Research Catalog

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1981-02-14 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
• Cruz-Romo, Gilda.
• Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
• Berini, Bianca.
• Bergonzi, Carlo.
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Robbins, Julien.
• Fleck, William.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004.
• Castel, Nico.
• Veltri, Michelangelo, 1940-
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Livingstone, William.
• Pfeiffer, John, 1920-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 14, 1981
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 14, 1981.

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 14, 1981.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Terrence McNally, Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, William Livingstone, McNally and John Pfeiffer) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 32047

OCLC

NYPG03-R318

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1981-02-14 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 14, 1981

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 14, 1981.

Performer

Gilda Cruz-Romo (Amelia) ; Roberta Peters (Oscar) ; Bianca Berini (Ulrica) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo) ; Sherrill Milnes (Renato) ; Julien Robbins (Samuel) ; William Fleck (Tom) ; Charles Anthony (A judge) ; Arthur Thompson (Silvano) ; Nico Castel (A servant of Amelia) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Michelangelo Veltri, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 45, no. 12 (Feb. 14, 1981).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 14, 1981.

Language

Sung in Italian.

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Added Author

Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864. Librettist

Cruz-Romo, Gilda. Performer

Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Performer

Berini, Bianca. Performer

Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer

Milnes, Sherrill. Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Fleck, William. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Veltri, Michelangelo, 1940- Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Pfeiffer, John, 1920- 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)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32047