Research Catalog

Title

Otello [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito, after the play by Shakespeare.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Hamilton, David, 1957-
• Glassman, Allan
• Díaz, Justino
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Te Kanawa, Kiri
• Bybee, Ariel
• Parce, Erich
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Hubay, Alfred
• Mohr, Richard
• Pfeiffer, John, 1920-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 27, 1988]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:18:51 (synopses and features) ; 2:24:34 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• David Hamilton (Montano) ; Allan Glassman (Cassio) ; Justino Diaz (Iago) ; Andrea Belis (Roderigo) ; Plácido Domingo (Otello) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona) ; Ariel Bybee (Emilia) ; Erich Parce (A herald) ; Paul Plishka (Lodovico) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 27, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 527 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Acts 1 & 2 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Synopsis of Act 3 ; Act 3 -- CD 3. Synopsis of Act 4 ; Act 4 ; Closing announcements (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with George Jellinek, M. Owen Lee and Alfred Hubay) ; Biographies in music (Richard Mohr and John Pfeiffer).

Call Number

*LDC 27335

OCLC

NYPG91-R1031

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Otello [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito, after the play by Shakespeare.

Playing Time

011851 022434

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 27, 1988]

Cast

David Hamilton (Montano) ; Allan Glassman (Cassio) ; Justino Diaz (Iago) ; Andrea Belis (Roderigo) ; Plácido Domingo (Otello) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona) ; Ariel Bybee (Emilia) ; Erich Parce (A herald) ; Paul Plishka (Lodovico) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 52, no. 12 (Feb. 27, 1988).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 27, 1988.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 527 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.

Hamilton, David, 1957- Performer

Glassman, Allan. Performer

Díaz, Justino. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

Te Kanawa, Kiri. Performer

Bybee, Ariel. Performer

Parce, Erich. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Pfeiffer, John, 1920- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 27335 Service copy.

*LTCM 527 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27335.