Research Catalog

Title

Met moments [sound recording] : 60th anniversary season.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Texaco, Inc. : Metropolitan Opera, [2000]

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Additional Authors

• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013.
• Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
• London, George, 1920-1985.
• Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Rodgers, W. S. S. (William Starling Sullivant), 1886-1965.
• Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Milligan, Harold Vincent, Mrs.
• Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960.
• Swarthout, Gladys, 1904-
• Downes, Olin, 1886-1955.
• Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
• Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Rethberg, Elisabeth, 1894-
• Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-
• Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962.
• McArthur, Edwin.
• Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008.
• Nilsson, Birgit.
• Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010.
• Behr, Jan.
• Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992.
• Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Slezak, Walter, 1902-
• Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
• Schippers, Thomas.
• Price, Leontyne.
• Díaz, Justino.
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Tebaldi, Renata.
• Arroyo, Martina.
• Horne, Marilyn.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Lindner, Elyssa.
• Wright, Carole.
• Hanriot, John.
• Maher, Robert (Baritone)
• Paolucci, Bridget.
• Landsman, Julie (Horn player)
• Dreyer, Leslie.
• Parloff, Michael.
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Corigliano, John, 1938-
• Coveney, John.
• McEwen, Terry.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Hamilton, David, 1935 January 18-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Livingstone, William.
• Uttley, Garrick, 1939-
• Caramzulesco, Dowena.
• Crutchfield, Will.
• Polaski, Deborah.
• Voigt, Deborah.
• Del Carlo, John.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Pavarotti, Luciano.
• Volpe, Joseph.
• Wedow, Gary.
• Zeger, Brian.
• Blier, Steven.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Texas Company.
• Texaco, inc.
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network

Uniform Title

• Met moments (Radio program)
• Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Biographies in music (Radio program)
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

• Texaco's 60th season
• 60th anniversary season, 1940-2000
• Texaco's 60th anniversary season

Subject

• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Met moments (Radio program)
• Radio programs > History
• Musicians > Interviews

Note

• "Highlights from six decades of broadcast intermissions"--Container.
• Compact discs.
• Credits ([6] folded p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded 1940-1999 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY.

Contents

• CD 1. Introduction: Peter Allen -- A singers' roundtable: Regina Resnik; Jan Peerce; George London; Robert Merrill; Edward Downes, host (Jan. 9, 1965) -- First Texaco broadcast. Remarks of W.S.S. Rogers; Curtain talk: Our American way of living: President Herbert Hoover; Milton Cross and Mrs. Harold Vincent Milligan, hosts (Dec. 7 1940) -- Texaco quiz montage, part I. Opera question forum: Lawrence Tibbett; Gladys Swarthout; Olin Downes; Milton Cross, host (Dec. 7, 1940) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Sigmund Spaeth; Robert Lawrence; Leonard Bernstein; Olin Downes, quizmaster (Nov. 29, 1947) -- Biographies in music: Francis Robinson interviews Elisabeth Rethberg (Apr. 21, 1962) -- Opera victory rally: Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt; Mrs. August Belmont, host (Dec. 19, 1942) -- Opera news on the air: Kirsten Flagstad and Edwin McArthur; Norman Dello Joio, host (Mar. 19, 1955) -- Opera news on the air: Birgit Nilsson and Joan Sutherland discuss vocal terms; Edward Downes, host; Jan Behr, pianist (Jan. 26, 1963) -- Opera news on the air: Dorothy Kirsten and Richard Tucker discuss La fanciulla del West; Robert Lawrence, host; Alberta Masiello, pianist (Jan. 8, 1966) -- Opera news on the air: Boris Goldovsky and Walter Slezak discuss humor in Wagner's opera (Jan. 5, 1963) -- Opening night, new opera house: Milton Cross announces first broadcast from Lincoln Center; pre-curtain backstage with Rudolf Bing, Thomas Schippers, Leontyne Price and Justino Díaz (Sept. 16, 1966) -- George Jellinek talks with Renata Tebaldi (Mar. 23, 1996) -- A singers' roundtable: Martina Arroyo; Joan Sutherland; Marilyn Horne; Edward Downes, host (Apr. 18, 1970) -- Terrence McNally interviews James Levine (Mar. 23, 1996 & Apr. 13, 1996).
• CD 2. Chorus roundtable: Elyssa Lindner; Carole Wright; John Hanriot; Robert Maher; Bridget Paolucci, host (Jan. 31, 1998) -- Orchestra roundtable: Julie Landsman; Leslie Dreyer; Michael Parloff; Martin Bernheimer, host (Feb. 27, 1999) -- Terrence McNally interviews John Corigliano (Dec. 28, 1991) -- Texaco quiz montage, part II: John Coveney; Terry McEwen; Richard Mohr; Edward Downes, quizmaster (Dec. 4, 1976) ; Edward Downes, Richard Mohr, William Weaver; Alberta Masiello, host/pianist (Feb. 21, 1976) ; David Hamilton; Father Owen Lee; Richard Woitach; William Livingstone, host (Feb. 3, 1996) -- Opera news on the air : Broadcasts to Europe: Montage of station ID's ; Garrick Utley [i.e. Uttley] interviews Romanian broadcaster, Mrs. Caramzulescu [i.e. Caramzulesco] (Dec. 7, 1991) -- The art of singing: Will Crutchfield discusses the trill (Mar. 1, 1997) -- A singers' roundtable: Deborah Polaski; Deborah Voigt; John Del Carlo; Garrick Utley [i.e. Uttley], host (Mar. 14, 1998) -- Opera news on the air: Martin Bernheimer: 30th anniversary tribute to Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti (Apr. 17, 1999) -- Opera news on the air: Garrick Utley [i.e. Uttley] talks with Joseph Volpe (Apr. 18, 1998) -- Musical chairs: Gary Wedow; Brian Zeger; Steven Blier, host (Dec. 26, 1998) -- Closing: Peter Allen.

Call Number

*LDC 34281

OCLC

NYPG05-R10520

Title

Met moments [sound recording] : 60th anniversary season.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Texaco, Inc. : Metropolitan Opera, [2000]

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network

Event

Recorded 1940-1999 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY.

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Added Author

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013. Commentator

Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984. Commentator

London, George, 1920-1985. Commentator

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Rodgers, W. S. S. (William Starling Sullivant), 1886-1965. Commentator

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. Commentator

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Milligan, Harold Vincent, Mrs. Commentator

Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960. Commentator

Swarthout, Gladys, 1904- Commentator

Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. Commentator

Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator

Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Interviewer

Rethberg, Elisabeth, 1894- Interviewee

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. Commentator

Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator

Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962. Commentator

McArthur, Edwin. Commentator

Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Commentator

Nilsson, Birgit. Commentator

Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010. Commentator

Behr, Jan. Performer

Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992. Commentator

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Performer

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator

Schippers, Thomas. Commentator

Price, Leontyne. Commentator

Díaz, Justino. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Tebaldi, Renata. Commentator

Arroyo, Martina. Commentator

Horne, Marilyn. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Interviewer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Interviewee

Lindner, Elyssa. Commentator

Wright, Carole. Commentator

Hanriot, John. Commentator

Maher, Robert (Baritone) Commentator

Paolucci, Bridget. Commentator

Landsman, Julie (Horn player) Commentator

Dreyer, Leslie. Commentator

Parloff, Michael. Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Corigliano, John, 1938- Interviewee

Coveney, John. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Hamilton, David, 1935 January 18- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Uttley, Garrick, 1939- Interviewer. Commentator

Caramzulesco, Dowena. Interviewee

Crutchfield, Will. Commentator

Polaski, Deborah. Commentator

Voigt, Deborah. Commentator

Del Carlo, John. Commentator

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Commentator

Pavarotti, Luciano. Commentator

Volpe, Joseph. Commentator

Wedow, Gary. Commentator

Zeger, Brian. Commentator

Blier, Steven. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Texas Company.

Texaco, inc.

Added Title

Met moments (Radio program)

Singers' roundtable (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 34281 Credits on file.