Research Catalog

Title

Il Trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Wells, Jeffrey.
• Shaulis, Jane.
• Millo, Aprile.
• Chernov, Vladimir, 1953-
• Bartolini, Lando.
• Zajick, Dolora.
• Crolius, Ross.
• Willson, Tim.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Santi, Nello.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Gainsley, Philip.
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 6, 1993]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program available in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:31:37 (synopses and features) ; 2:30:01 (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, Feb. 6, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 715 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Act I ; Act II -- CD 2. Act III ; Act IV ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of acts I and II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Philip Gainsley, M. Owen Lee and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of acts III and IV (Allen).

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1577

OCLC

NYPG94-R366

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Il Trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Playing Time

003137 023001

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 6, 1993]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 6, 1993]

Performer

Jeffrey Wells (Ferrando) ; Jane Shaulis (Inez) ; Aprile Millo (Leonora) ; Vladimir Chernov (Count di Luna) ; Lando Bartolini (Manrico) ; Dolora Zajick (Azucena) ; Ross Crolius (A gypsy) ; Tim Willson (A messenger) ; Charles Anthony (Ruiz) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 10 (Jan. 30, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 6, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in July 1993, from borrowed masters (3 sound reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 715 (F).

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Wells, Jeffrey. Performer

Shaulis, Jane. Performer

Millo, Aprile. Performer

Chernov, Vladimir, 1953- Performer

Bartolini, Lando. Performer

Zajick, Dolora. Performer

Crolius, Ross. Performer

Willson, Tim. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Santi, Nello. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Gainsley, Philip. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10-A 1577 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31773.

*LTCM 715 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31773.

*LDC 31773 Service copy.