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Tosca opera in three acts

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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Additional Authors
  • Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
  • Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
  • Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908.
  • Wells, Jeffrey
  • Tajo, Italo
  • Todisco, Nunzio
  • Guleghina, Maria
  • Morris, James, 1947-
  • Laciura, Anthony
  • Christopher, Russell
  • Huffman, Ted
  • Vernon, Richard, 1950-
  • Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Mohr, Richard
  • Silberstein, Jascha
  • Eckert, Thor, Jr.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Ames, Alison, 1945-
  • Jellinek, George, 1919-
  • Arryo, Martina
  • Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010.
  • Horne, Marilyn
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
4 sound discs (190 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 13, 1991]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Met moments (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Sung in Italian.
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:01:33 (synopses and features) ; 2:08:39 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
  • Compact discs.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Performer (note)
  • Jeffery Wells (Angelotti) ; Italo Tajo (Sacristan) ; Nunzio Todisco (Cavaradossi) ; Maria Guleghina (Tosca) ; James Morris (Scarpia) ; Anthony Laciura (Spoletta) ; Russell Christopher (Sciarrone) ; Ted Huffman (Shepherd) ; Richard Vernon (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Plácido Domingo, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 13, 1991.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 595 (F)
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD. 3 Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Jascha Silberstein) ; Met moments (Edward Downes, host, with Martina Arryo, Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Thor Eckert Jr., host, with Edward Downes, Alison Ames and George Jellinek) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 29116
OCLC
NYPG92-R1035
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
010133 020839
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 13, 1991]
Cast
Jeffery Wells (Angelotti) ; Italo Tajo (Sacristan) ; Nunzio Todisco (Cavaradossi) ; Maria Guleghina (Tosca) ; James Morris (Scarpia) ; Anthony Laciura (Spoletta) ; Russell Christopher (Sciarrone) ; Ted Huffman (Shepherd) ; Richard Vernon (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Plácido Domingo, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in May 1992, 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. 55, no. 15 (Apr. 13, 1991).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 13, 1991.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 595 (F)
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Added Author
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist
Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Tosca.
Wells, Jeffrey. Performer
Tajo, Italo. Performer
Todisco, Nunzio. Performer
Guleghina, Maria. Performer
Morris, James, 1947- Performer
Laciura, Anthony. Performer
Christopher, Russell. Performer
Huffman, Ted. Performer
Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer
Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Mohr, Richard. Commentator
Silberstein, Jascha. Commentator
Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator
Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator
Arryo, Martina. Commentator
Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010. Commentator
Horne, Marilyn. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Met moments (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 29116 Service copy.
*LTCM 595 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 29116.
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