Research Catalog

Title

La traviata [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Publication

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

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Sayão, Bidú.
• Kullman, Charles, 1903-1983.
• Brownlee, John, 1901-1969.
• Votipka, Thelma.
• Bada, Angelo.
• Engelman, Wilfred.
• Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
• Cordon, Norman.
• Browning, Lucielle.
• Panizza, Ettore.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Davenport, Marcia, 1903-
• Henderson, W. J. (William James), 1855-1937.
• 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] March 6, 1937.

Uniform Title

• Traviata
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Traviata

Subject

• Caruso, Enrico
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 42:48 (Announcements, synopses and intermission features) ; 2:08:28 (Opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

• Bidú Sayão (Violetta) ; Charles Kullman (Alfredo) ; John Brownlee (Germont) ; Thelma Votipka (Flora) ; Angelo Badà (Gastone) ; Wilfred Engelman (Douphol) ; George Cehanovsky (D'Obigny) ; Norman Cordon (Grenvil) ; Lucielle Browning (Annina) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Ettore Panizza, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 6, 1937.

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 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. First intermission feature (Marcia Davenport discusses Dumas' Lady of the Camellias, the premiere of La Traviata, and costuming in opera) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross) ; Second intermission feature (Critic W.J.Henderson gives a musical analysis of La Traviata) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Cross) ; Third intermission feature (Mrs. Davenport pays tribute to Enrico Caruso) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 32542

OCLC

NYPG05-R50

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

La traviata [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.

Imprint

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

Series

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 6, 1937.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] March 6, 1937.

Cast

Bidú Sayão (Violetta) ; Charles Kullman (Alfredo) ; John Brownlee (Germont) ; Thelma Votipka (Flora) ; Angelo Badà (Gastone) ; Wilfred Engelman (Douphol) ; George Cehanovsky (D'Obigny) ; Norman Cordon (Grenvil) ; Lucielle Browning (Annina) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Ettore Panizza, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 6, 1937.

Language

Sung in Italian.

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Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Sayão, Bidú. Performer

Kullman, Charles, 1903-1983. Performer

Brownlee, John, 1901-1969. Performer

Votipka, Thelma. Performer

Bada, Angelo. Performer

Engelman, Wilfred. Performer

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer

Cordon, Norman. Performer

Browning, Lucielle. Performer

Panizza, Ettore. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Davenport, Marcia, 1903- Commentator

Henderson, W. J. (William James), 1855-1937. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32542