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Un ballo in maschera : opera in three acts

Title
  1. Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1968-04-06 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma after Scribe's play, "Gustave III , or Le bal masqué".
Author
  1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Additional authors
  1. Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
  2. Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
  3. Prevedi, Bruno
  4. Price, Leontyne
  5. Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
  6. Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
  7. Rankin, Nell
  8. Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
  9. Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985.
  10. Goodloe, Robert
  11. Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
  12. Schmorr, Robert
  13. Schippers, Thomas
  14. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  15. Weaver, William, 1923-2013
  16. Moore, Gerald, 1899-1987.
  17. Downes, Edward, 1911-
  18. Bernheimer, Martin
  19. Hume, Paul, 1915-
  20. Kolodin, Irving, 1908-
  21. Salzman, Eric
  22. Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
  23. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  24. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
  1. 3 sound cassettes (203 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
Series statement
  1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 6, 1968]
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. Moore, Gerald, 1899-1987 > Interviews
  2. Operas
Genre/Form
  1. Live sound recordings.
Contents
  1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1, scene 1 (Milton Cross) ; Rudolf Bing addresses the audience ; Synopsis of act 1, scene 2 ; Opera news on the air (William Weaver interviews Gerald Moore) Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Martin Bernheimer, Paul Hume, Irving Kolodin and Eric Salzman) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 3. Prelude ; Act 1 through scene 2: "É scherzo of é follia" -- side 4. Act 1, finale ; Act 2, scene 1 -- side 5. Act 2, scene 2 -- side. 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call number
  1. *LTCM 284 (F)
Note
  1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  2. Durations: 1:05:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:18:00 (opera).
  3. Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed in (note)
  1. Opera news
Event (note)
  1. Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 6, 1968.
Language (note)
  1. Sung in Italian.
Author
  1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
  1. Un ballo in maschera : radio broadcast, 1968-04-06 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma after Scribe's play, "Gustave III , or Le bal masqué".
Playing time
  1. 010500 021800
Series
  1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 6, 1968]
Performer
  1. Bruno Prevedi (Gustaf III) ; Leontyne Price (Amelia) ; Robert Merrill (Captain Anckarström) ; Roberta Peters (Oscar) ; Nell Rankin (Ulrica Arfvidsson) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Count de Horn) ; Louis Sgarro (Count Warting) ; Robert Goodloe (Christiano) ; Andrea Velis (Chief justice) ; Robert Schmorr (Amelia's servant) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original version
  1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
Indexed in:
  1. Opera news, v. 32, no. 23 (Apr. 6, 1968).
Event
  1. Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 6, 1968.
Language
  1. Sung in Italian.
Added author
  1. Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864. Librettist
  2. Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861. Gustave III.
  3. Prevedi, Bruno. Performer
  4. Price, Leontyne. Performer
  5. Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer
  6. Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Performer
  7. Rankin, Nell. Performer
  8. Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer
  9. Sgarro, Louis, 1920-1985. Performer
  10. Goodloe, Robert. Performer
  11. Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer
  12. Schmorr, Robert. Performer
  13. Schippers, Thomas. Conductor
  14. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
  15. Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.
  16. Moore, Gerald, 1899-1987. Interviewee
  17. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
  18. Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator
  19. Hume, Paul, 1915- Commentator
  20. Kolodin, Irving, 1908- Commentator
  21. Salzman, Eric. Commentator
  22. Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
  23. 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 284 (F) Production notes in listening room.
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