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La forza del destino : opera in three acts

Title
La forza del destino : radio broadcast, 1968-03-09 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F.M. Piave, based on Don Alvaro by Angel de Saavedra Rivas.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Publication
Mar. 9, 1968.

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Additional Authors
  • Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
  • Rivas, Angel de Saavedra, duque de, 1791-1865.
  • Price, Leontyne
  • Corelli, Franco
  • Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
  • Hines, Jerome, 1921-
  • Corena, Fernando
  • Pearl, Louise
  • Ordassy, Carlotta
  • Schmorr, Robert
  • Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
  • Goodloe, Robert
  • Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Goldovsky, Boris
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Coveney, John
  • Ducloux, Walter
  • Hawkins, Osie
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
3 sound cassettes (210 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 9, 1968]
Uniform Title
  • Forza del destino
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Forza del destino
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:00:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:30:00 (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
Performer (note)
  • Leontyne Price (Leonora) ; Franco Corelli (Don Alvaro) ; Robert Merrill (Don Carlo) ; Jerome Hines (Padre Guardiano) ; Fernando Corena (Fra Melitone) ; Louise Pearl (Preziosilla) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Curra) ; Robert Schmorr (Trabucco) ; Louis Sgarro (Marquis of Calatrava) ; Robert Goodloe (Surgeon) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 9, 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 the various characters of musical keys) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with John Coveney, Walter Ducloux and Osie Hawkins) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1, scene 1 ; Overture -- side 4. Act 1, scene 2 -- side 5. Act 2 through "A buon mercato" -- side 6. Act 2, conclusion ; Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LTCM 280 (F)
OCLC
NYPG87-R282
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
La forza del destino : radio broadcast, 1968-03-09 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F.M. Piave, based on Don Alvaro by Angel de Saavedra Rivas.
Imprint
Mar. 9, 1968.
Playing Time
010000 023000
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 9, 1968]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 9, 1968]
Cast
Leontyne Price (Leonora) ; Franco Corelli (Don Alvaro) ; Robert Merrill (Don Carlo) ; Jerome Hines (Padre Guardiano) ; Fernando Corena (Fra Melitone) ; Louise Pearl (Preziosilla) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Curra) ; Robert Schmorr (Trabucco) ; Louis Sgarro (Marquis of Calatrava) ; Robert Goodloe (Surgeon) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 32, no. 19 (Mar. 9, 1968).
Event
Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 9, 1968.
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
Rivas, Angel de Saavedra, duque de, 1791-1865. Don Alvaro.
Price, Leontyne. Performer
Corelli, Franco. Performer
Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer
Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer
Corena, Fernando. Performer
Pearl, Louise. Performer
Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer
Schmorr, Robert. Performer
Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer
Goodloe, Robert. Performer
Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Coveney, John. Commentator
Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
Hawkins, Osie. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 280 (F) Production notes in listening room.
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