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Rigoletto opera in four acts, in Italian

Title: Rigoletto [sound recording] : opera in four acts, in Italian / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo's play "Le roi s'amuse".
Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (199 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1968-12-07 (Dec. 7, 1968)]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Rigoletto

Subjects

Note

Sung in Italian.
Titles from Opera news.
Durations: 1:11:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:08:00 (opera).
With production notes and official cast list (6 p.).

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 7, 1968.

Contents

Side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Season greeting with Rudolf Bing ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Max de Schauensee, Boris Goldovsky and John Coveney ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music: Francis Robinson talks about Risë Stevens -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross)

Call Number

*LTCM 287 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R34

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Rigoletto [sound recording] : opera in four acts, in Italian / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo's play "Le roi s'amuse".

Playing Time

011100 020800

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1968-12-07 (Dec. 7, 1968)]

Performer

Robert Merrill (Rigoletto) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Duke) ; Anna Moffo (Gilda) ; Raymond Michalski (Sparafucile) ; Shirley Love (Maddalena) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Giovanna) ; Justino Díaz (Monterone) ; Gene Boucher (Marullo) ; Gabor Carelli (Borsa) ; Paul Plishka (Count Ceprano) ; Loretta Di Franco (Countess Ceprano) ; Judith Forst (Page) ; Paul De Paola (Chief Guard) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 33, no. 6 (Dec. 7, 1968).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 7, 1968.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Dec. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Roi s'amuse.

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer

Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer

Moffo, Anna. Performer

Michalski, Raymond. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

Díaz, Justino. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Carelli, Gabor. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Forst, Judith. Performer

Paola, Paul de. Performer

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

De Schauensee, Max. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Robinson, Francis, 1910- 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 287 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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