Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
2. Cook, Terry.
3. Wells, Jeffrey.
4. Blackwell, Harolyn.
5. Ichihara, Taro, 1950-
6. Pons, Juan.
7. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
8. Shemchuk, Ludmila.
9. Oswald, Mark.
10. Fitch, Bernard.
11. Sweet, Sharon.
12. Fiore, John.
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
14. Weaver, William, 1923-2013.
15. Downes, Edward, 1911-
16. Hammond, Antony D.
17. Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
19. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 4 sound discs (198 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 30, 1993
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 30, 1993.

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. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Prelude ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (William Weaver) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Antony Derek Hammond, Albert Innaurato and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call number

1. *LT-10-A 1576

Note

1. Compact discs.
2. House program on file in Music Division.
3. Durations: 0:54:02 (synopses and features) ; 2:24:07 (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, Jan. 30, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 714 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Composer

Title

1. Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1993-01-30 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma.

Playing time

1. 005402 022407

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 30, 1993
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 30, 1993.

Performer

1. Terry Cook (Samuel) ; Jeffrey Wells (Tom) ; Harolyn Blackwell (Oscar) ; Taro Ichihara (Riccardo) ; Juan Pons (Renato) ; Charles Anthony (The Chief Justice) ; Ludmila Schemtchuk (Ulrica) ; Mark Oswald (Christiano) ; Bernard Fitch (Amelia's servant) ; Sharon Sweet (Amelia) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; John Fiore, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 57, no. 10 (Jan. 30, 1993).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 30, 1993.

Original version

1. Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in July 1993, from borrowed masters (3 sound reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 714 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864. Librettist
2. Cook, Terry. Performer
3. Wells, Jeffrey. Performer
4. Blackwell, Harolyn. Performer
5. Ichihara, Taro, 1950- Performer
6. Pons, Juan. Performer
7. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
8. Shemchuk, Ludmila. Performer
9. Oswald, Mark. Performer
10. Fitch, Bernard. Performer
11. Sweet, Sharon. Performer
12. Fiore, John. Conductor
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
14. Weaver, William, 1923-2013. Commentator
15. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
16. Hammond, Antony D. Commentator
17. Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator
18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

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

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LT-10-A 1576 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31774.
2. *LTCM 714 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31774.
3. *LDC 31774 Service copy.