Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
2. Quilico, Louis.
3. Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023.
4. Taillon, Jocelyne.
5. Boucher, Gene.
6. Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
7. Mauro, Ermanno.
8. Nave, Maria Luisa.
9. Giaiotti, Bonaldo.
10. Courtney, James, 1946-
11. Marcus, Herman.
12. Mellow, William.
13. Paola, Paul de.
14. Patanè, Giuseppe, 1932-
15. Allen, Peter, 1920-
16. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
17. Downes, Edward, 1911-
18. Belt, Byron.
19. Jacobson, Robert M.
20. Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015.
21. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
22. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes (237 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 5, 1980]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lawrence) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Byron Belt, Robert Jacobson and Robert Lawrence) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 2. Third Intermission feature (Andrew Porter) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Allen) -- side 3. Preludio ; Act 1 through "Angele Dei" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded ; Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 629 (F)

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 1:08:51 (synopses and features) ; 2:48:35 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Louis Quilico (Barnaba) ; Renata Scotto (La Gioconda) ; Jocelyne Taillon (La Cieca) ; Gene Boucher (Zuane) ; Andrea Velis (Isèpo) ; Ermanno Mauro (Enzo) ; Maria Luisa Nave (Laura) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Alvise) ; James Courtney (A monk) ; Herman Marcus (A steersman) ; William Mellow (First singer) ; Paul De Paola (Second singer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Giuseppe Patanè, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 5, 1980.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 629 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.

Title

1. La Gioconda [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Amilcare Ponchielli ; libretto by Arrigo Boito.

Playing time

1. 010851 024835

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 5, 1980]

Cast

1. Louis Quilico (Barnaba) ; Renata Scotto (La Gioconda) ; Jocelyne Taillon (La Cieca) ; Gene Boucher (Zuane) ; Andrea Velis (Isèpo) ; Ermanno Mauro (Enzo) ; Maria Luisa Nave (Laura) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Alvise) ; James Courtney (A monk) ; Herman Marcus (A steersman) ; William Mellow (First singer) ; Paul De Paola (Second singer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Giuseppe Patanè, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Sept. 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 44, no. 10 (Jan. 5, 1980).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 5, 1980.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 629 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Added author

1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
2. Quilico, Louis. Performer
3. Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023. Performer
4. Taillon, Jocelyne. Performer
5. Boucher, Gene. Performer
6. Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer
7. Mauro, Ermanno. Performer
8. Nave, Maria Luisa. Performer
9. Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer
10. Courtney, James, 1946- performer
11. Marcus, Herman. Performer
12. Mellow, William. Performer
13. Paola, Paul de. Performer
14. Patanè, Giuseppe, 1932- Conductor
15. Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
16. Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
17. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
18. Belt, Byron. Commentator
19. Jacobson, Robert M. Commentator
20. Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015. Commentator
21. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

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

Research call number

1. *LTCM 629 (F) (Production notes on file in listening room.)