Research Catalog

Title

Andrea Chenier : radio broadcast, 1954-12-04 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Umberto Giordano ; libretto by Luigi Illica.

Author

Giordano, Umberto, 1867-1948.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Del Monaco, Mario, 1915-
• Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969.
• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• Elias, Rosalind, 1929-
• Glaz, Herta, 1908-2006.
• Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
• Scott, Norman, 1921-1968
• Milanov, Zinka.
• Carelli, Gabor.
• Warfield, Sandra.
• De Paolis, Alessio.
• Hawkins, Osie.
• Valentino, Frank.
• Davidson, Lawrence.
• Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
• Cleva, Fausto.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

2 sound cassettes (117 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 4, 1954]

Uniform Title

• Andrea Chénier
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Andrea Chénier

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:57:01 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (3 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, Dec. 4, 1954.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 408 (F)

Contents

side 1. Introduction (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- side 2. Act 2 -- side 3. Act 3 -- side 4. Act 4.

Call Number

*LTCM 408 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R134

Author

Giordano, Umberto, 1867-1948.

Title

Andrea Chenier : radio broadcast, 1954-12-04 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Umberto Giordano ; libretto by Luigi Illica.

Playing Time

15701

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 4, 1954]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 4, 1954]

Performer

Mario Del Monaco (Andrea Chenier) ; Zinka Milanov (Maddalena di Coigny) ; Herta Glaz (The Countess di Coigny) ; Leonard Warren (Carlo Gérard) ; Rosalind Elias (La Bersi) ; George Cehanovsky (Pietro Fléville) ; Gabor Carelli (The abbé) ; Sandra Warfield (Madelon) ; Salvatore Baccaloni (Mathieu) ; Alessio de Paolis (A spy) ; Norman Scott (Fouquier-Tinville) ; Osie Hawkins (Dumas) ; Frank Valentino (Roucher) ; Lawrence Davidson (Schmidt) ; Louis Sgarro (The major domo) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchrestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 19, no. 4 (Nov. 29, 1954).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 4, 1954.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Jan. 1990, from borrowed masters (1 sound tape reel : 3 3/4 ips, 1/2 track, mono. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 408 (F)

Added Author

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Del Monaco, Mario, 1915- Performer

Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969. Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

Elias, Rosalind, 1929- Performer

Glaz, Herta, 1908-2006. Performer

Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer

Scott, Norman, 1921-1968 Performer

Milanov, Zinka. Performer

Carelli, Gabor. Performer

Warfield, Sandra. Performer

De Paolis, Alessio. Performer

Hawkins, Osie. Performer

Valentino, Frank. Performer

Davidson, Lawrence. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 408 (F) \(Production notes on file.)