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La traviata opera in four acts

Title: La traviata [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Description

3 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 31, 1977

Uniform Title

Traviata
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Traviata

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Title from house program.
Durations: 1:24:00 (Introduction, synopses, and intermission features) ; 2:03:00 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file.

Event (note)

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, December 31, 1977.

Language (note)

Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (PeterAllen) ; Opera news on the air (Alberta Masiello on "oom-pah-pah") ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions Paul Hume, Richard Mohr, and Alberta Masiello) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz, part 2 ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) ; Opera news on rhe air - repeat from Jan. 26, 1963 (Edward Downes, moderator, with Joan Sutherland and Birgit Nilsson, discuss vocal terms) ; synopsis of Act 4 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 761

OCLC

NYPG05-R10538

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

La traviata [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 31, 1977

Performer

Maria Chiara (Violetta) ; Jean Kraft (Flora Bervoix) ; Philip Booth (Doctor Grenvil) ; Gene Boucher (Marquis d'Obigny) ; Robert Goodloe (Baron Douphol) ; Charles Anthony (Gastone) ; John Alexander (Alfredo) ; Ann Florio (Annina) ; John Hanriot (Giuseppe) ; Louis Quilico (Giorgio Germont) ; Paul De Paola (A gardener) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Richard Woitach, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, December 31, 1977.

Original Version

Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in January 1982 from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895. Dame aux camélias (Play)

Chiara, Maria. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Booth, Philip, 1942- Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Alexander, John, 1923-1990. Performer

Florio, Ann. Performer

Hanriot, John. Performer

Quilico, Louis. Performer

Paola, Paul de. Performer

Woitach, Richard. Conductor

Allen Peter, 1920- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Hume, Paul, 1915- Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010. Commentator

Nilsson, Birgit. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 761 Notes on file.

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