Description: “METROPOLITAN OPERA” RADIO TRANSCRIPTION DISC RECORDSONE COMPLETE 60 MINUTE RADIO PROGRAM ON THESE THREE 16 INCH, VINYL, 33 1/3 RPM DISCS. THESE DISCS WERE ISSUED TO ARMED FORCES RADIO STATIONS FOR BROADCAST TO U. S. TROOPS DURING WORLD WAR TWO AND NOT AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, VERY RARE! These disc contain the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast of January 6, 1945 featuring the 3rd and final act of "Lucia di Lammermoor " by Gaetano Donizetti from The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The orchestra is conducted by Cesare SoderoCast includes:Lucia...................Patrice MunselEdgardo.................Jan PeerceEnrico..................Leonard WarrenRaimondo................Nicola MosconaNormanno................Lodovico OlivieroAlisa...................Thelma VotipkaArturo..................Richard ManningPATRICE MUNSEL WAS ONLY 19 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THIS PERFORMANCE AND THE ANNOUNCER MILTON CROSS TALKS ABOUT MUNSEL, REFERING TO HER AS "THE BABY OF THE MET". IT IS ALSO MENTIONED THAT JAN PEERCE'S FAMILY IS IN ATTENDANCETHE LAST FEW MINUTES OF THE BROADCAST FEATURE MUSIC BY THE STUDIO ORCHESTRA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DONALD VOORHEES THESE ARE EXTREMELY RARE, MOST LIKELY ONE OF A KIND DISCS AND MOST LIKELY THE ONLY COPIES OF THIS PERFORMANCE IN EXISTENCEDISCS ARE IN EXCELLENT- CONDITION WITH EXCELLENT- OR BETTER SOUND, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL DISCS! DUE TO THEIR SIZE THESE DISCS WILL NOT PLAY ON MOST STANDARD TURNTABLES. FOR $10 I CAN MAKE A CD DUB OF ALL THREE DISCS FOR THE BUYER ONLYPLEASE EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONSU. S BUYER PAYS $7.50 MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING
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Artist: Patrice Munsel, Jan Peerce, Leonard Warren, Nicola Moscona, Lodovico Oliviero, Thelma Votipka, Richard Manning, Cesare Sodero, Milton Cross
Style: Opera, Symphony
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Speed: 33RPM
Record Size: 16"
Format: Record
Release Title: Metropolitan Opera with Patrice Munsel Jan Peerce
Release Year: 1945
Genre: Classical, Opera
