Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 2006-02-18 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
• Gruber, Andrea, 1965-
• Borodina, Olʹga, 1963-
• Botha, Johan.
• Pons, Juan.
• Youn, Kwangchul.
• Tian, Haojiang, 1955-
• Naldi, Ronald.
• Check, Jennifer.
• Conlon, James, 1950-
• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Ellison, Cori.
• Dessay, Nathalie.
• Kaufmann, Jonas.
• Zeger, Brian.
• Dennis, Robert.
• Fulton, William.
• Plotkin, Fred.
• Marx, Robert.
• Volpe, Joseph.
• Oswald, Belinda.
• Philley, Charlotte.
• Williams, Dennis.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Series Statement

• Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 18, 2006].
• Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 18, 2006]

Uniform Title

• Aïda
• Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Singers' Roundtable (Radio program)
• Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera quiz (Radio program)
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

• Aïda
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 2:19:47 (opera) ; 1:28:13 (Introduction, synopses, and intermission features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Event (note)

• Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 18, 2006.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Margaret Juntwait) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Juntwait) -- CD 4. Peter Allen on the 1940 broadcast of Montemezzi's L'amore di tre rei ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Singers' Roundtable (Cori Ellison talks with Natalie Dessay and Jonas Kaufmann) ; Johan Botha on the role of Radam̉es ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Juntwait) ; Andrea Gruber on the role of Aïda ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera quiz (Brian Zeger questions Robert Dennis, William Fulton, and Fred Plotkin) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Juntwait) ; Olga Borodina on the love triangle in Aïda ; Opera news on the air (Robert Marx talks with Joseph Volpe and choristers Belinda Oswald, Charlotte Philley, and Dennis Williams) ; Will Crutchfield on the aria da capo in opera ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Juntwait).

Call Number

*LDC 40735

OCLC

NYPG06-R368

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 2006-02-18 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2006.

Series

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 18, 2006].

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 18, 2006]

Performer

Andrea Gruber (Aida) ; Olga Borodina (Amneris) ; Johan Botha (Radamès) ; Juan Pons (Amonasro) ; Kwangchul Youn (Ramfis) ; Hao Jiang Tian (The king) ; Ronald Naldi (A messenger) ; Jennifer Check (A priestess) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Conlon, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Event

Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 18, 2006.

Language

Sung in Italian.

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Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Gruber, Andrea, 1965- Performer

Borodina, Olʹga, 1963- Performer

Botha, Johan. Performer

Pons, Juan. Performer

Youn, Kwangchul. Performer

Tian, Haojiang, 1955- Performer

Naldi, Ronald. Performer

Check, Jennifer. Performer

Conlon, James, 1950- Conductor

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Ellison, Cori. Commentator

Dessay, Nathalie. Commentator

Kaufmann, Jonas. Commentator

Zeger, Brian. Commentator

Dennis, Robert. Commentator

Fulton, William. Commentator

Plotkin, Fred. Commentator

Marx, Robert. Commentator

Volpe, Joseph. Commentator

Oswald, Belinda. Commentator

Philley, Charlotte. Commentator

Williams, Dennis. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Singers' Roundtable (Radio program)

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera quiz (Radio program)

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 40735