Research Catalog

Title

Cavalleria rusticana : radio broadcast, 1993-02-27 : opera in one act / music by Pietro Mascagni ; libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci. Pagliacci : opera in one act / music and libretto by Ruggiero Leoncavallo [sound recording].

Author

Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni, 1863-1934.
• Menasci, Guido
• Beccaria, Bruno
• Meier, Waltraud
• Christin, Judith
• Noble, Tim
• White, Wendy
• Meyers, Mary
• Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919.
• Pons, Juan
• Atlantov, Vladimir
• Mellow, William
• Bater, Glenn
• Daniels, Barbara, 1946-
• Chester, Kenn
• Josephson, Kim
• Santi, Nello
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Tommasini, Anthony, 1948-
• Purdy, Christopher
• Woitach, Richard
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound discs (191 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 27, 1993]

Uniform Title

• Cavalleria rusticana
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Cavalleria rusticana

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:31:09 (synopses and features) ; 1:22:13 (Cavalleria) ; 1:27:25 (Pagliacci).
• 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)

• In 2nd work: Juan Pons (Tonio) ; Vladimir Atlantov (Canio) ; William Mellow and Glenn Bater (Villagers) ; Barbara Daniels (Nedda) ; Kenn Chester (Beppe) ; Kim Josephson (Silvio).
• In both works: 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. 27, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 718 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Cavalleria Rusticana (Peter Allen) ; Cavalleria Rusticana, part 1 -- CD 2. Cavalleria Rusticana. part 2 ; Pagliacci, part 1 -- CD 3. Pagliacci, part 2 ; closing remarks (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Christopher Purdy, Anthony Tommasini and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of Pagliacci (Allen).

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1580

OCLC

NYPG94-R373

Author

Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945.

Title

Cavalleria rusticana : radio broadcast, 1993-02-27 : opera in one act / music by Pietro Mascagni ; libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci. Pagliacci : opera in one act / music and libretto by Ruggiero Leoncavallo [sound recording].

Playing Time

003109 012213 012725

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 27, 1993]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 27, 1993]

Performer

In 1st work: Bruno Beccaria (Turiddu) ; Waltraud Meier (Santuzza) ; Judith Christin (Lucia) ; Timothy Noble (Alfio) ; Wendy White (Lola) ; Mary Meyers (Peasant woman).

In 2nd work: Juan Pons (Tonio) ; Vladimir Atlantov (Canio) ; William Mellow and Glenn Bater (Villagers) ; Barbara Daniels (Nedda) ; Kenn Chester (Beppe) ; Kim Josephson (Silvio).

In both works: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 12 (Feb. 27, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 27, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1993, from borrowed masters (3 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 718 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni, 1863-1934. Librettist

Menasci, Guido. Librettist

Beccaria, Bruno. Performer

Meier, Waltraud. Performer

Christin, Judith. Performer

Noble, Tim. Performer

White, Wendy. Performer

Meyers, Mary. Performer

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919. Pagliacci.

Pons, Juan. Performer

Atlantov, Vladimir. Performer

Mellow, William. Performer

Bater, Glenn. Performer

Daniels, Barbara, 1946- Performer

Chester, Kenn. Performer

Josephson, Kim. Performer

Santi, Nello. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Tommasini, Anthony, 1948- Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10-A 1580 Master tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31789.

*LTCM 718 (F) Cassette copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31789.

*LDC 31789 Service copy.