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.
• Held, Alan, 1959-
• Loup, François
• Pavarotti, Luciano
• Guleghina, Maria
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Short, Kevin
• Levy, Adam
• Aceto, Raymond
• Badea, Christian
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Tommasini, Anthony, 1948-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Smith, Patrick J., 1932-
• Hamilton, Stuart
• Eckert, Thor Jr.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound discs (188 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 16, 1994]

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

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 1:06:02 (synopses and features) ; 2:02:24 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file under classmark *LTCM 747 (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, Apr. 16, 1994.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 747 (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 remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. (Opera news on the air (Anthony Tommasini discusses "Tosca") ; Met Moments (Francis Robinson) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Thor Eckert Jr., Patrick J. Smith and Stuart Hamilton) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33920

OCLC

NYPG95-R653

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

010602 020224

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 16, 1994]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 16, 1994]

Performer

Alan Held (Angelotti) ; François Loup (Sacristan) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Cavaradossi) ; Maria Guleghina (Tosca) ; James Morris (Scarpia) ; Charles Anthony (Spoletta) ; Kevin Short (Sciarrone) ; Adam Levy (Shepherd) ; Raymond Aceto (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christian Badea, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 58, no. 15 (Apr. 16, 1994).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 16, 1994.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1995, from borrowed masters (3 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 747 (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.

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Loup, François. Performer

Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer

Guleghina, Maria. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Short, Kevin. Performer

Levy, Adam. Performer

Aceto, Raymond. Performer

Badea, Christian. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Tommasini, Anthony, 1948- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Smith, Patrick J., 1932- Commentator

Hamilton, Stuart. Commentator

Eckert, Thor Jr. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- 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)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33920 Service copy.

*LT-10-A 1600 Master tape. Request service copy in *LDC 33920.

*LTCM 747 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file). Use service copy in *LDC 33920.