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Aïda : opera in four acts

Title
Aïda : radio broadcast, 1967-02-25 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Additional Authors
  • Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
  • Price, Leontyne.
  • Bergonzi, Carlo.
  • Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023.
  • Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
  • Hines, Jerome, 1921-
  • Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
  • Sukis, Lilian.
  • Nagy, Robert, 1929-
  • Schippers, Thomas.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Robinson, Francis, 1910-
  • Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Bonynge, Richard.
  • Harrison, Jay.
  • Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-
  • Mohr, Richard.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
3 sound cassettes (231 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-02-25 (Feb. 25, 1967)]
Uniform Title
  • Biographies in music (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:13:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:37:30 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Event (note)
  • Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 25, 1967.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Biographies in music, part 1 (Francis Robinson and Peggy Wood discuss Emma Calvé) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Richard Bonynge, Jay Harrison, Luigi Lucioni and Richard Mohr) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music, part 2 (Robinson continues his discussion of Calvé) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LTCM 259 (F)
OCLC
NYPG87-R166
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Aïda : radio broadcast, 1967-02-25 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.
Playing Time
011300 023730
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-02-25 (Feb. 25, 1967)]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-02-25 (Feb. 25, 1967)]
Performer
Leontyne Price (Aïda) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Radames) ; Grace Bumbry (Amneris) ; Robert Merrill (Amonasro) ; Jerome Hines (Ramfis) ; Louis Sgarro (King of Egypt) ; Lilian Sukis (Priestess) ; Robert Nagy (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 31, no. 18 (Feb. 25, 1967).
Event
Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 25, 1967.
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist
Price, Leontyne. Performer
Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer
Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023. Performer
Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer
Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer
Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer
Sukis, Lilian. Performer
Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer
Schippers, Thomas. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator
Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Bonynge, Richard. Commentator
Harrison, Jay. Commentator
Lucioni, Luigi, 1900- Commentator
Mohr, Richard. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Biographies in music (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 259 (F) Production notes on file.
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