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Simon Boccanegra opera in a prologue and three acts (four scenes) in Italian

Title: Simon Boccanegra [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts (four scenes) in Italian / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, revised by Arrigo Boito, after a play by Antonio García Gutiérrez
Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (196 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 14, 1968]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Simon Boccanegra

Subject

Operas

Note

Sung in Italian.
Titles from Opera news.
Durations: 1:00:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:15:30 (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. 14, 1968.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of prologue (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky analyzes Simon Boccanegra ; Synopsis of act 1 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Mary Ellis Peltz, Jan Behr, David Stivender, and Terry McEwen ; Synopses of acts 2 and 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Prologue ; Act 1, scene 1, beginning to Amelia's exit -- side 4. Act 1, scene 1, conclusion ; Act 1, scene 2 -- side 5. Act 2 ; side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross)

Call Number

*LTCM 288 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R35

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Simon Boccanegra [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts (four scenes) in Italian / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, revised by Arrigo Boito, after a play by Antonio García Gutiérrez

Playing Time

010000 021530

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 14, 1968]

Performer

Cornell MacNeil (Simon Boccanegra) ; Gabriella Tucci (Amelia) ; Jerome Hines (Fiesco) ; George Shirley (Gabriele) ; Sherrill Milnes (Paolo) ; Louis Sgarro (Pietro) ; Rod MacWherter (Captain) ; Nadyne Brewer (Amelia's Maid) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 33, no. 7 (Dec. 14, 1968).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 14, 1968.

Original Version

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

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist

García Gutiérrez, Antonio, 1813-1884. Simón Boccanegra.

MacNeil, Cornell. Performer

Tucci, Gabriella. Performer

Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer

Shirley, George. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer

MacWherter, Rod. Performer

Brewer, Nadyne. Performer

Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco. Performer

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis (Opdycke). Commentator

Behr, Jan. Commentator

Stivender, David. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. 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 288 (F) Productions notes in listening room.

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