Research Catalog

Title

Orfeo ed Euridice [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Christoph Willibald von Gluck ; libretto by Raniero di Calzabigi.

Author

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795.
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-
• Amara, Lucine.
• Cundari, Emilia.
• Allen, Mildred.
• Vanni, Helen.
• Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Gutman, John.
• Thebom, Blanche.
• Harrison, Jay.
• Moscona, Nicola.
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• Ducloux, Walter, 1913-
• Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (218 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 18, 1958\580118\]

Uniform Title

• Orfeo ed Euridice
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Orfeo ed Euridice

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 1:03:40 (synopses and features) ; 1:54:45 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 90 (F).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1958.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 90 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 ; Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 3. Opera news on the air: John Gutman and Blanche Thebom discuss operatic Orfeos ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Jay Harrison, Nicola Moscona, Sigmund Spaeth, Walter Ducloux and George R. Marek ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 34111

OCLC

NYPG84-R1142

Author

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.

Title

Orfeo ed Euridice [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Christoph Willibald von Gluck ; libretto by Raniero di Calzabigi.

Playing Time

015445 010340

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 18, 1958\580118\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Jan. 18, 1958\580118\]

Performer

Risë Stevens (Orfeo) ; Lucine Amara (Euridice) ; Emilia Cundari (Amore) ; Mildred Allen (First Ombra Felice) ; Helen Vanni (Second Ombra Felice) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Max Rudolf, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 22, no. 11 (Jan. 13, 1958).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1958.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Nov., 1984, from borrowed copies (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 90 (F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795. Librettist

Stevens, Risë, 1913- Performer

Amara, Lucine. Performer

Cundari, Emilia. Performer

Allen, Mildred. Performer

Vanni, Helen. Performer

Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Gutman, John. Commentator

Thebom, Blanche. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Moscona, Nicola. Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Ducloux, Walter, 1913- Commentator

Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. 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 34111 [Service copy]

*LTCM 90 (F) [Cassette copy] Production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 34111.