Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1976-12-25 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
• Cruz-Romo, Gilda.
• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Love, Shirley.
• McCracken, James, 1926-
• Quilico, Louis.
• Hines, Jerome, 1921-
• Booth, Philip, 1942-
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Kord, Kazimierz.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Coveney, John.
• Jacobson, Robert.
• Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

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

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 25, 1976

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

Performer (note)

• Gilda Cruz-Romo (Aïda) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Amneris) ; Shirley Love (A priestess) ; James McCracken (Radames) ; Louis Quilico (Amonasro) ; Jerome Hines (Ramfis) ; Philip Booth (The king) ; Charles Anthony (A messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Kazimierz Kord, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, December 25, 1976.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Andrew Porter on "Verdi's Egyptian Sound" with members of the Met Orchestra) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions John Coveney, Robert Jacobson, and Mary Ellis Peltz) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz, part 2 ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) ; William Weaver looks at "Verdi at home" ; synopsis of Act 4 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks.

Call Number

*LTCM 807

OCLC

NYPG06-R24

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1976-12-25 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 25, 1976

Cast

Gilda Cruz-Romo (Aïda) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Amneris) ; Shirley Love (A priestess) ; James McCracken (Radames) ; Louis Quilico (Amonasro) ; Jerome Hines (Ramfis) ; Philip Booth (The king) ; Charles Anthony (A messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Kazimierz Kord, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, December 25, 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

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Cruz-Romo, Gilda. Performer

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

McCracken, James, 1926- Performer

Quilico, Louis. Performer

Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer

Booth, Philip, 1942- Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Kord, Kazimierz. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

Jacobson, Robert. Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, 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 807 Notes on file.