Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1962-03-03 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893
• Tucci, Gabriella
• Corelli, Franco
• Dalis, Irene
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011
• Tozzi, Giorgio
• Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985
• Ordassy, Carlotta
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-2008
• Schick, George, 1908-1985
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
• Elster, Reinhardt
• Van Norman, Clarendon
• Chardon, Yves, 1902-
• Politis, James
• Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
• Brico, Antonia
• Rudel, Julius
• Slezak, Walter, 1902-1983
• Woitach, Richard
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-1980
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (232 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 3, 1962\620303\]

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

• Operas
• Moore, Grace, 1898-1947

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:20:10 (synopses and features) ; 2:31:56 (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)

• Gabriella Tucci (Aïda) ; Franco Corelli (Radames) ; Irene Dalis (Amneris) ; Cornell MacNeil (Amonasro) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Ramfis) ; Louis Sgarro (King of Egypt) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Priestess) ; Robert Nagy (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; George Schick, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 3, 1962.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lawrence talks with Metropolitan Opera instrumentalists Reinhardt Elster, Clarendon Van Norman, Yves Chardon and James Politis) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning (Edward Downes, host, with Antonia Brico, Julius Rudel, Walter Slezak and Richard Woitach) -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music (Francis Robinson discusses Grace Moore) ; 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 158 (F)

OCLC

NYPG85-R401

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1962-03-03 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Playing Time

012010 023156

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 3, 1962\620303\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 3, 1962\620303\]

Cast

Gabriella Tucci (Aïda) ; Franco Corelli (Radames) ; Irene Dalis (Amneris) ; Cornell MacNeil (Amonasro) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Ramfis) ; Louis Sgarro (King of Egypt) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Priestess) ; Robert Nagy (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; George Schick, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 26, no. 16 (Mar. 3, 1962).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 3, 1962.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in July 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

Tucci, Gabriella. Performer

Corelli, Franco. Performer

Dalis, Irene. Performer

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011, singer.

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929-2008, singer.

Schick, George, 1908-1985. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981, commentator.

Elster, Reinhardt. Commentator

Van Norman, Clarendon. Commentator

Chardon, Yves, 1902- Commentator

Politis, James. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Brico, Antonia. Commentator

Rudel, Julius. Commentator

Slezak, Walter, 1902-1983, commentator.

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910-1980, 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 158 (F) Production notes on file.