Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
2. Milanov, Zinka.
3. Stevens, Risë, 1913-
4. Vaghi, Giacomo, 1901-
5. Harshaw, Margaret.
6. Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
7. Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
8. Hawkins, Osie.
9. Ezekiel, Wellington.
10. Manning, Richard.
11. Oliviero, Lodovico, 1886-1948.
12. Hargrave, William.
13. Baker, John.
14. Cooper, Emil.
15. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
16. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
17. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 4 sound tape reels (165 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 16, 1946]

Uniform title

1. Gioconda
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Gioconda

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Act 1 through " Gloria a chi vince!" -- side 2. Act 1 concluded -- side 3. Act 2 -- side 4. Act 3 -- side 5. Act 4 -- side 6. [blank].

Call number

1. *LT-10 6099

Note

1. Sung in Italian.
2. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
3. Durations: 2:45:11.
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. 16, 1946.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 431 (F)

Author

1. Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.

Title

1. La gioconda [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Amilcare Ponchielli ; book by Tobia Gorrio (Arrigo Boito).

Imprint

1. [New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c1946.

Playing time

1. 24511

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 16, 1946]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 16, 1946]

Performer

1. Zinka Milanov (La Gioconda) ; Risë Stevens (Laura) ; Giacomo Vaghi (Alvise) ; Margaret Harshaw (La Cieca) ; RIchard Tucker (Enzo) ; Leonard Warren (Barnaba) ; Osie Hawkins (Zuane) ; Wellington Ezekiel (First Singer) ; Richard Manning (Second Singer) ; Lodovico Oliviero (Isepo) ; William Hargrave (A Monk) ; John Baker (A Steersman) ; Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus ; Emil Cooper, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 10, no. 19 (Mar. 11, 1946).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 16, 1946.

Original version

1. Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in July 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (24 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, mono. ; 12 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 431 (F)

Added author

1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
2. Milanov, Zinka. Performer
3. Stevens, Risë, 1913- Performer
4. Vaghi, Giacomo, 1901- Performer
5. Harshaw, Margaret. Performer
6. Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Performer
7. Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer
8. Hawkins, Osie. Performer
9. Ezekiel, Wellington. Performer
10. Manning, Richard. Performer
11. Oliviero, Lodovico, 1886-1948. Performer
12. Hargrave, William. Performer
13. Baker, John. Performer
14. Cooper, Emil. Conductor
15. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
16. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LT-10 6099 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 431 (F).
2. *LTCM 431 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6099.