Research Catalog

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1993-01-30 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
• Cook, Terry.
• Wells, Jeffrey.
• Blackwell, Harolyn.
• Ichihara, Taro, 1950-
• Pons, Juan.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Shemchuk, Ludmila.
• Oswald, Mark.
• Fitch, Bernard.
• Sweet, Sharon.
• Fiore, John.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Hammond, Antony D.
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (198 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 30, 1993
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 30, 1993.

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:54:02 (synopses and features) ; 2:24:07 (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. 30, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 714 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Prelude ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (William Weaver) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Antony Derek Hammond, Albert Innaurato and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1576

OCLC

NYPG94-R365

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Composer

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1993-01-30 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma.

Playing Time

005402 022407

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 30, 1993

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 30, 1993.

Performer

Terry Cook (Samuel) ; Jeffrey Wells (Tom) ; Harolyn Blackwell (Oscar) ; Taro Ichihara (Riccardo) ; Juan Pons (Renato) ; Charles Anthony (The Chief Justice) ; Ludmila Schemtchuk (Ulrica) ; Mark Oswald (Christiano) ; Bernard Fitch (Amelia's servant) ; Sharon Sweet (Amelia) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; John Fiore, 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, Jan. 30, 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 714 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864. Librettist

Cook, Terry. Performer

Wells, Jeffrey. Performer

Blackwell, Harolyn. Performer

Ichihara, Taro, 1950- Performer

Pons, Juan. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Shemchuk, Ludmila. Performer

Oswald, Mark. Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Sweet, Sharon. Performer

Fiore, John. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Hammond, Antony D. Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Metropolitan 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)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10-A 1576 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31774.

*LTCM 714 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31774.

*LDC 31774 Service copy.