Research Catalog

Title

Tosca [sound recording] / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, after Victorien Sardou's play.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908.
• Holleque, Elizabeth
• Pavarotti, Luciano
• Pons, Juan
• Loup, François
• Perry, Herbert
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Garvin, Bradley
• Ungar, Benjamin
• Aceto, Raymond
• Oren, Daniel
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Bernheimer, Martin
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jenkins, Speight
• 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 Apr. 1, 1995]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• 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, Apr. 1, 1995.

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 (Martin Bernheimer gives his observations on music critics; Albert Innaurato looks at Tosca without garlic) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with, Bernheimer, Innaurato and Speight Jenkins) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 32520

OCLC

NYPG04-R77

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Composer

Title

Tosca [sound recording] / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, after Victorien Sardou's play.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c1995.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 1, 1995]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 1, 1995]

Performer

Elizabeth Holleque (Tosca) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Cavaradossi) ; Juan Pons (Scarpia) ; François Loup (Sacristan) ; Herbert Perry (Angelotti) ; Charles Anthony (Spoletta) ; Bradley Garvin (Sciarrone) ; Benjamin Ungar (Sheperd) ; Raymond Aceto (Jailer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Daniel Oren, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v.59 no. 14 (Apr. 1, 1995).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 1, 1995.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Adaptation of (work): Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Tosca.

Holleque, Elizabeth. Performer

Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer

Pons, Juan. Performer

Loup, François. Performer

Perry, Herbert. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Garvin, Bradley. Performer

Ungar, Benjamin. Performer

Aceto, Raymond. Performer

Oren, Daniel. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jenkins, Speight. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32520