Research Catalog

Title

Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Victorien Sardou, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908.
• Darrenkamp, John.
• Tajo, Italo.
• Pavarotti, Luciano.
• Zschau, Marilyn.
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Christopher, Russell.
• Fogarty, Melissa.
• Booth, Philip, 1942-
• Cillario, Carlo Felice.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Raimondi, Ruggero.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bonelli, Peter.
• Plotkin, Fred.
• Reuben, David.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Von Stade, Frederica.
• Rudel, Julius.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (199 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 18, 1986]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Singers' roundtable (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: 1:14:21 (synopses and features) ; 2:04:55 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• John Darrenkamp (Angelotti) ; Italo Tajo (Sacristan) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Cavaradossi) ; Marilyn Zschau (Tosca) ; Cornell MacNeil (Scarpia) ; Andrea Velis (Spoletta) ; Russell Christopher (Sciarrone) ; Melissa Fogarty (Shepherd) ; Philip Booth (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Carlo Felice Cillario, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1986.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 482 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Singer's round table (Richard Mohr, host, with Frederica von Stade and Julius Rudel) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Peter Bonelli, Fred Plotkin and David Reuben) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- side 6. [blank].

Call Number

*LTCM 482 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R388

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Tosca [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Victorien Sardou, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Playing Time

011421 020455

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 18, 1986]

Cast

John Darrenkamp (Angelotti) ; Italo Tajo (Sacristan) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Cavaradossi) ; Marilyn Zschau (Tosca) ; Cornell MacNeil (Scarpia) ; Andrea Velis (Spoletta) ; Russell Christopher (Sciarrone) ; Melissa Fogarty (Shepherd) ; Philip Booth (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Carlo Felice Cillario, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in May 1991, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 50, no. 9 (Jan. 18, 1986).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 18, 1986.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 482 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Librettist

Darrenkamp, John. Performer

Tajo, Italo. Performer

Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer

Zschau, Marilyn. Performer

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Fogarty, Melissa. Performer

Booth, Philip, 1942- Performer

Cillario, Carlo Felice. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Raimondi, Ruggero. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bonelli, Peter. Commentator

Plotkin, Fred. Commentator

Reuben, David. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Von Stade, Frederica. Commentator

Rudel, Julius. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Singers' roundtable (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 482 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)