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La Gioconda opera in four acts

Title
La Gioconda [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Amilcare Ponchielli ; libretto by Arrigo Boito.
Author
Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.

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Additional Authors
  • Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
  • Fondary, Alain.
  • Dimitrova, Gena Macheva, 1941-2005.
  • Milcheva, Aleksandrina.
  • Cokorinos, Philip.
  • Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
  • Beccaria, Bruno.
  • Toczyska, Stefania.
  • Plishka, Paul, 1941-
  • Wilkinson, Howard.
  • Morrison, H. Ray.
  • Willson, Tim.
  • Paola, Paul de.
  • Santi, Nello.
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Goldovsky, Boris.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Gainsley, Philip.
  • Hubay, Alfred.
  • McNally, Terrence.
  • Mohr, Richard.
  • Laciura, Anthony.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
5 sound discs (240 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 3, 1990]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Singers' roundtable (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: 1:03:55 (synopses and features) ; 2:56:19 (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)
  • Alain Fondary (Barnaba) ; Ghena Dimitrova (La Gioconda) ; Alexandrina Milcheva (La Cieca) ; Philip Cokorinos (Zuane) ; Charles Anthony (Isèpo) ; Bruno Beccaria (Enzo Grimaldo) ; Stefania Toczyska (Laura) ; Paul Plishka (Alvise Badoero) ; Howard Wilkinson (A monk) ; Ray Morrison (A steerman) ; Tim Willson (First singer) ; Paul De Paola (Second singer) ; 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. 3, 1990.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 565 (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 -- CD 4. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with, Philip Gainsley, Alfred Hubay and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) ; Singer's roundtable (Richard Mohr, host, with Charles Anthony and Anthony Laciura) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 28840
OCLC
NYPG92-R353
Author
Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.
Title
La Gioconda [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Amilcare Ponchielli ; libretto by Arrigo Boito.
Playing Time
010355 025619
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 3, 1990]
Cast
Alain Fondary (Barnaba) ; Ghena Dimitrova (La Gioconda) ; Alexandrina Milcheva (La Cieca) ; Philip Cokorinos (Zuane) ; Charles Anthony (Isèpo) ; Bruno Beccaria (Enzo Grimaldo) ; Stefania Toczyska (Laura) ; Paul Plishka (Alvise Badoero) ; Howard Wilkinson (A monk) ; Ray Morrison (A steerman) ; Tim Willson (First singer) ; Paul De Paola (Second singer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1992, from borrowed masters (4 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. 3, 1990.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 565 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
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Added Author
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
Fondary, Alain. Performer
Dimitrova, Gena Macheva, 1941-2005. Performer
Milcheva, Aleksandrina. Performer
Cokorinos, Philip. Performer
Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
Beccaria, Bruno. Performer
Toczyska, Stefania. Performer
Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer
Wilkinson, Howard. Performer
Morrison, H. Ray. Performer
Willson, Tim. Performer
Paola, Paul de. Performer
Santi, Nello. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Gainsley, Philip. Commentator
Hubay, Alfred. Commentator
McNally, Terrence. Commentator
Mohr, Richard. Commentator
Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Commentator
Laciura, Anthony. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 28840 Service copy
*LTCM 565 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28840
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