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La Gioconda opera in four acts (five scenes)

Title
  1. La Gioconda [sound recording] : opera in four acts (five scenes) / music by Amilcare Ponchielli ; libretto by Tobia Gorrio (Arrigo Boito), founded on "Angelo, tyrant of Padua", play by Victor Hugo.
Author
  1. Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.

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Additional authors
  1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
  2. Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
  3. Tebaldi, Renata
  4. Bergonzi, Carlo
  5. Cossotto, Fiorenza
  6. MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
  7. Dunn, Mignon
  8. Giaiotti, Bonaldo
  9. Christopher, Russell
  10. Schmorr, Robert
  11. Plishka, Paul, 1941-
  12. Barbusci, Nicola
  13. Paola, Paul de
  14. Mellow, William
  15. Cleva, Fausto
  16. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  17. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  18. Blayman, Herbert
  19. Maxym, Stephen
  20. Elster, Reinhardt
  21. Silberstein, Jascha
  22. Downes, Edward, 1911-
  23. Ducloux, Walter
  24. Goldovsky, Boris
  25. Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-
  26. Weibel, William
  27. Robinson, Francis, 1910-
  28. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  29. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
  1. 3 sound cassettes (254 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
Series statement
  1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 2, 1968]
Uniform title
  1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  3. Biographies in music (Radio program)
  4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
  1. Lehmann, Lilli, 1848-1929
  2. Operas
Genre/Form
  1. Live sound recordings.
Contents
  1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Robert Lawrence moderates a musicians' roundtable with Herbert Blayman, Stephen Maxym, Reinhardt Elster and Jascha Silberstein) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, beginning (Edward Downes, host, with Walter Ducloux, Boris Goldovsky, Luigi Lucioni and William Weibel) -- side 2. Opera quiz, conclusion ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Biographies in music (Francis Robinson recalls Lilli Lehmann) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 through "O monumento!" -- side 4. Act 1, finale ; Act 2 through "L'amo come il fulgor" -- side 5. Act 2, finale ; Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call number
  1. *LTCM 279 (F)
Note
  1. Titles from Opera news.
  2. Durations: 1:27:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:47:00 (opera).
  3. Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed in (note)
  1. Opera news
Performer (note)
  1. Renata Tebaldi (La Gioconda) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Enzo Grimaldo) ; Fiorenza Cossotto (Laura Adorno) ; Cornell MacNeil (Barnaba) ; Mignon Dunn (La Cieca) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Alvise Badoero) ; Russell Christopher (Zuane) ; Robert Schmorr (Isepo) ; Paul Plishka (Monk) ; Nicola Barbusci (Steersman) ; Paul De Paola, William Mellow (Two singers) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  1. Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 2, 1968.
Language (note)
  1. Sung in Italian.
Author
  1. Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.
Title
  1. La Gioconda [sound recording] : opera in four acts (five scenes) / music by Amilcare Ponchielli ; libretto by Tobia Gorrio (Arrigo Boito), founded on "Angelo, tyrant of Padua", play by Victor Hugo.
Playing time
  1. 012700 024700
Series
  1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 2, 1968]
  2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 2, 1968]
Cast
  1. Renata Tebaldi (La Gioconda) ; Carlo Bergonzi (Enzo Grimaldo) ; Fiorenza Cossotto (Laura Adorno) ; Cornell MacNeil (Barnaba) ; Mignon Dunn (La Cieca) ; Bonaldo Giaiotti (Alvise Badoero) ; Russell Christopher (Zuane) ; Robert Schmorr (Isepo) ; Paul Plishka (Monk) ; Nicola Barbusci (Steersman) ; Paul De Paola, William Mellow (Two singers) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original version
  1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
Indexed in:
  1. Opera news, v. 32, no. 18 (Mar. 2, 1968).
Event
  1. Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 2, 1968.
Language
  1. Sung in Italian.
Added author
  1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
  2. Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Angelo, tyran de Padoue.
  3. Tebaldi, Renata. Performer
  4. Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer
  5. Cossotto, Fiorenza. Performer
  6. MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Performer
  7. Dunn, Mignon. Performer
  8. Giaiotti, Bonaldo. Performer
  9. Christopher, Russell. Performer
  10. Schmorr, Robert. Performer
  11. Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer
  12. Barbusci, Nicola. Performer
  13. Paola, Paul de. Performer
  14. Mellow, William. Performer
  15. Cleva, Fausto. Conductor
  16. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
  17. Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
  18. Blayman, Herbert. Commentator
  19. Maxym, Stephen. Commentator
  20. Elster, Reinhardt. Commentator
  21. Silberstein, Jascha. Commentator
  22. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
  23. Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
  24. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
  25. Lucioni, Luigi, 1900- Commentator
  26. Weibel, William. Commentator
  27. Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator
  28. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added title
  1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  3. Biographies in music (Radio program)
  4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research call number
  1. *LTCM 279 (F) Production notes in listening room.
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