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Falstaff lyric comedy in three acts (six scenes)

Title
Falstaff [sound recording] : lyric comedy in three acts (six scenes) / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; book by Arrigo Boito, after Shakespeare's Henry IV and Merry wives of Windsor.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Additional Authors
  • Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  • Flagello, Ezio
  • Curtin, Phyllis
  • Barbieri, Fedora
  • Miller, Mildred, 1924-
  • Raskin, Judith
  • Guarrera, Frank, 1923-
  • Alva, Luigi
  • Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
  • Scott, Norman, 1921-1968.
  • Caruso, Mariano
  • Amaducci, Bruno, 1925-
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Broiles, Mel
  • Gniewek, Raymond, 1931-
  • Horowitz, Richard, 1924-
  • Nass, Richard
  • Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
  • Coveney, John
  • Ducloux, Walter
  • McEwen, Terry
  • Hook, Howard J., Jr.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
3 sound cassettes (203 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 16, 1967]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Titles from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:19:39 (synopses and features) ; 2:03:00 (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)
  • Ezio Flagello (Falstaff) ; Phyllis Curtin (Alice Ford) ; Fedora Barbieri (Dame Quickly) ; Mildred Miller (Meg Page) ; Judith Raskin (Nannetta) ; Frank Guarrera (Ford) ; Luigi Alva (Fenton) ; Andrea Velis (Bardolfo) ; Norman Scott (Pistola) ; Mariano Caruso (Dr. Caius) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Bruno Amaducci, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 16, 1967.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lawrence leads a roundtable discussion with orchestra members Melvyn Broiles, Raymond Gniewek, Richard Horowitz and Richard Nass) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, John Coveney, Walter Ducloux and Terry McEwen) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Howard J. Hook, Jr. on the Regional Auditions ; Broadcast closing remarks (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3.
Call Number
*LTCM 268 (F)
OCLC
NYPG87-R270
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Falstaff [sound recording] : lyric comedy in three acts (six scenes) / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; book by Arrigo Boito, after Shakespeare's Henry IV and Merry wives of Windsor.
Playing Time
011930 020300
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 16, 1967]
Cast
Ezio Flagello (Falstaff) ; Phyllis Curtin (Alice Ford) ; Fedora Barbieri (Dame Quickly) ; Mildred Miller (Meg Page) ; Judith Raskin (Nannetta) ; Frank Guarrera (Ford) ; Luigi Alva (Fenton) ; Andrea Velis (Bardolfo) ; Norman Scott (Pistola) ; Mariano Caruso (Dr. Caius) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Bruno Amaducci, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Jul. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 32, no. 7 (Dec. 16, 1967).
Event
Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 16, 1967.
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor.
Flagello, Ezio. Performer
Curtin, Phyllis. Performer
Barbieri, Fedora. Performer
Miller, Mildred, 1924- Performer
Raskin, Judith. Performer
Guarrera, Frank, 1923- Performer
Alva, Luigi. Performer
Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer
Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer
Caruso, Mariano. Performer
Amaducci, Bruno, 1925- Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Broiles, Mel. Commentator
Gniewek, Raymond, 1931- Commentator
Horowitz, Richard, 1924- Commentator
Nass, Richard. Commentator
Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator
Coveney, John. Commentator
Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
McEwen, Terry. Commentator
Hook, Howard J., Jr. 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 268 (F) Production notes in lisening room.
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