Research Catalog

Title

Aida : radio broadcast, 1957-02-23 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
• Stella, Antonietta.
• Baum Kurt.
• Thebom, Blanche.
• London, George, 1920-1985.
• Tozzi, Giorgio.
• Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
• Vanni, Helen.
• McCracken, James, 1926-
• Cleva, Fausto.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

2 sound cassettes (143 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 23, 1957]

Uniform Title

• Aïda
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Aïda

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Duration: 2:22:57.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 23, 1957.

Contents

side 1. Act 1 -- side 2. Act 2 -- side 3. Act 3 -- side 4. Act 4.

Call Number

*LTCM 307 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R174

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aida : radio broadcast, 1957-02-23 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by A. Ghislanzoni.

Playing Time

022257

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 23, 1957]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 23, 1957]

Performer

Antonietta Stella (Aida) ; Kurt Baum (Radames) ; Blanche Thebom (Amneris) ; George London (Amonasro) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Ramfis) ; Louis Sgarro (King) ; Helen Vanni (Priestess) ; James McCracken (Messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 21, no. 15 (Feb. 23, 1957).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 23, 1957.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1988, from 6 vinyl discs : 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Stella, Antonietta. Performer

Baum Kurt. Performer

Thebom, Blanche. Performer

London, George, 1920-1985. Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

Vanni, Helen. Performer

McCracken, James, 1926- Performer

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 307 (F) Production notes in listening room.