Research Catalog
Lucia di Lammermoor opera in three acts
- Title
- Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Walter Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor".
- Author
- Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
- Pons, Lily, 1898-1976
- Valentino, Frank
- Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
- Votipka, Thelma
- Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
- Hayward, Thomas, 1917-1995
- McCracken, James, 1926-1988
- Cleva, Fausto
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Goldovsky, Boris
- Yurka, Blanche
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
- Bagar, Robert C.
- Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
- Ducloux, Walter
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
- Description
- 3 sound tape reels (168 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 30, 1954]
- Uniform Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 0:41:32 (synopses and features) ; 2:07:06 (opera).
- Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
- Indexed In (note)
- Opera news
- Performer (note)
- Lily Pons (Lucia) ; Frank Valentino (Enrico) ; Jan Peerce (Edgardo) ; Thelma Votipka (Alisa) ; Norman Scott (Raimondo) ; Thomas Hayward (Arturo) ; James McCracken (Normanno) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 30, 1954.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 396 (F)
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Blanche Yurka) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Robert Bagar, Deems Taylor, and Walter Ducloux) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Act 1 -- side 3. Act 2 ; Act 3 through "Dalle stanze, ove Lucia" -- side 4. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Cross).
- Call Number
- *LT-10 5546
- OCLC
- NYPG90-R90
- Author
- Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
- Title
- Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Walter Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor".
- Playing Time
- 004132 020706
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 30, 1954]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 30, 1954]
- Cast
- Lily Pons (Lucia) ; Frank Valentino (Enrico) ; Jan Peerce (Edgardo) ; Thelma Votipka (Alisa) ; Norman Scott (Raimondo) ; Thomas Hayward (Arturo) ; James McCracken (Normanno) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Original Version
- Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (6 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 18, no. 12 (Jan. 25, 1954).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 30, 1954.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 396 (F)
- Language
- Sung in Italian.
- Added Author
- Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. LibrettistScott, Walter, 1771-1832. Bride of Lammermoor.Pons, Lily, 1898-1976, singer.Valentino, Frank. PerformerPeerce, Jan, 1904-1984. PerformerVotipka, Thelma. PerformerScott, Norman, 1921-1968. PerformerHayward, Thomas, 1917-1995, singer.McCracken, James, 1926-1988, singer.Cleva, Fausto. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorYurka, Blanche. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912-1981, commentator.Bagar, Robert C. CommentatorTaylor, Deems, 1885-1966. CommentatorDucloux, Walter. CommentatorMetropolitan 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
- *LT-10 5546 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 396 (F)*LTCM 396 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 5546.