Research Catalog

Title

Rigoletto [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Leech, Richard (Tenor)
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Uecker, Korliss.
• Nucci, Leo.
• Croft, Dwayne.
• Tian, Haojiang, 1955-
• Held, Alan, 1959-
• Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950-
• Swenson, Ruth Ann.
• Shaulis, Jane.
• Philley, Charlotte.
• Bater, Glenn.
• White, Wendy.
• Santi, Nello.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Habachy, Nimet.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Levy, Marvin David.
• Livingstone, William.
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (183 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 7, 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 on file in the Music Division.
• Durations: 0:52:12 (synopses and features) ; 2:11:41 (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. 7, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 610 (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 ; Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. Opera news on the air (Nimet Habachy) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Marvin David Levy, William Livingstone and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 610 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R1409

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Rigoletto [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.

Playing Time

005212 021141

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 7, 1992]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 7, 1992]

Performer

Richard Leech (The Duke) ; Charles Anthony (Borsa) ; Korliss Uecker (Countess Ceprano) ; Leo Nucci (Rigoletto) ; Dwayne Croft (Marullo) ; Hao Jiang Tian (Count Ceprano) ; Alan Held (Monterone) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Sparafucile) ; Ruth Ann Swenson (Gilda) ; Jane Shaulis (Giovanna) ; Charlotte Philley (A page) ; Glenn Bater (Chief guard) ; Wendy White (Maddalena) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 12 (Feb. 29, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 7, 1992.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in July, 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 610 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Leech, Richard (Tenor) Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Uecker, Korliss. Performer

Nucci, Leo. Performer

Croft, Dwayne. Performer

Tian, Haojiang, 1955- Performer

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950- Performer

Swenson, Ruth Ann. Performer

Shaulis, Jane. Performer

Philley, Charlotte. Performer

Bater, Glenn. Performer

White, Wendy. Performer

Santi, Nello. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Habachy, Nimet. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Levy, Marvin David. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. 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

*LTCM 610 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30381.

*LDC 30381 Service copy.