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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 completed by Franco Alfano.
Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Description

on 5 sides of 3 sound cassettes (174 min.) : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1974-12-28 (Dec. 28, 1974)]

Uniform Title

Turandot
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: 0:53:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:01:00 (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. 28, 1974.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: William Weaver's music box discovery ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- Texaco's opera quiz with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists Gerald Fitzgerald, George Jellinek and Tony Randall ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 617 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R219

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 completed by Franco Alfano.

Playing Time

005300 020100

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1974-12-28 (Dec. 28, 1974)]

Performer

Ingrid Bjoner (Princess Turandot ) ; Franco Corelli (Calaf) ; Adriana Maliponte (Liù) ; James Morris (Timur) ; Robert Goodloe (Ping) ; Andrea Velis (Pang) ; Charles Anthony (Pong) ; Robert Schmorr (Emperor Altoum) ; Marcus Bugler ; (Prince of Persia) ; Arthur Thompson (Manadarin) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Milton Cross broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 39, no. 9 (Dec. 28, 1974).

Event

Originally broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 28, 1974.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Nov. 1982, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 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.

Bjoner, Ingrid. Performer

Corelli, Franco. Performer

Maliponte, Adriana. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Schmorr, Robert. Performer

Bugler, Marcus. Performer

Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004. Performer

Erede, Alberto. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Fitzgerald, Gerald. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- 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 617 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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