Research Catalog

Title

Otello [sound recording] : lyric drama in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boïto.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Vickers, Jon
• Zylis-Gara, Teresa
• Quilico, Louis
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Goeke, Leo
• Kraft, Jean
• Goodloe, Robert
• Michalski, Raymond
• Boucher, Gene
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-
• Chapin, Schyler
• Coveney, John
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• McEwen, Terry
• Mohr, Richard
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bronson, Michael
• Hadley, William
• Robinson, Frances, 1910-
• Reicker, Charles
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

5 sound discs (in 2 containers) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 9, 1972
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 9, 1972.

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Otello

Subject

• Chapin, Schuyler > Interviews
• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 2:28:28 (opera) ; 1:26:52 (synopses and features).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file under classmark *LTCM 16(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, Dec. 9, 1972.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed)available in *LTCM 16(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 -- CD 4. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Mrs. August Belmont introduces Schuyler G. Chapin ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) -- CD 5. Texaco's opera quiz: Edward Downes questions John Coveny, George Jellinek, Terry McEwen, and Richard Mohr ; Synopsis of Act 3 ; Intermission feature: Schuyler G. Chapin introduces his team, Michael Bronson, William Hadley, Francis Robinson and Charles Reicker ; Synopsis of Act 4.

Call Number

*LDC 35301

OCLC

NYPG84-R56

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Otello [sound recording] : lyric drama in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boïto.

Playing Time

022828 012652

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 9, 1972

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 9, 1972.

Performer

Jon Vickers (Otello) ; Teresa Zylis-Gara (Desdemona) ; Louis Quilico (Iago) ; Andrea Velis (Roderigo) ; Leo Goeke (Cassio) ; Jean Kraft (Emilia) ; Robert Goodloe (Montano) ; Raymond Michalski (Lodovico) ; Gene Boucher (Herald) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 37, no. 6 (Dec. 9, 1972).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 9, 1972.

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 16(F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.

Vickers, Jon. Performer

Zylis-Gara, Teresa. Performer

Quilico, Louis. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Goeke, Leo. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Michalski, Raymond. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator

Chapin, Schyler. Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bronson, Michael. Commentator

Hadley, William. Commentator

Robinson, Frances, 1910- Commentator

Reicker, Charles. Commentator

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

Added Title

Opera News on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 35301 Service copy.