Research Catalog
Madama butterfly opera in three acts
- Title
- Madama butterfly [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.
- Author
- Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
- Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
- Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992.
- Prandelli, Giacinto, 1916-
- Valentino, Frank.
- Miller, Mildred.
- Bollinger, Anne.
- De Paolis, Alessio.
- Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
- Hawkins, Osie.
- Brazis, Algerd.
- Cleva, Fausto.
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Goldovsky, Boris.
- Eaton, Quaintance.
- Kullman, Charles, 1903-1983.
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
- Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
- Bagar, Robert.
- Heinsheimer, H.W.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 4 sound tape reels (178 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 2, 1952]
- Uniform Title
- Madama Butterfly. Selections
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Madama Butterfly.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Sung in Italian.
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 0:42:58 (synopses and features) ; 2:15:40 (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
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1952.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 358 (F)
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Quaintance Eaton and Charles Kullman) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, Robert Bagar and H.W. Heimsheimer) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Act 1 through "Ieri son salita tutta sola" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through postlude -- side 6. Act 2 concluded ; Act 3 ; Broadcast concluded.
- Call Number
- *LT-10 4907
- OCLC
- NYPG89-R211
- Author
- Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
- Title
- Madama butterfly [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.
- Playing Time
- 04258 21540̲
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 2, 1952]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 2, 1952]
- Performer
- Dorothy Kirsten (Cio-Cio-San) ; Giacinto Prandelli (B.F. Pinkerton) ; Frank Valentino (Consul Sharpless) ; Mildred Miller (Suzuki) ; Anne Bollinger (Kate Pinkerton) ; Alessio De Paolis (Goro) ; George Cehanovsky (Yamadori) ; Osie Hawkins (The uncle-priest) ; Algerd Brazis (The imperial commissary) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 16, no. 13 (Jan. 28, 1952).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1952.
- Original Version
- Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in May. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (6 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 358 (F)
- Added Author
- Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. LibrettistIllica, Luigi, 1857-1919. LibrettistKirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992. PerformerPrandelli, Giacinto, 1916- PerformerValentino, Frank. PerformerMiller, Mildred. PerformerBollinger, Anne. PerformerDe Paolis, Alessio. PerformerCehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. PerformerHawkins, Osie. PerformerBrazis, Algerd. PerformerCleva, Fausto. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorEaton, Quaintance. CommentatorKullman, Charles, 1903-1983. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912- CommentatorPeltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. CommentatorBagar, Robert. CommentatorHeinsheimer, H.W. 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 4907 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 358 (F).*LTCM 358 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4907.