Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1973-02-24 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
• Arroyo, Martina.
• Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023.
• Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
• Tozzi, Giorgio.
• MacNeil, Cornell.
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Karlsrud, Edmond.
• Altmeyer, Jeanine.
• MacWherter, Rod.
• Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Gramm, Donald.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Yuscarán, Guillermo.
• Masiello, Alberta.
• McEwen, Terry.
• Jenkins, Speight.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Coveney, John., mm.
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 24, 1973\730224\]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Aïda

Subjects

• Operas
• Lehmann, Lotte > Anniversaries, etc

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 2:33:34 (opera) ; 1:21:18 (synopses and features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 27(F).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 24, 1973.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 27(F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air : Singers' roundtable: Donald Gramm, Sherrill Milnes, William Lewis, Paul Hume ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Alberta Masiello, Terry McEwen, Speight Jenkins, Edward Downes ; Synopsis of At 3 (Cross) ; Intermission feature honoring Lotte Lehmann's eighty-fifth birthday (John Coveney, George Jellinek) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 35311

OCLC

NYPG84-R390

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1973-02-24 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Playing Time

023334 012118

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 24, 1973\730224\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 24, 1973\730224\]

Performer

Martina Arroyo (Aïda) ; Grace Bumbry (Amneris) ; Richard Tucker (Radames) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Ramfis) ; Cornell NacNeil (Amonasro) ; James Morris (King, act 1) ; Edmund Karlsrud (King, act 2) ; Jeanine Altmeyer (priestess) ; Rod MacWherter (messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 37, no. 16 (Feb. 24, 1973).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 24, 1973.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Dec., 1983, from borrowed copies (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 27(F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Arroyo, Martina. Performer

Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023. Performer

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

MacNeil, Cornell. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Karlsrud, Edmond. Performer

Altmeyer, Jeanine. Performer

MacWherter, Rod. Performer

Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Gramm, Donald. Commentator

Milnes, Sherrill. Commentator

Yuscarán, Guillermo. Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Jenkins, Speight. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Coveney, John., mm.

Jellinek, George, 1919- 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 35311 Service copy.

*LTCM 27 (F) Cassette copy; request service copy in *LDC 35311.