Research Catalog

Title

Aida : radio broadcast, 1994-02-05 [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.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Sylvester, Michael.
• Zajick, Dolora.
• Sweet, Sharon.
• Tian, Haojiang, 1955-
• Murray, John Horton.
• Johnson, Camellia.
• Pons, Juan.
• Fiore, John.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Livingstone, William.
• Jenkins, Speight.
• Hamilton, David, 1935 January 18-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (235 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 5, 1994]

Uniform Title

• Opera News on the Air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Rethberg, Elisabeth (1894-)
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 1:16:24 (synopses and features) ; 2:38:47 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 736 (F).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 5, 1994.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 736 (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 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera News on the Air: Rethberg 100th birthday tribute (George Jellinek and Charles Osborne) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with William Livingston, Charles Osborne and Speight Jenkins) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) ; Third intermission: David Hamilton highlights Figaro from the Metropolitan Opera Guild's series "Great Operas at the Met" ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33910

OCLC

NYPG95-R617

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aida : radio broadcast, 1994-02-05 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Playing Time

011624 023847

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 5, 1994]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 5, 1994]

Performer

Paul Plishka (Ramfis) ; Michael Sylvester (Radames) ; Dolora Zajick (Amneris) ; Sharon Sweet (Aida) ; Hao Jiang Tian (The King) ; John Horton Murray (A messenger) ; Camellia Johnson (A priestess) ; Juan Pons (Amonasro) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; John Fiore, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 58, no. 10 (Feb. 5, 1994).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 5, 1994.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1995, from borrowed masters (4 tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 736 (F).

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Sylvester, Michael. Performer

Zajick, Dolora. Performer

Sweet, Sharon. Performer

Tian, Haojiang, 1955- Performer

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Johnson, Camellia. Performer

Pons, Juan. Performer

Fiore, John. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Jenkins, Speight. Commentator

Hamilton, David, 1935 January 18- 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 33910 Service copy.

*LT-10-A 1589 Master tape. Request service copy in *LDC 33910

*LTCM 736 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 33910.