Research Catalog

Title

Il trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Tucker, Robert, 1914-1975.
• Price, Leontyne.
• Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
• Dalis, Irene.
• Macurdy, John.
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Martin, Janis, 1939-
• Tomanelli, Carlo.
• Weiss, Rob.
• Schippers, Thomas.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Behr, Jan.
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Merkling, Frank.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (222 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 18, 1964\640118\]

Uniform Title

• Trovatore
• Opera news on the air (Radio program).
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program).
• Biographies in music (Radio program).
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Trovatore

Subjects

• Price, Leontyne
• Sayão, Bidú
• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:32:15 (synopses and features) ; 2:10:00 (opera).
• With production notes and official cast list (6 p.).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1964.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Edward Downes interviews Leontyne Price ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning: Downes, Alberta Masiello, Jan Behr, Alfred Hubay and Frank Merkling -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music: Francis Robinson recalls Bidú Sayão ; 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 192 (F)

OCLC

NYPG86-R6

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Il trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Playing Time

013215 021000

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 18, 1964\640118\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 18, 1964\640118\]

Performer

Richard Tucker (Manrico) ; Leontyne Price (Leonora) ; Robert Merrill (Count di Luna) ; Irene Dalis (Azucena) ; John Macurdy (Ferrando) ; Robert Nagy (Ruiz) ; Janis Martin (Inez) ; Carlo Tomanelli (Gypsy) ; Hal Roberts (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 28, no. 10 (Jan. 18, 1964).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1964.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1985, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Tucker, Robert, 1914-1975. Performer

Price, Leontyne. Performer

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer

Dalis, Irene. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Martin, Janis, 1939- Performer

Tomanelli, Carlo. Performer

Weiss, Rob. Performer

Schippers, Thomas. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Behr, Jan. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Merkling, Frank. 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 192 (F) \(Production notes filed in listening room.)