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.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Capecchi, Renato
• Giacomini, Giuseppe
• Caballé, Montserrat
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
• Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
• Christopher, Russell
• Fairweather, Charles
• Booth, Philip, 1942-
• Patanè, Giuseppe, 1932-
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Woitach, Richard
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Mohr, Richard
• Livingstone, William
• Jacobson, Robert M.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (184 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 26, 1980]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:58:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:06:33 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• James Courtney (Angelotti) ; Renato Capecchi (Sacristan) ; Giuseppe Giacomini (Cavaradossi) ; Montserrat Caballé (Tosca) ; Cornell MacNeil (Scarpia) ; Paul Franke (Spoletta) ; Russell Christopher (Sciarrone) ; Charles Fairweather (Shepherd) ; Philip Booth (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Giuseppe Patanè, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 26, 1980.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 632 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Richard Mohr, William Livingstone and Robert Jacobson) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- side 6. [blank].

Call Number

*LTCM 632 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R1957

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

005800 020633

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 26, 1980]

Cast

James Courtney (Angelotti) ; Renato Capecchi (Sacristan) ; Giuseppe Giacomini (Cavaradossi) ; Montserrat Caballé (Tosca) ; Cornell MacNeil (Scarpia) ; Paul Franke (Spoletta) ; Russell Christopher (Sciarrone) ; Charles Fairweather (Shepherd) ; Philip Booth (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Giuseppe Patanè, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 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. 44, no. 11 (Jan. 19, 1980).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 26, 1980.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 632 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Tosca.

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Capecchi, Renato. Performer

Giacomini, Giuseppe. Performer

Caballé, Montserrat. Performer

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Fairweather, Charles. Performer

Booth, Philip, 1942- Performer

Patanè, Giuseppe, 1932- Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Jacobson, Robert M. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 632 (F) (Production notes on file in listening room.)