Research Catalog

Title

Metropolitan Opera brodacast of Verdi's Macbeth : intermission features [sound recording].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Wood, Peggy.
• Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979.
• Ritchard, Cyril.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Coveney, John.
• McEwen, Terry.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1 sound cassette (98 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 6, 1969
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 6, 1969.

Uniform Title

• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Biographies in music (Radio program)

Subject

• Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
• Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Cataloger's title.
• Intermission features for Metropolitan Opera broadcast which, due to labor disputes, consisted of a commercial recording of Verdi's Macbeth.
• Opera on this date from RCA Victor LM 6147.
• Discs available in Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives (*LRXA 380).
• Duration: 1:38:00
• Production notes (1 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Event (note)

• Intermission features broadcast live from New York City, Dec. 6, 1969.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky moderates a discussion of Verdi and Shakespeare, with Peggy Wood, Cornelia Otis Skinner and Cyril Ritchard ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning, with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists John Coveney, Terry McEwen and Richard Mohr -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 ; Biographies in music: Francis Robinson recalls Leonard Warren ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) ; Closing remarks.

Call Number

*LTCM 309 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R176

Title

Metropolitan Opera brodacast of Verdi's Macbeth : intermission features [sound recording].

Playing Time

013800

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 6, 1969

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 6, 1969.

Event

Intermission features broadcast live from New York City, Dec. 6, 1969.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in May 1988, from portions of masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Wood, Peggy. Commentator

Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979. Commentator

Ritchard, Cyril. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 309 (F) Production notes on file.