Research Catalog

Title

La traviata [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Alexandre Dumas' play, La dame aux camélias.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895.
• Cotrubas, Ileana.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
• Bybee, Ariel.
• Talley, Dana.
• Darrenkamp, John.
• Robbins, Julien.
• Fleck, William.
• Decker, Geraldine.
• Hanriot, John.
• Peck, Donald.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Taplin, Frank E.
• McKinley, John K.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Milanov, Zinka.
• Sayão, Bidú.
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1981].

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program).
• Singers' roundtable (Radio program).
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 28, 1981.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Prelude ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Terrence McNally, Alberta Masiello) ; Dedication of broadcast booth (Frank E. Taplin, John K. McKinley) ; Singers' roundtable (Edward Downes, with, Zinka Milanov, Bidú Sayão, and Risë Stevens).

Call Number

*LDC 32032

OCLC

NYPG03-R166

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

La traviata [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Alexandre Dumas' play, La dame aux camélias.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1981].

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 28, 1981].

Performer

Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta) ; Plácido Domingo (Alfredo) ; Cornell MacNeil (Giorgio Germont) ; Ariel Bybee (Flora) ; Dana Talley (Gastone) ; John Darrenkamp (Baron Douphol) ; Julien Robbins (Marquis d'Obigny) ; William Fleck (Doctor Grenvil) ; Geraldine Decker (Annina) ; John Hanriot (Giuseppe) ; Donald Peck (Gardener) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 45, no. 16 (Mar. 28, 1981).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 28, 1981.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895. Dame aux camélias (Play)

Cotrubas, Ileana. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer

Bybee, Ariel. Performer

Talley, Dana. Performer

Darrenkamp, John. rf.

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Fleck, William. Performer

Decker, Geraldine. Performer

Hanriot, John. Performer

Peck, Donald. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Performer

Taplin, Frank E. Commentator

McKinley, John K. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Milanov, Zinka. Commentator

Sayão, Bidú. Commentator

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013. Commentator

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

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program).

Singers' roundtable (Radio program).

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32032 Service copy.