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La traviata opera in four acts

Title
La traviata [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F.M. Piave, based on the play "La dame aux camélias" by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
  • Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895.
  • Albanese, Licia
  • Tagliavini, Ferruccio, 1913-
  • Silveri, Paolo
  • Browning, Lucielle
  • Roggero, Margaret
  • De Paolis, Alessio
  • Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
  • Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone)
  • Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990.
  • Erede, Alberto
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Truesdale, Joseph J., Mrs
  • Goldovsky, Boris
  • Dietz, Howard, 1896-1983.
  • Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013.
  • Heinsheimer, Hans W., 1900-
  • Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
  • Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
  • Bagar, Robert C.
  • Ducloux, Walter
  • Popper, Jan, 1907-
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
3 sound tape reels (178 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 2, 1950]
Uniform Title
  • Traviata
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Third intermission feature (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Traviata
Subject
Operas
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:57:11 (synopses and features) ; 2:00:41 (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)
  • Licia Albanese (Violetta) ; Ferruccio Tagliavini (Alfredo) ; Paolo Silveri (Giorgio Germont) ; Lucielle Browning (Flora Bervoix) ; Margaret Roggero (Annina) ; Alessio De Paolis (Gastone) ; George Cehanovsky (Baron Douphol) ; Lawrence Davidson (Marquis D'Obigny) ; Clifford Harvuot (Doctor Grenvil) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 2, 1950.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 372 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Howard Dietz, Regina Resnik and Hans Heinsheimer) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Deems Taylor, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Robert Bagar and Walter Ducloux) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Mrs. Joseph J. Truesdale ; Third intermission feature (Dr. Jan Popper) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LT-10 4921
OCLC
NYPG89-R520
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
La traviata [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F.M. Piave, based on the play "La dame aux camélias" by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Playing Time
005711 020041
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 2, 1950]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 2, 1950]
Cast
Licia Albanese (Violetta) ; Ferruccio Tagliavini (Alfredo) ; Paolo Silveri (Giorgio Germont) ; Lucielle Browning (Flora Bervoix) ; Margaret Roggero (Annina) ; Alessio De Paolis (Gastone) ; George Cehanovsky (Baron Douphol) ; Lawrence Davidson (Marquis D'Obigny) ; Clifford Harvuot (Doctor Grenvil) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1989, 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. 15, no. 6 (Nov. 27, 1950).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 2, 1950.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 372 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895. Dame aux camélias.
Albanese, Licia. Performer
Tagliavini, Ferruccio, 1913- Performer
Silveri, Paolo. Performer
Browning, Lucielle. Performer
Roggero, Margaret. Performer
De Paolis, Alessio. Performer
Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer
Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone) Performer
Harvuot, Clifford, 1912-1990. Performer
Erede, Alberto. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Truesdale, Joseph J., Mrs. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Dietz, Howard, 1896-1983. Commentator
Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013. Commentator
Heinsheimer, Hans W., 1900- Commentator
Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
Bagar, Robert C. Commentator
Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
Popper, Jan, 1907- Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Third intermission feature (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LT-10 4921 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 372 (F)
*LTCM 372 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4921.
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