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Tosca opera in three acts in Italian

Title: Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts in Italian / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, after Sardou's drama.
Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Description

on 5 sides of 3 sound cassettes (191 min.) : mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 19, 1960

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Tosca

Subject

Operas

Note

Title and series title from Opera news.
Durations: 1:03:10 (synopses and features) ; 2:08:15 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) in Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 19, 1960.

Language (note)

Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Roundtable discussion with Edward Downes and Metropolitan Opera backstage personnel George Schick, Victor Trucco, Thomas P. Martin and Michael Manuel ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz: Edward Downes, Jay Harrison, Robert Lawrence, George Marek and Harry G. Schumer ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 121 (F)

OCLC

NYPG85-R184

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts in Italian / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, after Sardou's drama.

Playing Time

010310 020815

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 19, 1960

Performer

Zinka Milanov (Tosca) ; Eugenio Fernandi (Cavaradossi) ; Walter Cassel (Scarpia) ; Norman Scott (Angelotti) ; Gerhard Pechner (Sacristan) ; Paul Franke (Spoletta) ; Osie Hawkins (Sciarrone) ; George Ryan (Shepherd boy) ; Roald Reitan (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Dimitri Mitropoulos, 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. 20 (Mar. 19, 1960).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 19, 1960.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Tosca.

Milanov, Zinka. Performer

Fernandi, Eugenio. Performer

Cassel, Walter. Performer

Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer

Pechner, Gerhard. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Hawkins, Osie. Performer

Ryan, George. Singer. Performer

Reitan, Roald. Performer

Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Schick, George, 1908-1985. Commentator

Trucco, Victor. Commentator

Martin, Thomas Philipp, 1909- Commentator

Manuel, Michael. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. Commentator

Schumer, Harry G., 1893-1971. 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 121 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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