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Simon Boccanegra opera in a prologue and three acts in Italian

Title: Simon Boccanegra [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts in Italian / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, revised by Arrigo Boito.
Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (215 min.) : mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 2, 1960
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 2, 1960.

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Simon Boccanegra

Subjects

Note

Titles from Opera news.
Durations: 1:09:20 (synopses and features) ; 2:25:40 (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, Apr. 2, 1960.

Language (note)

Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky and Lawrence Tibbett discuss Simon Boccanegra ; Synopsis of act 1 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz: Edward Downes, Jay Harrison, Robert Lawrence, Sigmund Spaeth and Jan Behr ; Synopses of acts 2 and 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Prologue ; Act 1 through Sì, dell'ara il giubilo -- side 4. Act 1 conclusion -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 123 (F)

OCLC

NYPG85-R186

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Simon Boccanegra [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts in Italian / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, revised by Arrigo Boito.

Playing Time

010920 022540

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 2, 1960

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Apr. 2, 1960.

Performer

Frank Guarrera (Simon Boccanegra) ; Zinka Milanov (Amelia) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Gabriele) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Jacopo) ; Ezio Flagello (Paolo) ; Norman Scott (Pietro) ; Maria Yauger (Amelia's maidservant) ; Robert Nagy (Captain of the arbalesters) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL, Mar., 1980, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 24, no. 22 (Apr. 2, 1960).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 2, 1960.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist

Guarrera, Frank, 1923- Performer

Milanov, Zinka. Performer

Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Flagello, Ezio. Performer

Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer

Yauger, Maria. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Behr, Jan. 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 123 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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