Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
2. Vichegonov, Lubomir.
3. Milanov, Zinka.
4. Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960.
5. Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
6. Hines, Jerome, 1921-
7. Pechner, Gerhard.
8. Miller, Mildred.
9. Castellano, Laura.
10. Brazis, Algerd.
11. Stiedry, Fritz.
12. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
13. Goldovsky, Boris.
14. Jenkins, Judge Edna.
15. Pinza, Ezio.
16. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
17. Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
18. Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
19. Ducloux, Walter.
20. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
21. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 4 sound tape reels (237 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Nov. 29, 1952
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Nov. 29, 1952.

Uniform title

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

Alternative title

1. Forza del destino

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1, scene 1 and 2 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Judge Edna Jenkins and Ezio Pinza) ; Synopsis of act 2, scene 1 and 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Sigmund Spaeth, Deems Taylor and Walter Ducloux) ; Synopsis of act 3, scenes 1 and 2 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- side 3. Sinfonia through "Pui tranquilla l'alma sento" -- side 4. "E ferma il voto?" through synopsis of act scene 2 -- side 5. "Nè gustare n'è dato" through end of act 2 -- side 6. Act 3.

Call number

1. *LTCM 329 (F)

Note

1. Sung in Italian.
2. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
3. Durations: 1:10:54 (synopses and features) ; 2:45:50 (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, Nov. 29, 1952.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 329 (F)

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

1. La forza del destino : radio broadcast, 1952-11-29 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F. M. Piave.

Imprint

1. Nov. 29, 1952.

Playing time

1. 11054 24550

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Nov. 29, 1952
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Nov. 29, 1952.

Performer

1. Lubomir Vichegonov (Marquis of Calatrava) ; Zinka Milanov (Leonora) ; Leonard Warren (Don Carlo) ; Richard Tucker (Don Alvaro) ; Jerome Hines (Padre Guardiano) ; Gerhard Pechner (Fra Melitone) ; Mildred Miller (Preziosilla) ; Laura Castellano (Curra) ; Algerd Brazis (Surgeon) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 17, no. 4 (Nov. 24, 1952).

Event

1. Live Broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Nov. 29, 1952.

Original version

1. Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs ; : 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 329 (F)

Added author

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
2. Vichegonov, Lubomir. Performer
3. Milanov, Zinka. Performer
4. Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer
5. Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Performer
6. Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer
7. Pechner, Gerhard. Performer
8. Miller, Mildred. Performer
9. Castellano, Laura. Performer
10. Brazis, Algerd. Performer
11. Stiedry, Fritz. Conductor
12. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
13. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
14. Jenkins, Judge Edna. Commentator
15. Pinza, Ezio. Commentator
16. Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
17. Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
18. Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
19. Ducloux, Walter. Commentator
20. 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. *LTCM 329 (F)