Research Catalog

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1963-01-12 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma, after Scribe's play, Gustave III, or Le bal masque.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
• Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
• Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
• Nilsson, Birgit
• Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
• Dobbs, Mattiwilda
• Madeira, Jean
• Giaiotti, Bonaldo
• Macurdy, John
• Reitan, Roald
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• Santi, Nello
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Ducloux, Walter
• Levarie, Siegmund, 1914-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Harrison, Jay
• Busch, Hans, 1914-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (204 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; broadcast of Jan. 12, 1963

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:05:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:18:50 (opera).
• With production notes and official cast list (6 p.).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 12, 1963.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, part 1: Edward Downes, Walter Ducloux, Sigmund Levarie and Robert Lawrence discuss musical styles ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz, part 2: Downes, Ducloux, Levarie, Jay Harrison and Hans Busch ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 through È scherzo ed è follia -- side 4. act 1, conclusion ; Act 2, scene 1 -- side 5. Act 2, scene 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 172 (F)

OCLC

NYPG85-R459

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1963-01-12 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma, after Scribe's play, Gustave III, or Le bal masque.

Playing Time

010530 021850

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; broadcast of Jan. 12, 1963

Performer

Richard Tucker (Gustav) ; Birgit Nilsson (Amelia) ; Robert Merrill (Anckarström) ; Mattiwilda Dobbs (Oscar) ; Jean Madeira (Ulrica) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (De Horn) ; John Macurdy (Warting) ; Roald Reitan (Cristiano) ; Andrea Velis (Chief Justice) ; Robert Nagy (servant) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Nello Santi, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 27, no. 10 (Jan. 12, 1963).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 12, 1963.

Original Version

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

Added Author

Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864. Librettist

Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861. Gustave III.

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Performer

Nilsson, Birgit. Performer

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer

Dobbs, Mattiwilda. Performer

Madeira, Jean. Performer

Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Reitan, Roald. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

Santi, Nello. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Ducloux, Walter. Commentator

Levarie, Siegmund, 1914- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Busch, Hans, 1914- 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 172 (F) \(Production notes in listening room.)