| Description |
1 audio disc (76 min., 57 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011657 |
| Medium of Performance |
soprano voice 1 orchestra 1 1 1 |
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soprano voice 1 piano 1 2 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Met legends
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Met legends.
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| Performer |
Roberta Peters, soprano ; with various supporting artists, orchestras, conductors, or accompanists. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Biographical notes by Paul Gruber and sung texts with English translations (27 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Event |
Digitally remastered from analog recordings made 1952-Sept. 1958. |
| Note |
Original issue nos.: RCA Victor LM-6136 (selection 1) ; LM 1786 (selections 2-4) ; LM 2031 (selections 5-8) ; LSC-6143 (selection 9) ; LM-6051 (selections 10-12) ; LM 7016 (selection 13) ; LSC 2379 (selections 14-15) ; 10-3786 (E2RB-o444) (selections 16-17). |
| Contents |
Orfeo ed Euridice. Amore assisterà l'infelice consorte ... Ah! Se il dolce suon de la tua lire ... Gli sguardi trattieni / Gluck (Risë Stevens ; Rome Opera House Orchestra ; Pierre Monteux) (5:40) -- I Puritani. O rendetemi la speme ... Qui la voce sua soave ... Vien diletto / Bellini (RCA Victor Orchestra ; Renato Cellini) (10:52) -- La Sonnambula. L'anello mio ... Ah! Non credea mirarti / Bellini (RCA Victor Orchestra ; Renato Cellini) (6:28) -- Don Pasquale. "Quel guardo il cavaliere" ... So anch'io la virtù magica / Donizetti (Rome Opera House Orchestra ; Vincenzo Bellezza) (5:25) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Il dolce suono ... Ardon gl'incensi ... Spargi d'amaro pianto (Mad Scene) / Donizetti (Vincenzo Preziosa, Andrea Mineo ; Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra ; Vincenzo Bellezza) (17:30) -- Il Barbiere di Siviglia. "Contro un cor che accende amore" ... Cara immagine ridente / Rossini (Cesare Valletti ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Erich Leinsdorf) (6:20) -- Rigoletto. Tutte le feste al tempio ... Schiudete! ... Si, vendetta, tremenda vendetta / Verdi (Robert Merrill, Vittorio Tatozzi, Andrea Mineo ; Rome Opera Orchestra ; Jonel Perlea) (10:09) -- Faust. Alerte, alerte, ou vous êtes perdus! (Trio) / Gounod (Jan Peerce, Ezio Pinza ; Twentieth Century Fox Symphony ; Alfred Newman) (2:30) -- Mondnacht, op. 39, no. 5 / Schumann (George Trovillo, piano) (3:20) -- Morgen, op. 27, no. 4 / Strauss (George Trovillo, piano) (3:42) -- Rose-Marie. Indian love call / Friml (Robert Merrill ; orchestra, Charles Sanford) (2:47) -- Kiss me, Kate. So in love / Porter (Robert Merrill ; orchestra, Charles Sanford) (2:14). |
| Language |
Sung in Italian, French, German, or English. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Musicals -- Excerpts.
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Musicals -- Excerpts. |
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Musicals. |
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Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Songs (High voice) with piano. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Musicals.
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Musicals.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Chamber music.
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Chamber music.
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| Subject |
Musicals. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017, singer.
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Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, singer.
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Preziosa, Vincenzo, singer.
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Mineo, Andrea, singer.
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Valletti, Cesare, singer.
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Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004, singer.
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Tatozzi, Vittorio, singer.
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Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984, singer.
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Pinza, Ezio, singer.
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Trovillo, George, instrumentalist.
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Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964, conductor.
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Cellini, Renato, conductor.
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Bellezza, Vincenzo, conductor.
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Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993, conductor.
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Perlea, Jonel, 1900-1970, conductor.
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Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970, conductor.
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Sanford, Charles, conductor.
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Gruber, Paul, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (expression): Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Orphée et Eurydice, Acte 1. Scène 3. Italian.
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Container of (work): Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
Puritani. Qui la voce sua soave.
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Container of (work): Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
Puritani. Vien diletto.
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Container of (work): Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
Sonnambula. Ah! non credea mirarti.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Don Pasquale. So anch'io la virtù magica.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Lucia di Lammermoor. Dolce suono.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Lucia di Lammermoor. Ardon gl'incensi.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Lucia di Lammermoor. Spargi d'amaro pianto.
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Container of (work): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Barbiere di Siviglia. Contro un cor che accende amore.
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Container of (work): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Barbiere di Siviglia. Cara immagine ridente.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Rigoletto. Tutte le feste al tempio.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Rigoletto. Sì, vendetta, tremenda vendetta.
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Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Faust. Alerte! alerte!
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Container of (work): Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856.
Liederkreis, op. 39. Mondnacht.
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Container of (work): Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
Lieder, op. 27. Morgen.
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Container of (work): Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972.
Rose-Marie. Indian love call.
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Container of (work): Porter, Cole, 1891-1964.
Kiss me, Kate. So in love.
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Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy). Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy). Coro, singer.
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RCA Victor Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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20th Century-Fox Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
045000629004 |
| Music No. |
MET 230 Metropolitan Opera Guild |
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LM-6136, LM 1786, LM 2031, LSC-6143, LM-6051, LM 7016, LSC 2379, 10-3786, E2RB-o444 RCA Victor |
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