Research Catalog

Title

Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel, The Bride of Lammermoor.

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
• Murray, John Horton
• Fu, Haijing (Singer)
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Anderson, June, 1952-
• Christin, Judith
• Leech, Richard (Tenor)
• Groves, Paul (Tenor)
• Panni, Marcello
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Habachy, Nimet
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ames, Alison, 1945-
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Hubay, Alfred
• 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 Dec. 12, 1992]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• 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: 0:48:39 (synopses and features) ; 2:29:28 (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, Dec. 12, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 707 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD. 3 Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Nimet Habachy) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alison Ames, Thor Eckert Jr. and Alfred Hubay) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen)

Call Number

*LDC 31781

OCLC

NYPG94-R328

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Title

Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel, The Bride of Lammermoor.

Playing Time

004839 022928

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 12, 1992]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 12, 1992]

Performer

John Horton Murray (Normanno) ; Haijing Fu (Lord Enrico Ashton) ; Paul Plishka (Raimondo) ; June Anderson (Lucia) ; Judith Christin (Alisa) ; Richard Leech (Edgardo) ; Paul Groves (Arturo) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Marcello Panni, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 6 (Dec. 5, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 12, 1992.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in July 1993, from borrowed masters (3 tape 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 707 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. Bride of Lammermoor.

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Fu, Haijing (Singer) Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Anderson, June, 1952- Performer

Christin, Judith. Performer

Leech, Richard (Tenor) Performer

Groves, Paul (Tenor) Performer

Panni, Marcello. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Habachy, Nimet. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 31781 Service copy.

*LT-10-A 1569 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31781.

*LTCM 707 (F) Cassette copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31781.