Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
2. Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895.
3. Albanese, Licia
4. Pradelli, Giacinto, 1916-
5. Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
6. Bastianini, Ettore
7. Krall, Heidi
8. Leone, Maria (Soprano)
9. Carelli, Gabor
10. Marsh, Calvin
11. Hawkins, Osie
12. Erede, Alberto
13. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
14. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
15. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 2 sound cassettes (123 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

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

Uniform title

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

Alternative title

1. Traviata

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction (Milton Cross) ; Prelude ; Act 1 -- side 2. Act 2 -- side 3. Act 3 -- side 4. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call number

1. *LTCM 412 (F)

Note

1. Sung in Italian.
2. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
3. Duration: 2:02:55 (opera).
4. Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Licia Albanese (Violetta) ; Giacinto Prandelli (Alfredo) ; Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio Germont) ; Heidi Krall (Flora) ; Maria Leone (Annina) ; Gabor Carelli (Gastone) ; George Cehanovsky (Baron Douphol) ; Calvin Marsh (Marquis D'Obigny) ; Osie Hawkins (Doctor Granvil) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

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

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 412 (F)

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

1. La traviata [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by F.M. Piave, based on the story by Alexandre Dumas.

Playing time

1. 020255

Series

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

Cast

1. Licia Albanese (Violetta) ; Giacinto Prandelli (Alfredo) ; Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio Germont) ; Heidi Krall (Flora) ; Maria Leone (Annina) ; Gabor Carelli (Gastone) ; George Cehanovsky (Baron Douphol) ; Calvin Marsh (Marquis D'Obigny) ; Osie Hawkins (Doctor Granvil) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1990, from borrowed masters (1 sound tape reel : 3 3/4 ips, 1/2 track, mono. ; 10 in.) lent by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 19, no. 8 (Dec. 27, 1954).

Event

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

Reproduction

1. Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 412 (F)

Added author

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
2. Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895. Dame aux camélias.
3. Albanese, Licia. Performer
4. Pradelli, Giacinto, 1916- Performer
5. Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer
6. Bastianini, Ettore. Performer
7. Krall, Heidi. Performer
8. Leone, Maria (Soprano) Performer
9. Carelli, Gabor. Performer
10. Marsh, Calvin. Performer
11. Hawkins, Osie. Performer
12. Erede, Alberto. Conductor
13. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
14. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 412 (F) (Production notes on file.)