Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Bini, Carlo.
• Talley, Dana.
• Di Franco, Loretta.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Goodloe, Robert.
• Booth, Philip, 1942-
• Robbins, Julien.
• Hines, Jerome, 1921-
• Robinson, Gail, 1946-
• Bybee, Ariel.
• Brewer, Nadyne.
• Bater, Glenn.
• Jones, Isola.
• Stivender, David.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Fitzgerald, Gerald, 1932-
• McNally, Terrence.
• Belt, Byron.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (186 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 19, 1980]

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

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:59:26 (synopses and features) ; 2:06:37 (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

Performer (note)

• Carlo Bini (The Duke) ; Dana Talley (Borsa) ; Loretta Di Franco (Countess Ceprano) ; Sherrill Milnes (Rigoletto) ; Robert Goodloe (Marullo) ; Philip Booth (Count Ceprano) ; Julien Robbins (Monterone) ; Jerome Hines (Sparafucile) ; Gail Robinson (Gilda) ; Ariel Bybee (Giovanna) ; Nadyne Brewer (A page) ; Glen Bater (Chief Guard) ; Isola Jones (Maddalena) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; David Stivender, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 19, 1980.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 631 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Gerald Fitzgerald, Terrence McNally, Byron Belt and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 through Scene 1 -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 631 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R1956

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

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

Playing Time

005926 020637

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 19, 1980]

Cast

Carlo Bini (The Duke) ; Dana Talley (Borsa) ; Loretta Di Franco (Countess Ceprano) ; Sherrill Milnes (Rigoletto) ; Robert Goodloe (Marullo) ; Philip Booth (Count Ceprano) ; Julien Robbins (Monterone) ; Jerome Hines (Sparafucile) ; Gail Robinson (Gilda) ; Ariel Bybee (Giovanna) ; Nadyne Brewer (A page) ; Glen Bater (Chief Guard) ; Isola Jones (Maddalena) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; David Stivender, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

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

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 44, no. 11 (Jan. 19, 1980).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 19, 1980.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 631 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Bini, Carlo. Performer

Talley, Dana. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Booth, Philip, 1942- Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer

Robinson, Gail, 1946- Performer

Bybee, Ariel. Performer

Brewer, Nadyne. Performer

Bater, Glenn. Performer

Jones, Isola. Performer

Stivender, David. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Fitzgerald, Gerald, 1932- Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Belt, Byron. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. 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)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 631 (F) (Production notes on file in listening room.)