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Otello opera in four acts

Title
Otello [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Additional Authors
  • Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  • Del Monaco, Mario
  • Angeles, Victoria de los
  • Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
  • Elias, Rosalind
  • Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
  • Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
  • Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
  • Moscona, Nicola
  • Marsh, Calvin
  • Cleva, Fausto
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008.
  • Plummer, Christopher
  • Harrison, Jay
  • Robinson, Francis, 1910-
  • Slezak, Walter, 1902-
  • Levarie, Siegmund, 1914-
  • Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999
  • Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) rf
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
3 sound discs (216 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 8, 1958]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Note
  • Sung in Italian.
  • Durations: 1:16:50 (synopses and features) ; 2:19:20 (opera).
  • Compact discs.
  • Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 96 (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, Mar. 8, 1958.
Reproduction (note)
  • Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 96 (F).
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 3. Opera news on the air: Norman Dello Joio and Christopher Plummer discuss Otello ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, with quiz master Jay Harrison and panelists Francis Robinson, Walter Slezak and Sigmund Levarie ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Third intermission: Texaco's Roving Opera Reporter Clifton Fadiman interviews Richard Rodgers ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross).
Call Number
*LDC 34117
OCLC
NYPG84-R1148
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Otello [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito.
Playing Time
011650 021920
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 8, 1958]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 8, 1958]
Performer
Mario del Monaco (Otello) ; Victoria de los Angeles (Desdemona) ; Leonard Warren (Iago) ; Rosalind Elias (Emilia) ; Paul Franke (Cassio) ; Clifford Harvuot (Montano) ; Charles Anthony (Roderigo) ; Nicola Moscona (Lodovico) ; Calvin Marsh (herald) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 22, no. 18 (Mar. 3, 1958).
Event
Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 8, 1958.
Original Version
Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Nov., 1984, from borrowed copies (4 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 96 (F).
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Added Author
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
Del Monaco, Mario. Performer
Angeles, Victoria de los. Performer
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer
Elias, Rosalind. Performer
Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer
Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
Moscona, Nicola. Performer
Marsh, Calvin. Performer
Cleva, Fausto. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Commentator
Plummer, Christopher. Commentator
Harrison, Jay. Commentator
Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator
Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator
Levarie, Siegmund, 1914- Commentator
Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999, interviewer.
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, interviewee.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) rf.
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 34117 Service copy.
*LTCM 96 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 34117.
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