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Simon Boccanegra : opera in a prologue and three acts

Title
Simon Boccanegra : radio broadcast, 1986-03-15 [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Additional Authors
  • Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
  • Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
  • Clark, Richard J.
  • Cook, Terry.
  • Milnes, Sherrill.
  • Plishka, Paul, 1941-
  • Te Kanawa, Kiri.
  • Moldoveanu, Vasile.
  • Wagner, Janet.
  • Nagy, Robert, 1929-
  • Chung, Myung-Whun, 1953-
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
  • Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Livingstone, William.
  • Weaver, William, 1923-2013
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
3 sound cassettes (177 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 15, 1986]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (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: 0:56:77 (synopses and features) ; 2:01:34 (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)
  • Ricard J. Clark (Paolo) ; Terry Cook (Pietro) ; Sherrill Milnes (Simon Boccanegra) ; Paul Plishka (Fiesco) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Amelia) ; Vasile Moldoveanu (Gabriele Adorno) ; Janet Wagner (Amelia's lady in waiting) ; Robert Nagy (A captian) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 15, 1986.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 490 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with M. Owen Lee, William Weaver and William Livingstone) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Prologue ; Act 1 through "Propizio ei giunge!" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing Remarks (Allen).
Call Number
*LTCM 490 (F)
OCLC
NYPG91-R393
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Simon Boccanegra : radio broadcast, 1986-03-15 [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito.
Playing Time
005611 020134
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 15, 1986]
Cast
Ricard J. Clark (Paolo) ; Terry Cook (Pietro) ; Sherrill Milnes (Simon Boccanegra) ; Paul Plishka (Fiesco) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Amelia) ; Vasile Moldoveanu (Gabriele Adorno) ; Janet Wagner (Amelia's lady in waiting) ; Robert Nagy (A captian) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in June 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. 13 (Mar. 15, 1986).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 15, 1986.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 490 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
Clark, Richard J. Performer
Cook, Terry. Performer
Milnes, Sherrill. Performer
Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer
Te Kanawa, Kiri. Performer
Moldoveanu, Vasile. Performer
Wagner, Janet. Performer
Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer
Chung, Myung-Whun, 1953- Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Livingstone, William. Commentator
Weaver, William, 1923-2013, 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 490 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)
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