Research Catalog

Title

Il trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
• Radvanovsky, Sondra.
• Zaremba, Elena.
• Casanova, Francisco.
• Alvarez, Carlos, 1963-
• White, Willard.
• Elias, Diane.
• Shelhart, John.
• Lowe, David (Singer)
• Valdes, Eduardo (Tenor)
• Chaslin, Frédéric.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Miller, Sarah Bryan.
• Brown, Stephen A.
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Benson, Ken (Ken G.)
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 14, 2002.

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 46:44 (announcements, synopses, and intermission features) ; 2:17:13 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Sondra Radvanovsky (Leonora) ; Elena Zaremba (Azucena) ; Francisco Casanova (Manrico) ; Carlos Alvarez (Count di Luna) ; Willard White (Ferrando) ; Diane Elias (Inez) ; John Shelhart (A gypsy) ; David Lowe (A messenger) ; Eduardo Valdes (Ruiz) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Frédéric Chaslin, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 14, 2002.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Act 1 ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Peter Allen) ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3, scene 1 ; Synopsis of Act 3, scene 2 (Allen) ; Act 3, scene 2 ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Allen) ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. Tone ; Opening remarks and synopsis of Act 1 (Allen) ; ChevronTexaco's opera quiz (Thor Eckert, Jr. questions Sarah Bryan Miller, Stephen A. Brown, and Christopher Purdy) ; Essays on opera (Ken Benson speaks against the casting of singers based on appearance rather than talent) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33982

OCLC

NYPG04-R222

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Il trovatore [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Salvatore Cammarano.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2002.

Series

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 14, 2002.

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 14, 2002.

Cast

Sondra Radvanovsky (Leonora) ; Elena Zaremba (Azucena) ; Francisco Casanova (Manrico) ; Carlos Alvarez (Count di Luna) ; Willard White (Ferrando) ; Diane Elias (Inez) ; John Shelhart (A gypsy) ; David Lowe (A messenger) ; Eduardo Valdes (Ruiz) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Frédéric Chaslin, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 67, no. 6 (Dec. 2002).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 14, 2002.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852. Librettist

Radvanovsky, Sondra. Performer

Zaremba, Elena. Performer

Casanova, Francisco. Performer

Alvarez, Carlos, 1963- Performer

White, Willard. Performer

Elias, Diane. Performer

Shelhart, John. Performer

Lowe, David (Singer) Performer

Valdes, Eduardo (Tenor) Performer

Chaslin, Frédéric. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Miller, Sarah Bryan. Commentator

Brown, Stephen A. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Benson, Ken (Ken G.) Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33982