Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1968-01-20 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
• Tucci, Gabriella.
• McCracken, James, 1926-
• Dalis, Irene.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Giaiotti, Bonaldo.
• Carson, Clarice, 1929-2015.
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
• Schippers, Thomas.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Broiles, Mel.
• Blank, Isidor.
• Kuntz, Gene.
• Van Norman, Clarendon.
• Sussman, Arthur.
• Barranco, Carmello.
• Pulis, Gordon.
• Clark, John, -1984.
• Counihan, Louis.
• Wekselblatt, Herbert.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Behr, Jan.
• Stivender, David.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (240 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 20, 1968]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

• Melton, James, 1904-1961
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:18:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:31:50 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 20, 1968.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky discusses stage bands in opera, assisted by trumpeters Melvyn Broiles, Isidor Blank and Gene Kuntz, french hornists Clarendon van Norman, Arthur Sussman and Carmello Barranco, trombonists Gordon Pulis, John Clark and Louis Counihan and tubist Herbert Wekselblatt) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning (Edward Downes, host, with Alberto Masiello, Jan Behr and David Stivender) -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music (Francis Robinson recalls James Melton) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 273 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R275

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1968-01-20 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Playing Time

011800 023150

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 20, 1968]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 20, 1968]

Performer

Gabriella Tucci (Aïda) ; James McCracken (Radames) ; Irene Dalis (Amneris) ; Sherrill Milnes (Amonasro) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Ramfis) ; Clarice Carson (Priestess) ; Robert Nagy (Messenger) ; Louis Sgarro (King of Egypt) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 32, no. 12 (Jan. 20, 1968).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 20, 1968.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Tucci, Gabriella. Performer

McCracken, James, 1926- Performer

Dalis, Irene. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer

Carson, Clarice, 1929-2015. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Schippers, Thomas. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Broiles, Mel. Commentator

Blank, Isidor. Commentator

Kuntz, Gene. Commentator

Van Norman, Clarendon. Commentator

Sussman, Arthur. Commentator

Barranco, Carmello. Commentator

Pulis, Gordon. Commentator

Clark, John, -1984. Commentator

Counihan, Louis. Commentator

Wekselblatt, Herbert. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Behr, Jan. Commentator

Stivender, David. 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)

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 273 (F) Production notes in listening room.