Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1963-12-07 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
• Price, Leontyne.
• Bergonzi, Carlo.
• Gorr, Rita.
• Sereni, Mario.
• Siepi, Cesare.
• Macurdy, John.
• Pracht, Mary Ellen.
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Solti, Georg, 1912-1997.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
• Harrison, Jay.
• Slezak, Walter, 1902-
• McEwen, Terry.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (230 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Dec. 7, 1963\631207\]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Biographies in music (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Operas
• Jeritza, Maria, 1887-

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:29:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:20:55 (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)

• Leontyne Price (Aïda) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Radames) ; Rita Gorr (Amneris) ; Mario Sereni (Amonasro) ; Cesare Siepi (Ramfis) ; John Macurdy (King of Egypt) ; Mary Ellen Pracht (Priestess) ; Robert Nagy (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Georg Solti, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 7, 1963.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and seasons greetings (Milton Cross, Mrs. August Belmont and Rudolf Bing) ; Synopsis of act 1 (Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lawrence discusses Verdi's instrumentation) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning (Edward Downes, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, Jay Harrison, Walter Slezak and Terry McEwen) -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music (Francis Robinson recalls Maria Jeritza) ; 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

*LTCM 186 (F)

OCLC

NYPG86-R0

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1963-12-07 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Playing Time

012930 022055

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Dec. 7, 1963\631207\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Dec. 7, 1963\631207\]

Cast

Leontyne Price (Aïda) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Radames) ; Rita Gorr (Amneris) ; Mario Sereni (Amonasro) ; Cesare Siepi (Ramfis) ; John Macurdy (King of Egypt) ; Mary Ellen Pracht (Priestess) ; Robert Nagy (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Georg Solti, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 28, no. 4 (Dec. 7, 1963).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 7, 1963.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1985, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Price, Leontyne. Performer

Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer

Gorr, Rita. Performer

Sereni, Mario. Performer

Siepi, Cesare. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Pracht, Mary Ellen. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Solti, Georg, 1912-1997. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 186 (F) Production notes on file.