Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
2. Del Monaco, Mario, 1915-
3. Tebaldi, Renata.
4. Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
5. Lipton, Martha.
6. Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
7. McCracken, James, 1926-
8. Vichegonov, Lubomir.
9. Hawkins, Osie.
10. Budney, Arthur.
11. Stiedry, Fritz.
12. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
13. Goldovsky, Boris.
14. Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
15. Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
16. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
17. Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
18. Harrison, Jay.
19. Allen, Reginald.
20. Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999
21. Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.
22. Coles, Chandler.
23. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
24. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 4 sound tape reels (228 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 12, 1955
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 12, 1955]

Uniform title

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

Alternative title

1. Texaco's roving opera reporter (Radio program)
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Jan Peerce and Lillian Gish) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, Jay Harrison and Reginald Allen) -- side 2. Opera quiz concluded ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Third intermission feature (Clifton Fadiman, host, with Gian Carlo Menotti and Chandler Coles) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call number

1. *LTCM 422 (F)

Note

1. Sung in Italian.
2. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
3. Durations: 1:16:45 (synopses and features) ; 2:31:41 (opera).
4. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 12, 1955.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 422 (F)

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

1. Otello [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito.

Playing time

1. 011645 023141

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 12, 1955
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 12, 1955]

Performer

1. Mario Del Monaco (Otello) ; Renata Tebaldi (Desdemona) ; Leonard Warren (Iago) ; Martha Lipton (Emilia) ; Paul Franke (Cassio) ; James McCracken (Roderigo) ; Luben Vichey (Lodovico) ; Osie Hawkins (Montano) ; Arthur Budney (A herald) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in May, 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 19, no. 18 (Mar. 7, 1955).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 12, 1955.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 422 (F)

Added author

1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
2. Del Monaco, Mario, 1915- Performer
3. Tebaldi, Renata. Performer
4. Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer
5. Lipton, Martha. Performer
6. Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
7. McCracken, James, 1926- Performer
8. Vichegonov, Lubomir. Performer
9. Hawkins, Osie. Performer
10. Budney, Arthur. Performer
11. Stiedry, Fritz. Conductor
12. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
13. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
14. Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984. Commentator
15. Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993. Commentator
16. Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
17. Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator
18. Harrison, Jay. Commentator
19. Allen, Reginald. Commentator
20. Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999, host.
21. Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Commentator
22. Coles, Chandler. Commentator
23. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Texaco's roving opera reporter (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program).
5. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 422 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6088.
2. *LT-10 6088 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 422 (F)