Vittorio : ballet in one act / music by Giuseppe Verdi, compiled and arranged by Julius Burger. Salome : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss, based on Oscar Wilde's play [sound recording].
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Vittorio (Milton Cross, Julius Burger) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Deems Taylor, Irving Kolodin, Mary Ellis Peltz and Robert Bagar) ; Synopsis of Salome (Cross) -- side 2. Vittorio -- side 3. Vittorio concluded -- side 4. Salome through "Salome, Komm Trink Wein mit mir" -- side 5. "Sich, die Zeit ist gekommen" through "Ah! Herrlich!" -- side 6. Salome concluded ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call number
*LT-10 6079
Note
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed in (note)
Opera news
Event (note)
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 8, 1955.
Reproduction (note)
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 413 (F)
Language (note)
Sung in German.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Vittorio : ballet in one act / music by Giuseppe Verdi, compiled and arranged by Julius Burger. Salome : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss, based on Oscar Wilde's play [sound recording].
Playing time
03604 05412 014129
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 8, 1955]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 8, 1955]
Performer
In first work: Yurek Lazowski (The Duke of Montefiore) ; Zachary Solov (Vittorio) ; Louis Kosman, Malcolm McCormick (Vittorio's companions) ; Edward Caton (Monsignore) ; Mia Slavenska (The Princess of the Isle of Spain) ; Adriano Vitale (The General) ; Jean Lee Schoch (La Magalina) ; Judith Younger (Fiamma) ; Diana Turner, Viole Maiorca (Fiamma's companions).
In second work: Ramon Vinay (Herod) ; Blanche Thebom (Herodias) ; Christel Goltz (Salome) ; Paul Schoeffler (Jochanaan) ; Brian Sullivan (Narraboth) ; Mildred Miller (The page of Herodias) ; Nicola Moscona (First Nazarene) ; Calvin Marsh (Second Nazarene) ; Gabor Carelli (First Jew) ; James McCracken (Second Jew) ; Alessio de Paolis (Third Jew) ; Paul Franke (Fourth Jew) ; Gerhard Pechner (Fifth Jew) ; Norman Scott (First Soldier) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Second Soldier) ; Osie Hawkins (A Cappadocian) ; Vilma Georgiou (A slave).
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed in:
Opera news, v. 19, no. 9 (Jan. 3, 1955).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 8, 1955.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 413 (F)
Language
Sung in German.
Added author
Burger, Julius. Arranger
Lazowsky, Yurek. Performer
Solov, Zachary. Performer
Kosman, Louis. Performer
McCormick, Malcolm. Performer
Caton, Edward. Performer
Slavenska, Mia. Performer
Vitale, Adriano. Performer
Schoch, Jean Lee. Performer
Younger, Judith. Performer
Turner, Diana. Performer
Maiorca, Viola. Performer
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Salome.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Salomé. English.
Vinay, Ramon. Performer
Thebom, Blanche. Performer
Goltz, Christel. Performer
Schöffler, Paul, 1897- Performer
Sullivan, Brian, 1919-1969. Performer
Miller, Mildred, 1924- Performer
Moscona, Nicola. Performer
Marsh, Calvin. Performer
Carelli, Gabor. Performer
McCracken, James, 1926- Performer
De Paolis, Alessio. Performer
Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
Pechner, Gerhard. Performer
Scott, Norman, 1921-1968. Performer
Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer
Hawkins, Osie. Performer
Georgiuo, Vilma. Performer
Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
Kolodin, Irving, 1908- Commentator
Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator
Bagar, Robert C. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added title
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research call number
*LT-10 6079 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 413 (F)
*LTCM 413 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6079.