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.
- Rankin, Nell.
- Tozzi, Giorgio.
- Warfield, Sandra.
- Baum, Kurt, 1900-1989.
- Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
- Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
- McCracken, James, 1926-
- Marsh, Calvin.
- De Paolis, Alessio.
- Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
- Cleva, Fausto.
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Goldovsky, Boris.
- Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993.
- Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969.
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
- Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
- Ducloux, Walter.
- Robinson, Francis, 1910-
- Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999
- Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 4 sound tape reels (236 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 2, 1955]
- Uniform 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)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 1:09:14 (synopses and features) ; 2:47:41 (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, Apr. 2, 1955.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 425 (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 Helen Hayes and Giovanni Martinelli) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Walter Ducloux and Francis Robinson) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Texaco's roving opera reporter (Clifton Fadiman, host, with Rudolf Bing) ; Synopsis of act (Cross) -- side 3. Preludio ; Act 1 through "Voce di Donna" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 through Synopsis of scene 2 -- side 7. Act 3 concluded -- side 8. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
- Call Number
- *LT-10 6091
- OCLC
- NYPG90-R821
- 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
- 010914 024741
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 2, 1955]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 2, 1955]
- Performer
- Zinka Milanov (Gioconda) ; Nell Rankin (Laura) ; Georgio Tozzi (Alvise) ; Sandra Warfield (La Cieca) ; Kurt Baum (Enzo) ; Leonard Warren (Barnaba) ; George Cehanovsky (Zuane) ; James McCracken (First singer) ; Calvin Marsh (Second singer, A steersman) ; Alessio De Paolis (Isepo) ; Louis Sgarro (A monk) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, 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. 21 (Mar. 28, 1955).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 2, 1955.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 425 (F)
- Language
- Sung in Italian.
- Added Author
- Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. LibrettistMilanov, Zinka. PerformerRankin, Nell. PerformerTozzi, Giorgio. PerformerWarfield, Sandra. PerformerBaum, Kurt, 1900-1989. PerformerWarren, Leonard, 1911-1960. PerformerCehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. PerformerMcCracken, James, 1926- PerformerMarsh, Calvin. PerformerDe Paolis, Alessio. PerformerSgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. PerformerCleva, Fausto. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorHayes, Helen, 1900-1993. CommentatorMartinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912- CommentatorSpaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. CommentatorDucloux, Walter. CommentatorRobinson, Francis, 1910- CommentatorFadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999, host.Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. CommentatorMetropolitan 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)
- Research Call Number
- *LT-10 6091 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 425 (F)*LTCM 425 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6091.