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Turandot opera in three acts (five scenes) in Italian

Title: Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts (five scenes) in Italian / Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, after Gozzi and Schiller.
Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Description

on 5 sides of 3 sound cassettes (184 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1961-03-04 (Mar. 4, 1961)]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Note

Titles from Opera news.
Durations: 1:04:55 (synopses and features) ; 1:59:05 (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, Mar. 4, 1961.

Language (note)

Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky analyzes Turandot ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, Max de Schauensee, Sigmund Spaeth, Robert Lawrence, Walter Price) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 139 (F)

OCLC

NYPG85-R339

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts (five scenes) in Italian / Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, after Gozzi and Schiller.

Playing Time

010455 015905

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1961-03-04 (Mar. 4, 1961)]

Performer

Birgit Nilsson (Turandot) ; Franco Corelli (Calaf) ; Anna Moffo (Liu) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Timur) ; Frank Guarrera (Ping) ; Robert Nagy (Pang) ; Charles Anthony (Pong) ; Alessio De Paolis (Emperor Altoum) ; Calvin Marsh (Mandarin) ; Edilio Ferraro (Prince of Persia) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL, May, 1985, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 25, no. 17 (Mar. 4, 1961).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 4, 1961.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954. Composer

Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946. Librettist

Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952. Librettist

Gozzi, Carlo, 1720-1806. Turandot.

Nilsson, Birgit. Performer

Corelli, Franco. Performer

Moffo, Anna. Performer

Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer

Guarrera, Frank, 1923- Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

De Paolis, Alessio. Performer

Marsh, Calvin. Performer

Ferraro, Edilio. Performer

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

De Schauensee, Max. Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Big Walter. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 139 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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