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La Traviata opera in three acts

Title
La Traviata [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Additional Authors
  • Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
  • Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895.
  • Mims, Marilyn
  • Hartman, Vernon
  • Bybee, Ariel
  • Courtney, James, 1946-
  • Fracker, Richard
  • Cokorinos, Philip
  • Kraus, Alfredo
  • Kelly, Sondra
  • Wiiliams, Dennis (Tenor)
  • Coni, Paolo
  • Crolius, Ross
  • Veltri, Michelangelo, 1940-
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
  • Paolucci, Bridget
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Krisel, Michelle
  • Masiello, Alberta
  • Weaver, William, 1923-2013
  • Robinson, Francis, 1910-
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
4 sound discs (191 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Metropolitan Opera
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 10, 1990]
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
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:54:58 (synopses and features) ; 2:16:51 (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
Performer (note)
  • Marilyn Mims (Violetta) ; Vernon Hartman (Baron Douphol) ; Ariel Bybee (Flora Bervoix) ; James Courtney (The Marquis d'Obigny) ; Richard Fracker (Gastone) ; Philip Cokorinos (Doctor Grenvil) ; Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo) ; Sondra Kelly (Annina) ; Dennis Williams (Giuseppe) ; Paolo Coni (Giorgio Germont) ; Ross Crolius (A messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Michelangelo Veltri, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 10, 1990.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 566 (F)
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 (Bridget Paolucci) ; Met moments (Francis Robinson) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Michelle Krisel, Alberta Masiello and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 28846
OCLC
NYPG92-R354
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
La Traviata [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Playing Time
005458 021651
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 10, 1990]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 10, 1990]
Cast
Marilyn Mims (Violetta) ; Vernon Hartman (Baron Douphol) ; Ariel Bybee (Flora Bervoix) ; James Courtney (The Marquis d'Obigny) ; Richard Fracker (Gastone) ; Philip Cokorinos (Doctor Grenvil) ; Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo) ; Sondra Kelly (Annina) ; Dennis Williams (Giuseppe) ; Paolo Coni (Giorgio Germont) ; Ross Crolius (A messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Michelangelo Veltri, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 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. 54, no. 10 (Feb. 3, 1990).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 10, 1990.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 566 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
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Added Author
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895. Dame aux camélias.
Mims, Marilyn. Performer
Hartman, Vernon. Performer
Bybee, Ariel. Performer
Courtney, James, 1946- performer
Fracker, Richard. Performer
Cokorinos, Philip. Performer
Kraus, Alfredo. Performer
Kelly, Sondra. Performer
Wiiliams, Dennis (Tenor) Performer. Performer
Coni, Paolo. Performer
Crolius, Ross. Performer
Veltri, Michelangelo, 1940- Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
Paolucci, Bridget. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Krisel, Michelle. Commentator
Masiello, Alberta. Commentator
Weaver, William, 1923-2013, 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 28846 Service copy
*LTCM 566 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28846
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