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Giuseppe Verdi's Vespri siciliani opera in three acts

Title: Giuseppe Verdi's Vespri siciliani [sound recording] : opera in three acts / libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier.
Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Description

on 7 sides of 4 sound cassetes (216 min.) : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-04-12 (Apr. 12, 1975)]

Uniform Title

Vêpres siciliennes Italian
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Vêpres siciliennes
Vespri siciliani

Subject

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Sung in Italian.
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:56:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:40:00 (opera).
With production notes and official cast list (6 p.).

Indexed In (note)

Opera news

Event (note)

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 12, 1975.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air: Beverly Sills in conversation with Edward Downes ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz with quizmaster Edward Downes, and panelists Mary Ellis Peltz, John Coveney, Richard Mohr and Walter Slezak ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Overture ; Act 1 through "O tu Palermo, terra adorata -- side 4. Act 1, conclusion -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 through "Mercè, dilette amiche" -- side 7. Act 3, conclusion ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 624 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R250

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Giuseppe Verdi's Vespri siciliani [sound recording] : opera in three acts / libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier.

Playing Time

005600 024000

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1975-04-12 (Apr. 12, 1975)]

Performer

Marlin Niska (Elena) ; William Lewis (Arrigo) ; Sherrill Milnes (Guido di Monforte) ; Paul Plishka (Giovanni da Procida) ; Nico Castel (Tebaldo) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Roberto) ; Edmond Karlsrud (Conte Vaudemont) Robert Goodloe (Sire di Bethune) ; Douglas Ahlstedt (Danieli) ; Cynthia Munzer (Ninetta) ; Paul Franke (Manfredo) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 39, no. 20 (Apr. 12, 1975).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 12, 1975.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1982, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861. Librettist

Duveyrier, Charles, 1803-1866. Librettist

Niska, Maralin. Performer

Yuscarán, Guillermo. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Dobriansky, Andrij. Performer

Karlsrud, Edmond. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Ahlstedt, Douglas. Performer

Munzer, Cynthia. Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Sills, Beverly. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Vespri siciliani

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 624 (F) Production notes in listening room.

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