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Macbeth opera in four acts

Title: Macbeth [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei, after the play by Shakespeare.
Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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Description

4 sound discs (in 1 container) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 18, 1982\821218\]

Uniform Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Note

Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Compact disc.
Durations: 2:37:49 (opera) ; 49:17 (Introduction, synopses, and intermission feature).

Event (note)

Originally recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 18, 1982.

Source (note)

Metropolitan Opera ;

Language (note)

Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Acts 1 and 2 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Allen) ; Act 4, scenes 1 and 2 -- CD 4. Act 4, scene 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions Thomas Fulton, George Jellinek, and Charles Osborne) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 42490

OCLC

86106191

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Macbeth [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei, after the play by Shakespeare.

Playing Time

023749 004917

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 18, 1982\821218\]

Performer

Renata Scotto (Lady Macbeth) ; Sherrill Milnes (Macbeth) ; Timothy Jenkins (Macduff) ; Paul Plishka (Banquo) ; Talmage Harper (A servant of Macbeth) ; Andrew Murphy (Duncan) ; John Gilmore (Malcolm) ; Karen Bureau (Lady-in-waiting) ; Peter McCallum (Fleance) ; James Courtney (A murderer) ; Richard Vernon (Physician) ; James Brewer (Herald) ; Russell Christopher (Warrior) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Originally recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 18, 1982.

Language

Sung in Italian.

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Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Maffei, Andrea, 1798-1885. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.

Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Jenkins, Timothy, (Tenor) Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Harper, Talmage. Performer

Murphy, Andrew (Bass) Performer

Gilmore, John. Performer

Bureau, Karen. Performer

McCallum Peter. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Brewer, James. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Fulton, Thomas. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 42490

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