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.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Capecchi, Renato
• Mauro, Ermanno
• Behrens, Hildegard
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Christopher, Russell
• Utterback, Clark
• Booth, Philip, 1942-
• Badea, Christian
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Norman, Jessye
• Crawford, Bruce
• Kennir, James W.
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bonelli, Peter
• McNally, Terrence
• 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 Dec. 5, 1987]

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: 1:00:16 (synopses and features) ; 2:03:06 (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)

• James Courtney (Angelotti) ; Renato Capecchi (Sacristan) ; Ermanno Mauro (Cavaradossi) ; Hildegard Behrens (Tosca) ; Cornell MacNeil (Scarpia) ; Andrea Velis (Spoletta) ; Russell Christopher (Sciarrone) ; Clark Utterback (Shepherd) ; Philip Booth (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christian Badea, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 5, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 516 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing announcements (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (George Jellinek) ; Synosis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Peter Bonelli, Terrence McNally and George Jellinek) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 27347

OCLC

NYPG91-R987

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

010016 020306

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 5, 1987]

Cast

James Courtney (Angelotti) ; Renato Capecchi (Sacristan) ; Ermanno Mauro (Cavaradossi) ; Hildegard Behrens (Tosca) ; Cornell MacNeil (Scarpia) ; Andrea Velis (Spoletta) ; Russell Christopher (Sciarrone) ; Clark Utterback (Shepherd) ; Philip Booth (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christian Badea, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in Sept. 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. 52, no. 6 (Dec. 5, 1987).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 5, 1987.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 516 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Tosca.

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Capecchi, Renato. Performer

Mauro, Ermanno. Performer

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Utterback, Clark. Performer

Booth, Philip, 1942- Performer

Badea, Christian. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Norman, Jessye. Commentator

Crawford, Bruce. Commentator

Kennir, James W. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bonelli, Peter. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 27347 Service copy.

*LTCM 516 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27347.