Orfeo ed Euridice : [opera in four acts] / Christoph Willibald von Gluck ; libretto by Raniero di Calzabigi.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.

Contributor:

Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795, librettist.

Thorborg, Kerstin, 1896-1970, performer.

Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994, performer.

Farell, Marita, performer.

Dickey, Annamary, performer.

Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993, conductor.

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975, commentator.

Witherspoon, Herbert, Mrs, commentator.

Crooks, Richard, 1900-1972, commentator.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.

Series:

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; broadcast of Jan. 20, 1940.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] Jan. 20, 1940

Standardized Title:

Orfeo ed Euridice. Italian

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Thorborg, Kerstin, 1896-1970.

Thorborg, Kerstin.

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.

Gluck, Christoph Willibald.

Operas.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Operas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 audio files).

Other Title:

Met Opera on Demand.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1940]

Contents:

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1 ; Act 2

CD 2. Act 3 ; Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross)

CD 3. Intermission features: Synopsis of Act 2 ; Biographical sketch of Kerstin Thorborg ; Synopsis of Act 3 ; Biographical sketch of Gluck ; Opera Guild promo ; Mrs. Herbert Witherspoon interviews Richard Crooks ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Cross).

Participant:

Kerstin Thorborg (Orfeo) ; Jarmila Novotna (Euridice) ; Marita Farell (Amore) ; Annamary Dickey (Ombra Felice) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Notes:

Sung in Italian.

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 20, 1940.

Compact discs.

Durations: 1:08:52 (synopses and features) ; 1:44:58 (opera).

House program on file in Music Division.

Description based on sound disc version record.

Other Format:

Audio disc version: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Orfeo ed Euridice. Italian. Orfeo ed Euridice

OCLC:

944522006

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.