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Rigoletto opera in four acts

Title
Rigoletto [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo's play "Le roi s'amuse".
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Additional Authors
  • Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
  • Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
  • MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
  • Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
  • Gedda, Nicolai.
  • Giaiotti, Bonaldo.
  • Amparan, Belen.
  • Ordassy, Carlotta.
  • Sukis, Lilian.
  • Boucher, Gene.
  • Goodloe, Robert.
  • Michalski, Raymond.
  • Carelli, Gabor.
  • Di Franco, Loretta.
  • Strang, Lloyd.
  • Gardelli, Lamberto.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Weaver, William, 1923-2013
  • Tucci, Gabriella.
  • Masiello, Alberta.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
  • Harrison, Jay.
  • Mohr, Richard.
  • Randall, Tony.
  • Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
  • Barnett, Cynthia.
  • Rye, John.
  • Powells, Vicki.
  • Gwyn, Leslie.
  • Goeke, Leo.
  • Silberstein, Jascha.
  • Gniewek, Raymond, 1931-
  • Ritchie, Stanley.
  • Di Janni, John A.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
3 sound cassettes (195 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-04-08 (Apr. 8, 1967)]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (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: 1:15:30 (synopses and features) ; 1:59:30 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Performer (note)
  • Cornell MacNeil (Rigoletto) ; Roberta Peters (Gilda) ; Nicolai Gedda (Duke of Mantua) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Sparafucile) ; Belen Amparan (Maddalena) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Giovanna) ; Lilian Sukis (Countess Ceprano) ; Gene Boucher (Count Ceprano) ; Robert Goodloe (Marullo) ; Raymond Michalski (Monterone) ; Gabor Carelli (Borsa) ; Loretta Di Franco (Page) ; Lloyd Strang (Chief guard) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 8, 1967.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (William Weaver and Gabriella Tucci discuss rare Verdi songs, with Alberta Masiello, piano) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, Jay Harrison, Richard Mohr and Tony Randall) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Preview of the Met's Verdi Festival in Rhode Island, with Rudolf Bing and members of the Met Orchestra and Met Opera Studio (Cynthia Barnett, Jon Rye, Vicki Powells, Leslie Gwyn, Leo Goeke, Jascha Silberstein, Raymond Gniewek, Stanley Ritchie and John Di Janni) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LTCM 265 (F)
OCLC
NYPG87-R172
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Rigoletto [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo's play "Le roi s'amuse".
Playing Time
011530 015930
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-04-08 (Apr. 8, 1967)]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-04-08 (Apr. 8, 1967)]
Cast
Cornell MacNeil (Rigoletto) ; Roberta Peters (Gilda) ; Nicolai Gedda (Duke of Mantua) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Sparafucile) ; Belen Amparan (Maddalena) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Giovanna) ; Lilian Sukis (Countess Ceprano) ; Gene Boucher (Count Ceprano) ; Robert Goodloe (Marullo) ; Raymond Michalski (Monterone) ; Gabor Carelli (Borsa) ; Loretta Di Franco (Page) ; Lloyd Strang (Chief guard) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 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. 24 (Apr. 8, 1967).
Event
Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 8, 1967.
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Roi s'amuse.
MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer
Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Performer
Gedda, Nicolai. Performer
Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer
Amparan, Belen. pf
Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer
Sukis, Lilian. Performer
Boucher, Gene. Performer
Goodloe, Robert. Performer
Michalski, Raymond. Performer
Carelli, Gabor. Performer
Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
Strang, Lloyd. Performer
Gardelli, Lamberto. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.
Tucci, Gabriella. Commentator
Masiello, Alberta. Performer
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator
Harrison, Jay. Commentator
Mohr, Richard. Commentator
Randall, Tony. Commentator
Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator
Barnett, Cynthia. Performer
Rye, John. Performer
Powells, Vicki. Performer
Gwyn, Leslie. Performer
Goeke, Leo. Performer
Silberstein, Jascha. Performer
Gniewek, Raymond, 1931- Performer
Ritchie, Stanley. Performer
Di Janni, John A. Performer
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 265 (F) \(Production notes filed in listening room.)
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