Research Catalog

Title

Luisa Miller [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano after Friedrich Schiller's "Kabale und Liebe".

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805.
• Caballé, Montserrat.
• Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Tozzi, Giorgio.
• Flagello, Ezio.
• Pearl, Louise.
• Williams, Nancy, 1935-
• Marcella, Luigi.
• Schippers, Thomas
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• De Schauensee, Max.
• Harrison, Jay.
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (208 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 17, 1968]

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: 1:02:22 (synopses and features) ; 2:26:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 17, 1968.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (William Weaver and Thomas Schippers discuss "Luisa Miller") ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Max de Schauensee, Jay Harrison, Alfred Hubay and Richard Mohr) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1, scenes 1-2 -- side 4. Act 1, scene 3 -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 277 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R279

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Luisa Miller [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano after Friedrich Schiller's "Kabale und Liebe".

Playing Time

010200 022600

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 17, 1968]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 17, 1968]

Performer

Montserrat Caballé (Luisa) ; Richard Tucker (Rodolfo) ; Sherrill Milnes (Miller) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Count Walter) ; Ezio Flagello (Wurm) ; Louise Pearl (Federica) ; Nancy Williams (Laura) ; Lou Marcella (Peasant) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 32, no. 16 (Feb. 17, 1968).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 17, 1968.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805. Kabale und Liebe.

Caballé, Montserrat. Performer

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Flagello, Ezio. Performer

Pearl, Louise. Performer

Williams, Nancy, 1935- Performer

Marcella, Luigi. Performer

Schippers, Thomas Conductor. Commentator

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

De Schauensee, Max. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Mohr, 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 277 (F) Production notes on file in listening room.