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.
• Pavarotti, Luciano.
• Forest, Michael.
• Guyer, Joyce.
• Nucci, Leo.
• Hartman, Vernon.
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Held, Alan, 1959-
• Furlanetto, Ferruccio.
• Anderson, June, 1952-
• Kelly, Sondra.
• Donaldi, Maria.
• Paola, Paul de.
• Svendén, Birgitta.
• Panni, Marcello.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Vaness, Carol.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Hubay, Alfred.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Wrong, Henry.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Kipnis, Alexander, 1891-1978.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (190 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 24, 1990]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Met moments (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: 0:57:52 (synopses and features) ; 2:12:31 (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

Performer (note)

• Luciano Pavarotti (The Duke) ; Michael Forest (Borsa) ; Joyce Guyer (Countess Ceprano) ; Leo Nucci (Rigoletto) ; Vernon Hartman (Marullo) ; Richard Vernon (Count Ceprano) ; Alan Held (Monterone) ; Ferruccio Furlanetto (Sparafucile) ; June Anderson (Gilda) ; Sondra Kelly (Giovanna) ; Maria Donaldi (A Page) ; Paul De Paola (Chief Guard) ; Birgitta Svendén (Maddalena) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Marcello Panni, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 24, 1990.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 568 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 ; Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Mirella Freni) ; Met moments (Francis Robinson, host, with Alexander Kipnis) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alfred Hubay, Terrence McNally and Henry Wrong) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 28842

OCLC

NYPG92-R358

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

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

Playing Time

005752 021231

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 24, 1990]

Cast

Luciano Pavarotti (The Duke) ; Michael Forest (Borsa) ; Joyce Guyer (Countess Ceprano) ; Leo Nucci (Rigoletto) ; Vernon Hartman (Marullo) ; Richard Vernon (Count Ceprano) ; Alan Held (Monterone) ; Ferruccio Furlanetto (Sparafucile) ; June Anderson (Gilda) ; Sondra Kelly (Giovanna) ; Maria Donaldi (A Page) ; Paul De Paola (Chief Guard) ; Birgitta Svendén (Maddalena) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Marcello Panni, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 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. 54, no. 11 (Feb. 17, 1990).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 24, 1990.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 568 (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

Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer

Forest, Michael. Performer

Guyer, Joyce. Performer

Nucci, Leo. Performer

Hartman, Vernon. Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Furlanetto, Ferruccio. Performer

Anderson, June, 1952- Performer

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Donaldi, Maria. Performer

Paola, Paul de. Performer

Svendén, Birgitta. Performer

Panni, Marcello. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Vaness, Carol. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Wrong, Henry. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Kipnis, Alexander, 1891-1978. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 28842 Service copy

*LTCM 568 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28842