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Aïda : opera in four acts

Title
Aïda : radio broadcast, 1962-12-15 [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.
  • Amara, Lucine.
  • Bergonzi, Carlo.
  • Gorr, Rita.
  • Sereni, Mario.
  • Siepi, Cesare.
  • Macurdy, John.
  • Vanni, Helen.
  • Nagy, Robert, 1929-
  • Santi, Nello.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Bennett, Harold.
  • Broiles, Mel.
  • Horowitz, Richard, 1924-
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Cleva, Fausto.
  • De Schauensee, Max.
  • Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981.
  • Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-
  • Robinson, Francis, 1910-
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
3 sound cassettes (237 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Dec. 15, 1962\621215\]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Biographies in music (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:21:05 (synopses and features) ; 2:35:45 (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)
  • Lucine Amara (Aïda) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Radames) ; Rita Gorr (Amneris) ; Mario Sereni (Amonasro) ; Cesare Siepi (Ramfis) ; John Macurdy (King of Egypt) ; Helen Vanni (Priestess) ; Robert Nagy (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 15, 1962.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lawrence discusses marches, assisted by Harold Bennett, Melvyn Broiles, and Richard Horowitz, members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning (Edward Downes, Fausto Cleva, Max de Schauensee, Alfred Frankenstein and Luigi Lucioni) -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music (Francis Robinson presents Tito Schipa) ; 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 168 (F)
OCLC
NYPG85-R455
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Aïda : radio broadcast, 1962-12-15 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.
Playing Time
012105 023545
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Dec. 15, 1962\621215\]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Dec. 15, 1962\621215\]
Cast
Lucine Amara (Aïda) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Radames) ; Rita Gorr (Amneris) ; Mario Sereni (Amonasro) ; Cesare Siepi (Ramfis) ; John Macurdy (King of Egypt) ; Helen Vanni (Priestess) ; Robert Nagy (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 27, no. 6 (Dec. 15, 1962).
Event
Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 15, 1962.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1985, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist
Amara, Lucine. Performer
Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer
Gorr, Rita. Performer
Sereni, Mario. Performer
Siepi, Cesare. Performer
Macurdy, John. Performer
Vanni, Helen. Performer
Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer
Santi, Nello. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Bennett, Harold. Commentator
Broiles, Mel. Commentator
Horowitz, Richard, 1924- Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Cleva, Fausto. Commentator
De Schauensee, Max. Commentator
Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981. Commentator
Lucioni, Luigi, 1900- Commentator
Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Biographies in music (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 168 (F) \(Production notes in listening room.)
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