Research Catalog

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1976-03-06 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
• Price, Leontyne.
• Horne, Marilyn.
• Baldwin, Marcia.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
• Giaiotti, Bonaldo.
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Culshaw, John.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• McEwen, Terry.
• Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015.
• 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] Mar. 6, 1976

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

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)

• Leontyne Price (Aïda) ; Marilyn Horne (Amneris) ; Marcia Baldwin (A priestess) ; Plácido Domingo (Radames) ; Cornell MacNeil (Amonasro) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Ramfis) ; James Morris (The King) ; Charles Anthony (A messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra : James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 6, 1976.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (John Culshaw reflects on Aïda) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions George Jellinek, Terry McEwen, and Andrew Porter) ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) ; John Culshaw plays excerpts from the Met's Tristan und Isolde benefit record album ; 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 801

OCLC

NYPG06-R26

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Aïda : radio broadcast, 1976-03-06 [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 6, 1976

Cast

Leontyne Price (Aïda) ; Marilyn Horne (Amneris) ; Marcia Baldwin (A priestess) ; Plácido Domingo (Radames) ; Cornell MacNeil (Amonasro) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Ramfis) ; James Morris (The King) ; Charles Anthony (A messenger) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra : James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 6, 1976.

Original Version

Cassette tape service copy re-recorded at NYPL in 1982 from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 n1/2 ips. 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893. Librettist

Price, Leontyne. Performer

Horne, Marilyn. Performer

Baldwin, Marcia. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer

Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Culshaw, John. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

McEwen, Terry. 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)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 801