Research Catalog
Norma opera in four acts
- Title
- Norma [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Vincenzo Bellini ; libretto by Felice Romani.
- Author
- Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Romani, Felice, 1788-1865.
- Siepi, Cesare.
- Milanov, Zinka.
- Penno, Gino.
- Thebom, Blanche.
- Leone, Maria (Soprano)
- Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
- Cleva, Fausto.
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
- Sloan, George A.
- Goldovsky, Boris.
- Ponselle, Rosa, 1897-1981.
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
- Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
- Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987.
- Allen, Reginald.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 4 sound tape reels (216 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 27, 1954]
- Uniform Title
- Norma
- Third intermission feature (Radio program)
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Norma
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 1:04:43 (synopses and features) ; 2:31:21 (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)
- Cesare Siepi (Oroveso) ; Zinka Milanov (Norma) ; Gino Penno (Pollione) ; Blanche Thebom (Adalgisa) ; Maria Leone (Clotilde) ; Paul Franke (Flavio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 27, 1954.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 404 (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 Rosa Ponselle) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, George Marek and Reginald Allen) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Third intermission feature (Rudolf Bing) ; George A. Sloan ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Overture ; Act 1 through "Deh! proteggimi O Dio!" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded ; Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
- Call Number
- *LT-10 5554
- OCLC
- NYPG90-R308
- Author
- Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
- Title
- Norma [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Vincenzo Bellini ; libretto by Felice Romani.
- Playing Time
- 010443 023121
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 27, 1954]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 27, 1954]
- Cast
- Cesare Siepi (Oroveso) ; Zinka Milanov (Norma) ; Gino Penno (Pollione) ; Blanche Thebom (Adalgisa) ; Maria Leone (Clotilde) ; Paul Franke (Flavio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 18, no. 20 (Mar. 22, 1954).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 27, 1954.
- Original Version
- Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 404 (F)
- Language
- Sung in Italian.
- Added Author
- Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. LibrettistSiepi, Cesare. PerformerMilanov, Zinka. PerformerPenno, Gino. PerformerThebom, Blanche. PerformerLeone, Maria (Soprano) PerformerFranke, Paul, 1917-2011. PerformerCleva, Fausto. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorBing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. CommentatorSloan, George A. CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorPonselle, Rosa, 1897-1981. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912- CommentatorPeltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. CommentatorMarek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. CommentatorAllen, Reginald. CommentatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Third intermission feature (Radio program)Opera news on the air (Radio program)Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *LT-10 5554 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 404 (F)*LTCM 404 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 5554.