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Il trovatore opera in four acts

Title: Il trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.
Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (225 min.) : mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 27, 1960
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 27, 1960.

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Trovatore

Subjects

Note

Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 1:29:25 (synopses and features) ; 2:15:30 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 27, 1960.

Language (note)

Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Francis Robinson discusses the life of Enrico Caruso in celebration of Caruso's birthday ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning: Edward Downes, Jay Harrison, Walter Ducloux, Sigmund Spaeth and Antal Dorati -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Texaco's roving reporter: Clifton Fadiman interviews Herbert Graf ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 118 (F)

OCLC

NYPG85-R170

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Il trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Playing Time

012925 021530

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 27, 1960

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Feb. 27, 1960.

Performer

Carlo Bergonzi (Manrico) ; Antonietta Stella (Leonora) ; Giulietta Simionato (Azucena) ; Ettore Bastianini (Count Di Luna) ; William Wildermann (Ferrando) ; Helen Vanni (Inez) ; Charles Anthony (Ruiz) ; Roald Reitan (gypsy) ; Robert Nagy (messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL, Mar. 1985, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 24, no. 19 (Feb. 27, 1960).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 27, 1960.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer

Stella, Antonietta. Performer

Simionato, Giulietta. Performer

Bastianini, Ettore. Performer

Wildermann, William, 1919- Performer

Vanni, Helen. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Reitan, Roald. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Ducloux, Walter. Commentator

Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999, interviewer.

Graf, Herbert, 1903- 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

*LTCM 118 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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