Research Catalog

Title

Norma [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Vincenzo Bellini ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Author

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]

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Additional Authors

• Romani, Felice, 1788-1865.
• Cigna, Gina, 1900-
• Castagna, Bruna.
• Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969.
• Pinza, Ezio.
• Votipka, Thelma.
• Paltrinieri, Giordano, 1890-1970.
• Panizza, Ettore.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Davenport, Marcia, 1903-
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-
• 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

Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast; [broadcast of] February 20, 1937.

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 48:30 (Introduction, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:38:00 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

• Gina Cigna (Norma) ; Bruna Castagna (Adalgisa) ; Giovanni Martinelli (Pollione) ; Ezio Pinza (Oroveso) ; Thelma Votipka (Clotilde) ; Giordano Paltrinieri (Flavio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ettore Panizza, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 20, 1937; broadcast over the nationwide Blue Network of the broadcasting service of RCA, the National Broadcasting Corporation.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 ; Act 3 -- CD 3. Act 4, scene 1 ; Synopsis of Act 4, scene 2 (Cross) ; Act 4, scene 2 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. 1st intermission (Marcia Davenport discusses the vocal demands of Norma in contrast to Isolde and Fidelio) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; 2nd intermission (Mrs. August Belmont, Metropolitan Opera Guild chairman, discusses the Guild) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; 3rd intermission (Mrs. Davenport discusses the requirements of good singing and mentions Lilli Lehmann) ; Synopsis of Act 4, scene 1 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 32544

OCLC

NYPG04-R474

Author

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.

Title

Norma [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Vincenzo Bellini ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]

Series

Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast; [broadcast of] February 20, 1937.

Cast

Gina Cigna (Norma) ; Bruna Castagna (Adalgisa) ; Giovanni Martinelli (Pollione) ; Ezio Pinza (Oroveso) ; Thelma Votipka (Clotilde) ; Giordano Paltrinieri (Flavio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ettore Panizza, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 20, 1937; broadcast over the nationwide Blue Network of the broadcasting service of RCA, the National Broadcasting Corporation.

Language

Sung in Italian.

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Added Author

Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Librettist

Cigna, Gina, 1900- Performer

Castagna, Bruna. Performer

Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969. Performer

Pinza, Ezio. Performer

Votipka, Thelma. Performer

Paltrinieri, Giordano, 1890-1970. Performer

Panizza, Ettore. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Davenport, Marcia, 1903- Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32544