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Madama Butterfly tragedia giapponese in three acts

Title: Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : tragedia giapponese in three acts / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (186 min.) : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-01-11 (Jan. 11, 1975)]

Uniform Title

Madama Butterfly
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

Madama Butterfly

Subjects

Note

Sung in Italian.
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:57:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:16:00 (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. 11, 1975.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air: Celebrating Richard Tucker's 30th anniversary at the Met (Francis Robinson's "Biographies in music) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Max de Schauensee, Osie Hawkins and Richard Mohr ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 to humming chorus -- side 5. Act 2, humming chorus to end ; Act 3 -- side 6. Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 618 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R246

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : tragedia giapponese in three acts / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Playing Time

005700 021600

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-01-11 (Jan. 11, 1975)]

Performer

Lucine Amara (Cio-Cio-San) ; Shirley Love (Suzuki) ; Barry Morell (Pinkerton) ; Theodor Uppman (Sharpless) ; Nico Castel (Goro) ; Alma Jean Smith (Kate Pinkerton) ; Russell Christopher (Yamadori) ; Clifford Harvuot (Uncle-priest) ; Arthur Thompson (Imperial Commisary) ; Fawayne Murphy (Registrar) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Richard Woitach, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 39, no. 10 (Jan. 11, 1975).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 11, 1975.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1982, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Belasco, David, 1853-1931. Madame Butterfly.

Amara, Lucine. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Morell, Barry. Performer

Uppman, Theodor, 1920- Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Smith, Alma Jean. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer

Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004. Performer

Murphy, Fawayne. Performer

Woitach, Richard. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

De Schauensee, Max. Commentator

Hawkins, Osie. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. 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 618 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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