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I vespri siciliani opera in three acts

Title: I vespri siciliani [sound recording] : opera in three acts / libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier.
Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
Publication: [New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c1974.

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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. 9, 1974
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 9, 1974.

Uniform Title

Vêpres siciliennes. Italian
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Vêpres siciliennes.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Sung in Italian.
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Compact discs.
Durations: 1:08:25 (synopses and features) ; 2:42:22 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list filed under classmark: *LTCM 780.
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. 9, 1974.

Source (note)

Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) (9:00) ; Act 1 (65:09) -- CD 2. Act 2 (32:34) -- CD 3. Act 3 (64:39) ; closing remarks (Cross) (4:17) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air: Tony Randall discusses I Vespri Siciliani with James Levine (18:15) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) (5:57) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Edward Downes questions Gerald Fitzgerald, Richard Mohr, Randall, and William Weaver ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) (8:00).

Call Number

*LDC 32138

OCLC

NYPG05-R70

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

I vespri siciliani [sound recording] : opera in three acts / libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c1974.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 9, 1974

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 9, 1974.

Performer

Montserrat Caballè (Elena) ; Nicolai Gedda (Arrigo) ; Sherrill Milnes (Guido di Monforte) ; Justino D̓iaz (Giovanni da Procida) ; Nico Castel (Tebaldo) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Roberto) ; Edmond Karlsrud (Conte Vaudemont) Robert Goodloe (Sire di Bethune) ; Douglas Ahlstedt (Danieli) ; Cynthia Munzer (Ninetta) ; Paul Franke (Manfredo) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 9, 1974.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 38, no. 18 (Mar. 9, 1974)

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Added Author

Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861. Librettist

Duveyrier, Charles, 1803-1866. Librettist

Caballé, Montserrat. Performer

Gedda, Nicolai. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Díaz, Justino. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Karlsrud, Edmond. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Ahlstedt, Douglas. Performer

Munzer, Cynthia. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor. Commentator

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Randall, Tony. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Fitzgerald, Gerald, 1932- Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

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

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32138

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