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Madama Butterfly opera in three acts

Title: Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, after the work by David Belasco.
Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Description

3 sound cassettes (195 min.) : stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 17, 1977

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Title from house program.
Durations: 52 min. (Introduction, synopses, and intermission features) ; 2:23:00 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file.

Event (note)

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, December 17, 1977.

Language (note)

Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (John Culshaw : refelctions on Madama Butterfly) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions Andrew Porter, Gerald Fitzgerald, and Alberta Masiello ; Richard Woitach, pianist) ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1, part 1 -- side 4. Act 1, part 2 ; Act 2, part 1 -- side 5. Act 2, part 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 759

OCLC

NYPG05-R10540

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, after the work by David Belasco.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 17, 1977

Performer

Giacomo Aragall (B.F.Pinkerton) ; James Atherton (Goro) ; Shirley Love (Suzuki) ; Ryan Edwards (U.S.Consul Sharpless) ; Renata Scotto (Cio-Cio-San) ; Arthur Thompson (Imperial Commisary) ; Fawayne Murphy (The registrar) ; Richard Best (The uncle-priest) ; Russell Christopher (Yamadori) ; Alma Jean Smith (Kate Pinkerton) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Giuseppe Patané, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, December 17, 1977.

Original Version

Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in February 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

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Belasco, David, 1853-1931. Madame Butterfly.

Aragall, Giacomo. Performer

Atherton, James. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Edwards, Ryan, 1941- Performer

Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023. Performer

Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004. Performer

Murphy, Fawayne. Performer

Best, Richard, 1935- Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Smith, Alma Jean. Performer

Patanè, Giuseppe, 1932- Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Culshaw, John. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015. Commentator

Fitzgerald, Gerald, 1932- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Woitach, Richard, instrumentalist.

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 759 Notes on file.

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