Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795.
2. Stevens, Risë, 1913-
3. Güden, Hilde.
4. Hurley, Laurel.
5. Vartenissian, Shakeh.
6. Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004.
7. Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964.
8. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
9. Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-
10. Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
11. Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008.
12. Matzenauer, Margarete, 1881-1963.
13. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
14. Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
15. Bagar, Robert C.
16. Harrison, Jay.
17. De Schauensee, Max.
18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
19. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 4 sound tape reels (187 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 9, 1955]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Orpheus (Greek mythological character) > Drama
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Mrs. August Belmont ; Opera news on the air (Norman Dello Joio, host, with Margarete Matzenauer and Alicia Markova) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Deems Taylor, Robert Bagar, Jay Harrison and Max de Schauensee) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Sir Rudolf Bing salutes Pierre Monteux -- side 3. Act 1 through Synopsis of scene 2 (Cross) -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 ; Act 3 through "Vieni! Vieni! appaga il tuo consorte" -- side 6. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call number

1. *LT-10 6092

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:53:55 (synopses and features) ; 2:13:10 (opera).
3. 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

Performer (note)

1. Risë Stevens (Orfeo) ; Hilde Gueden (Euridice) ; Laurel Hurley (Amore) ; Shakeh Vartenissian (Un'ombre felice) ; Alicia Markova (Premiere danseuse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Pierre Monteux, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 9, 1955.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 426 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.

Title

1. Orfeo ed Euridice [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck ; libretto by Ranieri de Calzabigi.

Playing time

1. 005355 021310

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 9, 1955]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 9, 1955]

Cast

1. Risë Stevens (Orfeo) ; Hilde Gueden (Euridice) ; Laurel Hurley (Amore) ; Shakeh Vartenissian (Un'ombre felice) ; Alicia Markova (Premiere danseuse) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Pierre Monteux, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in May, 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (7 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 19, no. 22 (Apr. 4, 1955).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 9, 1955.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 426 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Added author

1. Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795. Librettist
2. Stevens, Risë, 1913- Performer
3. Güden, Hilde. Performer
4. Hurley, Laurel. Performer
5. Vartenissian, Shakeh. Performer
6. Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004. Performer. Commentator
7. Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964. Conductor
8. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
9. Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator
10. Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator
11. Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Commentator
12. Matzenauer, Margarete, 1881-1963. Commentator
13. Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
14. Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
15. Bagar, Robert C. Commentator
16. Harrison, Jay. Commentator
17. De Schauensee, Max. 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)

Research call number

1. *LT-10 6092 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 426 (F)
2. *LTCM 426 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6092.