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La Gioconda opera in four acts (five scenes)

Title
La Gioconda [sound recording] : opera in four acts (five scenes) / music by Amilcare Ponchielli ; libretto by Tobbia Gorrio (Arrigo Boito), founded on "Angelo, tyrant of Padua", play by Victor Hugo.
Author
Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.

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Additional Authors
  • Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
  • Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
  • Tebaldi, Renata
  • Elias, Rosalind
  • Siepi, Cesare
  • Baldani, Ruža, 1937-
  • Morell, Barry
  • MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
  • Christopher, Russell
  • Paola, Paul de
  • Mellow, William
  • Schmorr, Robert
  • Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
  • Barbusci, Nicola
  • Cleva, Fausto
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Robinson, Francis, 1910-
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Coveney, John
  • Herman, Robert, 1925-
  • McEwen, Terry
  • Randall, Tony
  • Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
3 sound cassettes (269 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-04-15 (Apr. 15, 1967.)]
Uniform Title
  • Biographies in music (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
Note
  • Titles from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:32:40 (synopses and features) ; 2:56:20 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Performer (note)
  • Renata Tebaldi (La Gioconda) ; Rosalind Elias (Laura Adorno) ; Cesare Siepi (Alvise Badoero) ; Ruza Pospinov [i.e. Baldani] (La Cieca) ; Barry Morell (Enzo Grimaldo) ; Cornell MacNeil (Barnaba) ; Russell Christopher (Zuane) ; Paul De Paola (First singer) ; William Mellow (Second singer) ; Robert Schmorr (Isepo) ; Louis Sgarro (Monk) ; Nicola Barbusci (Steersman) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 15, 1967.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Biographies in music (Francis Robinson recalls artists whose portraits hang in the [new] Metropolitan Opera House) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning (Edward Downes, host, with John Coveney, Robert Herman, Terry McEwen and Tony Randall) -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Rudolf Bing bids annual farewell to the radio audience ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 through "O monumento!" -- side 4. Act 1, finale ; Act 2 -- side 5. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LTCM 266 (F)
OCLC
NYPG87-R173
Author
Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.
Title
La Gioconda [sound recording] : opera in four acts (five scenes) / music by Amilcare Ponchielli ; libretto by Tobbia Gorrio (Arrigo Boito), founded on "Angelo, tyrant of Padua", play by Victor Hugo.
Playing Time
013240 025620
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-04-15 (Apr. 15, 1967.)]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1967-04-15 (Apr. 15, 1967.)]
Cast
Renata Tebaldi (La Gioconda) ; Rosalind Elias (Laura Adorno) ; Cesare Siepi (Alvise Badoero) ; Ruza Pospinov [i.e. Baldani] (La Cieca) ; Barry Morell (Enzo Grimaldo) ; Cornell MacNeil (Barnaba) ; Russell Christopher (Zuane) ; Paul De Paola (First singer) ; William Mellow (Second singer) ; Robert Schmorr (Isepo) ; Louis Sgarro (Monk) ; Nicola Barbusci (Steersman) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (5 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 31, no. 25 (Apr. 15, 1967).
Event
Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 15, 1967.
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Angelo, tyran de Padoue.
Tebaldi, Renata. Performer
Elias, Rosalind. Performer
Siepi, Cesare. Performer
Baldani, Ruža, 1937- Performer
Morell, Barry. Performer
MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer
Christopher, Russell. Performer
Paola, Paul de. Performer
Mellow, William. Performer
Schmorr, Robert. Performer
Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer
Barbusci, Nicola. Performer
Cleva, Fausto. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Coveney, John. Commentator
Herman, Robert, 1925- Commentator
McEwen, Terry. Commentator
Randall, Tony. Commentator
Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. 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 266 (F) \(Production notes filed in listening room.)
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