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Otello opera in four acts

Title
Otello [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Additional Authors
  • Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
  • Del Monaco, Mario, 1915-
  • Tebaldi, Renata.
  • Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
  • Lipton, Martha.
  • Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
  • McCracken, James, 1926-
  • Vichegonov, Lubomir.
  • Hawkins, Osie.
  • Budney, Arthur.
  • Stiedry, Fritz.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Goldovsky, Boris.
  • Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
  • Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
  • Harrison, Jay.
  • Allen, Reginald.
  • Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999
  • Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.
  • Coles, Chandler.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
4 sound tape reels (228 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series Statement
  • Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 12, 1955
  • Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 12, 1955]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
  • Texaco's roving opera reporter (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Sung in Italian.
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:16:45 (synopses and features) ; 2:31:41 (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, Mar. 12, 1955.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 422 (F)
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Jan Peerce and Lillian Gish) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, Jay Harrison and Reginald Allen) -- side 2. Opera quiz concluded ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Third intermission feature (Clifton Fadiman, host, with Gian Carlo Menotti and Chandler Coles) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LTCM 422 (F)
OCLC
NYPG90-R816
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Otello [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito.
Playing Time
011645 023141
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 12, 1955
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 12, 1955]
Performer
Mario Del Monaco (Otello) ; Renata Tebaldi (Desdemona) ; Leonard Warren (Iago) ; Martha Lipton (Emilia) ; Paul Franke (Cassio) ; James McCracken (Roderigo) ; Luben Vichey (Lodovico) ; Osie Hawkins (Montano) ; Arthur Budney (A herald) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in May, 1990, 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. 19, no. 18 (Mar. 7, 1955).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 12, 1955.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 422 (F)
Added Author
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
Del Monaco, Mario, 1915- Performer
Tebaldi, Renata. Performer
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer
Lipton, Martha. Performer
Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
McCracken, James, 1926- Performer
Vichegonov, Lubomir. Performer
Hawkins, Osie. Performer
Budney, Arthur. Performer
Stiedry, Fritz. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984. Commentator
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator
Harrison, Jay. Commentator
Allen, Reginald. Commentator
Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999, host.
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Commentator
Coles, Chandler. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Texaco's roving opera reporter (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 422 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6088.
*LT-10 6088 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 422 (F)
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