Research Catalog

Title

Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Walter Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor."

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
• Pons, Lily, 1898-1976.
• Jagel, Frederick
• Brownlee, Robert, 1901-1969.
• Pinza, Ezio
• Bada, Angelo
• Votipka, Thelma
• Massue, Nicholas
• Papi, Gennaro
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Davenport, Marcia, 1903-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] February 27, 1937.

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 33:08 (announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:00:38 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

• Lily Pons (Lucia) ; Frederick Jagel (Edgardo) ; John Brownlee (Enrico) ; Ezio Pinza (Raimondo) ; Angelo Badà (Normanno) ; Thelma Votipka (Alisa) ; Nicholas Massue (Arturo) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Gennaro Papi, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 27, 1937.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3, scene 1 ; Synopsis of Act 3, scene 2 (Cross) ; Act 3, scene 2 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Intermission feature (Marcia Davenport discusses Lucia di Lammermoor) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Intermission feature (Marcia Davenport discusses opera and audiences in Italy) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 32543

OCLC

NYPG05-R40

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Title

Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Walter Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor."

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]

Series

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] February 27, 1937.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] February 27, 1937.

Cast

Lily Pons (Lucia) ; Frederick Jagel (Edgardo) ; John Brownlee (Enrico) ; Ezio Pinza (Raimondo) ; Angelo Badà (Normanno) ; Thelma Votipka (Alisa) ; Nicholas Massue (Arturo) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Gennaro Papi, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 27, 1937.

Language

Sung in Italian.

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Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. Bride of Lammermoor.

Pons, Lily, 1898-1976. Performer

Jagel, Frederick. Performer

Brownlee, Robert, 1901-1969. Performer

Pinza, Ezio. Performer

Bada, Angelo. Performer

Votipka, Thelma. Performer

Massue, Nicholas. Performer

Papi, Gennaro. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Davenport, Marcia, 1903- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32543