Research Catalog

Title

Francesca da Rimini [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Riccardo Zandonai ; libretto by Tito Ricordi.

Author

Zandonai, Riccardo, 1883-1944.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ricordi, Tito.
• Hubbard, Bruce.
• Norden, Betsy.
• Rom, Natalia.
• Beer, Lucille.
• Catania, Claudia.
• Jones, Isola.
• Hartman, Vernon.
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023.
• Lorange, Nicole.
• Mauro, Ermanno.
• Darrenkamp, John.
• Gilmore, John.
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
• Yuscarán, Guillermo.
• Yoo, Kun Yul.
• Santi, Nello.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bonelli, Peter.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Pfeiffer, John, 1920-
• Mohr, Richard.
• Ahlstedt, Douglas.
• Ellis, Brent.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Tuggle, Robert.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (226 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 22, 1986]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Singers' roundtable (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: 1:17:17 (synopses and features) ; 2:29:01 (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)

• Bruce Hubbard (Simonetto) ; Betsy Norden (Garsenda) ; Natalia Rom (Biancofiore) ; Lucille Beer (Altichiara) ; Claudia Catania (Adonella) ; Isola Jones (Smaragdi) ; Vernon Hartman (Ostasio) ; Anthony Laciura (Ser Toldo) ; Renata Scotto (Francesca) ; Nicole Lorange (Samaritana) ; Ermanno Mauro (Paolo) ; John Darrenkamp (Berlingerio) ; Johm Gilmore (An archer) ; Cornell MacNeil (Gianciotto) ; William Lewis (Malatestino) ; Kun Yul Yoo (A prisoner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 22, 1986.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 487 (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 Douglas Ahlstedt, Brent Ellis and Sherrill Milnes) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with (Peter Bonelli, Terrence McNally and John Pfeiffer) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) ; Biographies in music (Robert Tuggle) ; 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 487 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R405

Author

Zandonai, Riccardo, 1883-1944.

Title

Francesca da Rimini [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Riccardo Zandonai ; libretto by Tito Ricordi.

Playing Time

011717 022901

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 22, 1986]

Cast

Bruce Hubbard (Simonetto) ; Betsy Norden (Garsenda) ; Natalia Rom (Biancofiore) ; Lucille Beer (Altichiara) ; Claudia Catania (Adonella) ; Isola Jones (Smaragdi) ; Vernon Hartman (Ostasio) ; Anthony Laciura (Ser Toldo) ; Renata Scotto (Francesca) ; Nicole Lorange (Samaritana) ; Ermanno Mauro (Paolo) ; John Darrenkamp (Berlingerio) ; Johm Gilmore (An archer) ; Cornell MacNeil (Gianciotto) ; William Lewis (Malatestino) ; Kun Yul Yoo (A prisoner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, 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. 11 (Feb. 22, 1986).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 22, 1986.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 487 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Ricordi, Tito. Librettist

Hubbard, Bruce. Performer

Norden, Betsy. Performer

Rom, Natalia. Performer

Beer, Lucille. Performer

Catania, Claudia. Performer

Jones, Isola. Performer

Hartman, Vernon. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023. Commentator

Lorange, Nicole. Performer

Mauro, Ermanno. Performer

Darrenkamp, John. Performer

Gilmore, John. Performer

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer

Yuscarán, Guillermo. Performer

Yoo, Kun Yul. Performer

Santi, Nello. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Troyanos, Tatiana. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bonelli, Peter. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Pfeiffer, John, 1920- Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Ahlstedt, Douglas. Commentator

Ellis, Brent. Commentator

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Tuggle, Robert. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Singers' roundtable (Radio program)

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 487 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)