All Puccini program

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

LC Control No.: 2007652816
Type of Material: Music Sound Recording
Personal Name: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Uniform Title: Operas. Selections
Main Title: Lewisohn Stadium concert. [1960-07-01, All-Puccini program] [sound recording].
Published/Created: [2004]
Related Names: Albanese, Licia. prf
Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. prf
Antonini, Alfredo. cnd
Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York. prf
Voice of America Music Library Collection (Library of Congress)
Description: 4 sound files (1 hr., 48 min., 35 sec.) : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
Access Advisory: Due to copyright or other restrictions, online playback of audio files is limited to authorized sites.
Contents: Tosca. Introduction ; Recondita armonia ; Vissi d'arte ; E lucevan le stelle ; O dolci mani ; Symphonic conclusion -- La boheme. Overture to act one ; Non sono in vena ; Che gelida manina ; Si, mi chiamano Mimi ; O soave fanciulla -- La villi. Prelude -- Turnadot. Nessun dorma -- Manon Lescaut. Intermezzo (from act 2) ; In quelle trine morbide ; Tu, tu, amore? -- Madama Butterfly. Introduction to act 1 ; Un bel di verdremo ; Viene la sera.
Notes: Title from original containers and audition; cataloged from audition and containers.
Copy made by the VOA for possible broadcast..
Digital preservation master recorded from original master analog tapes by the Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory in 2004.
For many recordings in this collection there are cue sheets, playlists, concert brochures, and/or other accompanying documents on file in the MBRS Recorded Sound Section VOA tape paperwork file.
Recorded and broadcast by WNYC, July 1, 1960, Lewisohn Stadium, City College of New York, New York, N.Y.
All vocal works sung in Italian.
Cast: Licia Albanese, soprano (3rd, 5th work, 8th-11th, 14th-18th works) ; Richard Tucker, tenor (2nd, 4th-5th, 8th-11th, 13th-14th, 16th, 18th works) ; Stadium Symphony Orchestra ; Alfredo Antonini, conductor.
Additional Formats: Original masters: [Washington, D.C. : Voice of America, 1960] 4 sound tape reels : analog, 15 ips ; 10 in. RAA 30037-30040. MAVIS title no.: 214969.
Subjects: Operas--Excerpts.
Form/Genre: Western art music--Radio. radfg
Other System No.: (DLC)mavis214969


WNYC archives id: 50037

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