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Un ballo in maschera : opera in three acts

Title
Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 2008-01-05 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma after Scribe's play, Gustave III, or Le bal masqué.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Publication
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]

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Additional Authors
  • Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
  • Crider, Michèle
  • Sala, Ofelia
  • Blythe, Stephanie
  • Licitra, Salvatore, 1968-
  • Hvorostovsky, Dmitri
  • Tian, Hao Jiang, 1954-
  • Gangestad, Andrew
  • Schowalter, Mark
  • Mattsey, Jeff
  • Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
  • Noseda, Gianandrea
  • Toolajian, Loren
  • Juntwait, Margaret
  • Siff, Ira
  • McClintock, Peter
  • Coote, Alice
  • Berger, William, 1961-
  • Stone, Karen, 1952-
  • Gainsley, Philip
  • Waters, Willie Anthony
  • Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
  • Cardona, Danny
  • Díaz, Pedro (Pedro R.)
  • Elsevier, Désirée.
  • Relyea, John
  • Lewin, Naomi
  • Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
3 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
  • Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
  • Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast] of Jan. 5, 2008
Uniform Title
  • Ballo in maschera
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Ballo in maschera
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Original version, set in Sweden.
  • Compact discs.
  • House program on file in Music Division.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Event (note)
  • Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 5, 2008.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff discuss the opera with Gianandrea Noseda, Michèle Crider,and Ofelia Sala) ; synopsis of act 1, scene 1 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act I, scene 1 ; synopsis of act 1, scene 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act I, scene 2 ; Loren Toolajian interviews Stephanie Blythe ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews opera fan, Danny Cardona) ; Loren Toolajian interviews Salvatore Licitra ; Tribute to Met stars who died in 2007, including clips from Met broadcasts (Beverly Sills, Frank Guarrera, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Jerry Hadley) [incomplete] -- CD 2. Loren Toolajian interviews Salvatore Licitra [incomplete] ; Tribute to Met stars who died in 2007, including clips from Met broadcasts (Beverly Sills, Frank Guarrera, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Jerry Hadley, Teresa Stich-Randall, Rose Bampton, Gian Carlo Menotti, Régine Crespin, Luciano Pavarotti) [complete] ; Juntwait interviews stage director, Peter McClintock ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews English horn player, Pedro Díaz) ; synopsis of act 2 (Juntwait and Siff) ; Act 2 ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews violist, Désirée Elsevier) ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Alice Coote, host, with William Berger, Philip Gainsley, Karen Stone, and Willie Anthony Waters) ; Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews John Relyea) ; Mary Jo Heath discusses Verdi ensembles -- CD 3. Mary Jo Heath discusses Verdi ensembles [beginning omitted] ; synopsis of act 3, scene 1 ; Act 3, scene 1 ; synopsis of act 3, scene 2 ; Act 3, scene 2 ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).
Call Number
*LDC 46559
OCLC
285423107
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 2008-01-05 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma after Scribe's play, Gustave III, or Le bal masqué.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]
Series
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast] of Jan. 5, 2008
Performer
Michèle Crider (Amelia) ; Ofelia Sala (Oscar) ; Stephanie Blythe (Ulrica) ; Salvatore Licitra (Gustavo III) ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Anckarström) ; Hao Jiang Tian (De Horn) ; Andrew Gangestad (Ribbing) ; Mark Schowalter (Chief Justice) ; Jeff Mattsey (Christiano) ; Charles Anthony (Amelia's servant) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor.
Event
Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 5, 2008.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 72, no. 7 (Jan. 2008).
Language
Sung in Italian.
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Added Author
Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864. Librettist
Crider, Michèle. Performer. Commentator
Sala, Ofelia. Performer. Commentator
Blythe, Stephanie. Performer. Interviewee
Licitra, Salvatore, 1968- Performer. Interviewee
Hvorostovsky, Dmitri. Performer
Tian, Hao Jiang, 1954- Performer
Gangestad, Andrew. Performer
Schowalter, Mark. Performer
Mattsey, Jeff. Performer
Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
Noseda, Gianandrea. Conductor. Commentator
Toolajian, Loren. Interviewer
Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator
Siff, Ira. Commentator
McClintock, Peter. Interviewee
Coote, Alice. Host
Berger, William, 1961- Commentator
Stone, Karen, 1952- Commentator
Gainsley, Philip. Commentator
Waters, Willie Anthony. Commentator
Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Commentator
Cardona, Danny. Interviewee
Díaz, Pedro (Pedro R.) Interviewee
Elsevier, Désirée. Interviewee
Relyea, John. Interviewee
Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer
Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861. Gustave III.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 46559
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