Research Catalog

Title

Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c1973.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023.
• Alexander, John, 1923-1990.
• Sereni, Mario.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• MacWherter, Rod.
• Ordassy, Carlotta.
• Goeke, Leo.
• Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Chapin, Schuyler.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Bronson, Michael.
• Hadley, William.
• Riecker, Charles.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-
• 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] Apr. 21, 1973
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 21, 1973.

Uniform Title

• Lucia di Lammermoor
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Lucia di Lammermoor

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 2:14:05 (opera) ; 0:57:37 (synopses and features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 33(F).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 21, 1973.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes

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 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air: Schuyler G. Chapin talks with James Levine, Michael Bronson, William Hadley, Charles Riecker and Francis Robinson ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Season Farewell (Mrs. August Belmont and Schuyler Chapin) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 35319

OCLC

NYPG84-R406

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Title

Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c1973.

Playing Time

021405 005737

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 21, 1973

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 21, 1973.

Performer

Renata Scotto (Lucia) ; John Alexander (Edgardo) ; Mario Sereni (Lord Ashton) ; Paul Plishka (Raimondo) ; Rod MacWherter (Normanno) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Alisa) ; Leo Goeke (Arturo) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 37, no. 24 (Apr. 21, 1973).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 21, 1973.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Feb. 1984, from borrowed copies (3 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 33(F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023. Performer

Alexander, John, 1923-1990. Performer

Sereni, Mario. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

MacWherter, Rod. Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

Goeke, Leo. Performer

Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Chapin, Schuyler. Commentator

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Commentator

Bronson, Michael. Commentator

Hadley, William. Commentator

Riecker, Charles. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 35319 Service copy.

*LTCM 33 (F) Cassette copy; use service copy in *LDC 35319.