Research Catalog

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1992-02-22 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
• Cook, Terry.
• Wells, Jeffrey.
• Grant Murphy, Heidi.
• Ichihara, Taro, 1950-
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Quivar, Florence.
• Croft, Dwayne.
• Fitch, Bernard.
• Mitchell, Leona.
• Fulton, Thomas.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Zajick, Dolora.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ames, Alison, 1945-
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Behr, Jan.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (202 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. 22, 1992]

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

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:56:47 (synopses and features) ; 2:26:07 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 22, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 608 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Prelude ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Thor Eckert Jr. and Dolora Zajick) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Thor Eckert Jr., Alison Ames and Alfred Hubay) ; Met moments (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, Jan Behr and Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of act III.

Call Number

*LTCM 608 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R1407

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1992-02-22 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma.

Playing Time

005647 022607

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 22, 1992]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 22, 1992]

Performer

Terry Cook (Samuel) ; Jeffrey Wells (Tom) ; Heidi Grant Murphy (Oscar) ; Taro Ichihara (Riccardo) ; Sherrill Milnes (Renato) ; Charles Anthony (The Chief Justice) ; Florence Quivar (Ulrica) ; Dwayne Croft (Silvano) ; Bernard Fitch (Amelia's servant) ; Leona Mitchell (Amelia) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Fulton, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 11 (Feb. 22, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 22, 1992.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in July, 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 608 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864. Librettist

Cook, Terry. Performer

Wells, Jeffrey. Performer

Grant Murphy, Heidi. Performer

Ichihara, Taro, 1950- Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Quivar, Florence. Performer

Croft, Dwayne. Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Mitchell, Leona. Performer

Fulton, Thomas. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Zajick, Dolora. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Behr, Jan. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. 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

*LTCM 608 (F) Preservation copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30383.

*LDC 30383 Service copy.