Research Catalog

Title

Ernani [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F.M. Piave, based on the drama of Victor Hugo.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
• Bergonzi, Carlo.
• Price, Leontyne.
• Tozzi, Giorgio.
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
• Ordassy, Carlotta.
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Reitan, Roald.
• Schippers, Thomas.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-
• Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
• Butler, Henry.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013.
• Harrison, Jay.
• McEwen, Terry.
• Slezak, Walter, 1902-
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• 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 Dec. 1, 1962

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
• Schumann-Heink, Ernestine

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:25:20 (synopses and features) ; 1:49:40 (opera).
• With production notes and official cast list (6 p.).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 1, 1962.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and season greeting (Milton Cross, Mrs. August Belmont and Rudolf Bing) ; Synopsis of act 1 ; Opera news on the air: Thomas Schippers, Leontyne Price, Henry Butler and Giorgio Tozzi discuss Ernani ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz: Edward Downes, Regina Resnik, Jay Harrison, Terry McEwen and Walter Slezak ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music: Francis Robinson Discusses Ernestine Schumann-Heink ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 166 (F)

OCLC

NYPG85-R453

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Ernani [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F.M. Piave, based on the drama of Victor Hugo.

Playing Time

012520 014940

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; broadcast of Dec. 1, 1962

Performer

Carlo Bergonzi (Ernani) ; Leontyne Price (Elvira) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Silva) ; Cornell MacNeil (Carlo) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Giovanna) ; Robert Nagy (Riccardo) ; Roald Reitan (Iago) ; Metropolitan Opera Orcherstra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers ,conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 27, no. 4 (Dec. 1, 1962).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 1, 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.).

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Hernani.

Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer

Price, Leontyne. Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Reitan, Roald. Performer

Schippers, Thomas. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Price, Leontyne. Commentator

Butler, Henry. Commentator

Schippers, Thomas. Commentator

Tozzi, Giorgio. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Slezak, Walter, 1902- 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 166 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)