Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
2. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
3. Clark, Richard J.
4. Courtney, James, 1946-
5. Milnes, Sherrill.
6. Plishka, Paul, 1941-
7. Tomowa-Sintow, Anna, 1941-
8. Moldoveanu, Vasile.
9. Upshaw, Dawn.
10. Nagy, Robert, 1929-
11. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
12. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
13. Price, Leontyne.
14. Goldovsky, Boris.
15. Downes, Edward, 1911-
16. Jellinek, George, 1919-
17. Livingstone, William.
18. Reuben, David.
19. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
20. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes (211 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 29, 1984]

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. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky) ; Leontyne Price ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with George Jellinek, William Livingstone and David Reuben) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Prologue ; Act 1 through "Vieni a mirar" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 459 (F)

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:55:24 (synopses and features) ; 2:35:56 (opera).
3. 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

Performer (note)

1. Richard J. Clark (Paolo Albiani) ; James Courtney (Pietro) ; Sherrill Milnes (Simon Boccanegra) ; Paul Plishka (Fiesco) ; Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Amelia) ; Vasile Moldoveanu (Gabriele Adorno) ; Dawn Upshaw (Amelia's lady-in-waiting) ; Robert Nagy (A captain) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 29, 1984.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 459 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

1. Simon Boccanegra [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito.

Playing time

1. 005524 023556

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 29, 1984]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 29, 1984]

Cast

1. Richard J. Clark (Paolo Albiani) ; James Courtney (Pietro) ; Sherrill Milnes (Simon Boccanegra) ; Paul Plishka (Fiesco) ; Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Amelia) ; Vasile Moldoveanu (Gabriele Adorno) ; Dawn Upshaw (Amelia's lady-in-waiting) ; Robert Nagy (A captain) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 49, no. 7 (Dec. 22, 1984).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 29, 1984.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1991, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 459 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Added author

1. Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist
2. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Librettist
3. Clark, Richard J. Performer
4. Courtney, James, 1946- performer
5. Milnes, Sherrill. Performer
6. Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer
7. Tomowa-Sintow, Anna, 1941- Performer
8. Moldoveanu, Vasile. Performer
9. Upshaw, Dawn. Performer
10. Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer
11. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
12. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
13. Price, Leontyne. Commentator
14. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
15. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
16. Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator
17. Livingstone, William. Commentator
18. Reuben, David. Commentator
19. 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 459 (F) Production notes on file.