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Turandot opera in three acts

Title: Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, last duet and finale by Franco Alfano.
Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Description

on 5 sides of 3 sound cassettes (170 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 22, 1969
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 22, 1969]

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Turandot

Subject

Operas

Note

Sung in Italian.
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:57:00 (synopses and features) ; 1:52:30 (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, Mar. 22, 1969.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: William Weaver discusses Puccini's musical realism (plays selections from a Chinese music box) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz: Musicians' roundtable with quizmaster Edward Downes and Metropolitan Opera musicians Richard Horowitz, Howard Howard, James Politis, and Jascha Silberstein ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 302 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R52

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Turandot [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, last duet and finale by Franco Alfano.

Playing Time

005700 015230

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 22, 1969

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 22, 1969]

Performer

Marion Lippert (Princess Turandot) ; James McCracken (Calaf) ; Martina Arroyo (Liù) ; Mariano Caruso (Emperor Altoum) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Timur) ; Frank Guarrera (Ping) ; Andrea Velis (Pang) ; Charles Anthony (Pong) ; Robert Goodloe (Mandarin) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Zubin Mehta, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 33, no. 21 (Mar. 22, 1969).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 22, 1969.

Original Version

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

Added Author

Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954. Composer

Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946. Librettist

Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952. Librettist

Gozzi, Carlo, conte, 1722-1806. Fiabe. Turandotte.

Lippert, Marion. Performer

McCracken, James, 1926- Performer

Arroyo, Martina. Performer

Caruso, Mariano. Performer

Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer

Guarrera, Frank. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Mehta, Zubin. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Horowitz, Richard, 1924- Commentator

Howard, Howard T. Commentator

Politis, James. Commentator

Silberstein, Jascha. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 302 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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