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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 : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 14, 1976

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.
Production notes and official cast list ( 6 p.) on file.

Event (note)

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 14, 1976.

Language (note)

Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Sarah Caldwell presents a musical and dramatic analysis of La traviata) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions William Weaver, Terry McEwen, Paul Hume, and John Ardoin) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz, part 2 ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) ; Andrew Porter on Verdi ; 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 798

OCLC

NYPG06-R6

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] Feb. 14, 1976

Performer

Rita Shane (Violetta) ; Cynthia Munzer (Flora Bervoix) ; Edmond Karlsrud (Doctor Grenvil) ; Gene Boucher (Marquis d'Obigny) ; Robert Goodloe (Baron Douphol) ; Douglas Ahlstedt (Gastone) ; Stuart Burrows (Alfredo) ; Constance Webber (Annina) ; Abram Morales (Giuseppe) ; Ingvar Wixell (Giorgio Germont) ; Glen Bater (A gardener) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Sarah Caldwell, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 14, 1976.

Original Version

Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in 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)

Shane, Rita, 1940- Performer

Munzer, Cynthia. Performer

Karlsrud, Edmond. Performer

Boucher, Gene. Performer

Goodloe, Robert. Performer

Ahlstedt, Douglas. Performer

Burrows, Stuart. Performer

Webber, Constance. Performer

Morales, Abram. Performer

Wixell, Ingvar. Performer

Bater, Glenn. Performer

Caldwell, Sarah, 1924-2006. Conductor

Caldwell, Sarah, 1924-2006. Commentator

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Hume, Paul, 1915- Commentator

Ardoin, John. Commentator

Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015. 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 798 Notes on file.

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