Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1954-02-20 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
• Vichegonov, Lubomir.
• Barbieri, Fedora.
• Milanov, Zinka.
• Baum, Kurt, 1900-1989.
• Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
• Hines, Jerome, 1921-
• Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
• Roggero, Margaret.
• Cleva, Fausto.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
• Güden, Hilde.
• Goldman, Edwin Franko, 1878-1956.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• Ducloux, Walter.
• Harrison, Jay.
• Gutman, John.
• Graf, Herbert, 1903-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound tape reels (214 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 20, 1954]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan at work (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: 1:01:07 (synopses and features) ; 2:33:37 (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)

• Lubomir Vichegonov (The King) ; Fedora Barbieri (Amneris) ; Zinka Milanov (Aida) ; Kurt Baum (Radames) ; Leonard Warren (Amonasro) ; Jerome Hines (Ramfis) ; Paul Franke (A messenger) ; Margaret Roggero (A priestess) ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 20, 1954.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 399 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Deems Taylor, host, with Hilde Gueden and Edwin Franko Goldman) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Walter Ducloux, and Jay S. Harrison) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. The Metropolitan at work (John Gutman, host, with Herbert Graf) ; 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

*LT-10 5549

OCLC

NYPG90-R229

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1954-02-20 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Playing Time

010107 023337

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 20, 1954]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 20, 1954]

Cast

Lubomir Vichegonov (The King) ; Fedora Barbieri (Amneris) ; Zinka Milanov (Aida) ; Kurt Baum (Radames) ; Leonard Warren (Amonasro) ; Jerome Hines (Ramfis) ; Paul Franke (A messenger) ; Margaret Roggero (A priestess) ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 18, no. 15 (Feb. 15, 1954).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 20, 1954.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 399 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Vichegonov, Lubomir. Performer

Barbieri, Fedora. Performer

Milanov, Zinka. Performer

Baum, Kurt, 1900-1989. Performer

Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer

Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Roggero, Margaret. Performer

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator

Güden, Hilde. Commentator

Goldman, Edwin Franko, 1878-1956. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Ducloux, Walter. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Gutman, John. Commentator

Graf, Herbert, 1903- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan at work (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10 5549 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 399 (F)

*LTCM 399 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 5549.