aida) ; Mario Del Monaco (Radames) ; George London (Amonasro) ; Jerome Hines (Ramfis) ; Thomas Hayward (Messenger) ; Lucine Amara (Priestess) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Original Version
- Preservation tapes recorded at NYPL in Jan. 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. 12 (Jan. 19, 1953).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 24, 1953.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 337 (F)
- Language
- Sung in Italian.
- Added Author
- Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. LibrettistVichegonov, Lubomir. PerformerThebom, Blanche. PerformerMilanov, Zinka. PerformerDel Monaco, Mario, 1915-1982, singer.London, George, 1920-1985. PerformerHines, Jerome, 1921-2003, singer.Hayward, Thomas, 1917-1995, singer.Amara, Lucine. PerformerCleva, Fausto. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorWeinstock, Herbert, 1905-1971. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912-1981, commentator.Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. CommentatorBagar, Robert C. CommentatorLucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988, commentator.Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969.Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)Herbert Weinstock Memorial Fund.
- 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 4887 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 337 (F)*LTCM 337 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4887.