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Madama Butterfly opera in three acts, in Italian

Title: Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in three acts, in Italian / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, founded on "Madama [sic] Butterfly", novella by John Luther Long and play by David Belasco.
Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (189 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 7, 1970]

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.
Titles from Opera news.
Durations: 0:54:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:14:30 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 7, 1970.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky discusses "Madama Butterfly" ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists John Coveney, Jan Behr, Richard Mohr, and Robert Lawrence ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 to "or son contenta" -- side 4. Act 1, "Vogliatemi bene" to conclusion ; Act 2 to "Il cannone del porto!" -- side 5. Act 2, "Una nava da guerra" to conclusion -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 322 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R189

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in three acts, in Italian / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, founded on "Madama [sic] Butterfly", novella by John Luther Long and play by David Belasco.

Playing Time

005400 021430

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 7, 1970]

Performer

Martina Arroyo (Cio-Cio-San) ; John Alexander (B.F. Pinkerton) ; Theodor Uppman (Sharpless) ; Marcia Baldwin (Suzuki) ; Paul Franke (Goro) ; Gene Boucher (Yamadori) ; Judith Forst (Kate Pinkerton) ; Richard Best (Uncle-Priest) ; Robert Goodloe (Imperial Commissioner) ; Gerald Carpenter (Registrar) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Kurt Adler, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 34, no. 19 (Mar. 7, 1970).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 7, 1970.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in June 1988, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Belasco, David, 1853-1931. Madame Butterfly.

Arroyo, Martina. Performer

Alexander, John, 1923-1990. Performer

Uppman, Theodor, 1920- Performer

Baldwin, Marcia. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Forst, Judith. Performer

Best, Richard, 1935- Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Carpenter, Gerald. Performer

Adler, Kurt, 1907-1977. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

Behr, Jan. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 322 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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