Research Catalog

Title

Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] ; opera in three acts / Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Walter Scott's novel "The bride of Lammermoor".

Author

Donzetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
• Moffo, Anna
• Gedda, Nicolai
• Bruson, Renato
• Ordassy, Carlotta
• Giaiotti, Bonaldo
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• MacWherter, Rod
• Franci, Carlo
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Butler, Henry
• Arroyo, Martina
• Raskin, Judith
• Flagello, Ezio
• Walker, William, 1931-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ducloux, Walter, 1913-
• Hawkins, Osie
• Merkling, Frank
• Randall, Tony
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (182 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 1, 1969]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Lucia di Lammermoor

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:57:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:05:15 (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, Feb. 1, 1969.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Henry Butler moderates a singers's roundtable with Martina Arroyo, Judith Raskin, Ezio Flagello and William Walker ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz, with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Walter Ducloux, Osie Hawkins, Frank Merkling and Tony Randall ; Synosis of act 3 -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3, scene 1 -- side 6. Act 3, scene 2 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 295 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R42

Author

Donzetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Title

Lucia di Lammermoor [sound recording] ; opera in three acts / Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Walter Scott's novel "The bride of Lammermoor".

Playing Time

005700 020515

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 1, 1969]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 1, 1969]

Performer

Anna Moffo (Lucia) ; Nicolai Gedda (Edgardo) ; Renato Bruson (Lord Ashton) ; Carlotta Ordassy (Alisa) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Raimondo) ; Charles Anthony (Arturo) ; Rod MacWherter (Normanno) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Carlo Franci, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 33, no. 14 (Feb. 1, 1969).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 1, 1969.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1988, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. Bride of Lammermoor.

Moffo, Anna. Performer

Gedda, Nicolai. Performer

Bruson, Renato. Performer

Ordassy, Carlotta. Performer

Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

MacWherter, Rod. Performer

Franci, Carlo. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Performer

Butler, Henry. Commentator

Arroyo, Martina. Commentator

Raskin, Judith. Commentator

Flagello, Ezio. Commentator

Walker, William, 1931- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ducloux, Walter, 1913- Commentator

Hawkins, Osie. Commentator

Merkling, Frank. Commentator

Randall, Tony. 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 295 (F) Production notes in listening room.