Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1967-02-25 [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.
• Price, Leontyne.
• Bergonzi, Carlo.
• Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023.
• Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
• Hines, Jerome, 1921-
• Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
• Sukis, Lilian.
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Schippers, Thomas.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Bonynge, Richard.
• Harrison, Jay.
• Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-
• Mohr, Richard.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (231 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-02-25 (Feb. 25, 1967)]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Calvé, Emma, 1858-1942
• Operas

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:13:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:37:30 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 25, 1967.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Biographies in music, part 1 (Francis Robinson and Peggy Wood discuss Emma Calvé) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Richard Bonynge, Jay Harrison, Luigi Lucioni and Richard Mohr) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music, part 2 (Robinson continues his discussion of Calvé) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 259 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R166

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1967-02-25 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Playing Time

011300 023730

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-02-25 (Feb. 25, 1967)]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-02-25 (Feb. 25, 1967)]

Performer

Leontyne Price (Aïda) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Radames) ; Grace Bumbry (Amneris) ; Robert Merrill (Amonasro) ; Jerome Hines (Ramfis) ; Louis Sgarro (King of Egypt) ; Lilian Sukis (Priestess) ; Robert Nagy (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

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

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 31, no. 18 (Feb. 25, 1967).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 25, 1967.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Price, Leontyne. Performer

Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer

Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023. Performer

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer

Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Sukis, Lilian. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Schippers, Thomas. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Bonynge, Richard. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Lucioni, Luigi, 1900- Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 259 (F) Production notes on file.