Research Catalog

Title

Aida : radio broadcast, 1986-03-29 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
• Kavrakos, Dimitri.
• Pavarotti, Luciano.
• Cossotto, Fiorenza.
• Tomowa-Sintow, Anna, 1941-
• Cook, Terry.
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Johnsson, Hillary.
• Manuguerra, Matteo.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Horne, Marilyn.
• Habachy, Nimet.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Pfeiffer, John, 1920-
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Mohr, Richard.
• Milanov, Zinka.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (228 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 29, 1986]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:09:53 (synopses and features) ; 2:39:04 (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)

• Dimitri Kavrakos (Ramfis) l Luciano Pavarotti (Radames) ; Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris) ; Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Aida) ; Terry Cook (The King) ; Robert Nagy (A messenger) ; Hillary Johnsson (A priestess) ; Matteo Manuguerra (Amonasro) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 29, 1986.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 492 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Nemet Habachy) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with M. Owen Lee, John Pfeiffer and William Weaver) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) ; Third intermission feature (Richard Mohr, host, with Zinka Milanov) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 492 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R395

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aida : radio broadcast, 1986-03-29 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Playing Time

010953 023904

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 29, 1986]

Cast

Dimitri Kavrakos (Ramfis) l Luciano Pavarotti (Radames) ; Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris) ; Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Aida) ; Terry Cook (The King) ; Robert Nagy (A messenger) ; Hillary Johnsson (A priestess) ; Matteo Manuguerra (Amonasro) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in June 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. 50, no. 14 (Mar. 29, 1986).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 29, 1986.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 492 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Kavrakos, Dimitri. Performer

Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer

Cossotto, Fiorenza. Performer

Tomowa-Sintow, Anna, 1941- Performer

Cook, Terry. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Johnsson, Hillary. Performer

Manuguerra, Matteo. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Horne, Marilyn. Commentator

Habachy, Nimet. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Pfeiffer, John, 1920- Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Milanov, Zinka. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Third intermission feature (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 492 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)