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This page itemises the surviving broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York between 1931-1950. Some of the best singers in the world performed at the Met and their broadcasts captured many singers in their most famous roles as well as others who recorded very little commercially. Sound quality is variable and some of the early off-air recordings are very noisy, but from the 1934-5 season some have remarkably good sound, having been taken from the original NBC transcription discs (rather than from off-air). Many early broadcasts are not known to survive, and others are incomplete, but there is still a remarkable number that exist in good sound. After 1950 all the broadcasts are known to still exist. Major holdings of Met broadcasts (aside from the Met archive itself) can be found in the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library.
Where you see the word 'exists' I have not heard the recording personally but have it on strong authority that it does survive. Where you see 'commentary exists' it is believed that this is the case, though it is missing from the copy I have heard. The performances are complete unless noted.
1931-1932 Season
March 5, 1932
MANON* (extracts 9 mins)
MOORE, GIGLI, DE LUCA, ROTHIER /HASSELMANS
1932-1933 Season
December 3, 1932
ELEKTRA (extracts 8 mins)
KAPPEL, LJUNGBERG, BRANZELL, SCHORR, LAUBENTHAL /BODANZKY
March 3, 1933
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (extracts 25 mins)
LEIDER, MELCHIOR, OLSZEWSKA, SCHORR, HOFMANN /BODANZKY
March 11, 1933
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (extracts 66 mins with commentary before act 1 and 2 and intermission feature with Bori)
LEIDER, MELCHIOR, OLSZEWSKA, SCHUETZENDORF, HOFMANN /BODANZKY
1933-1934 Season
January 6, 1934
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (extracts 49 mins)
KAPPEL, MELCHIOR, DOE, SCHORR, HOFMANN /BODANZKY
Feb 3, 1934
DIE WALKURE (extracts 91 mins)
LEIDER, KAPPEL, ALTHOUSE, LIST, HOFMANN, BRANZELL /BODANZKY
February 10, 1934
MERRY MOUNT (commentary after each act)
LJUNGBERG, JOHNSON, TIBBETT, SWARTHOUT, D'ANGELO /SERAFIN
March 10, 1934
PAGLIACCI
MARTINELLI, MARIO, TIBBETT, CEHANOVSKY /BELLEZZA
March 10, 1934
SALOME (commentary after the opera)
LJUNGBERG, LORENZ, SCHORR, MANSKI, CLEMENS /BODANZKY
March 17, 1934
PETER IBBETSON
JOHNSON, TIBBETT, BORI, SWARTHOUT, ROTHIER, BADA /SERAFIN
March 24, 1934
LOHENGRIN
MELCHIOR, RETHBERG, OLSZEWSKA, SHUTZENDORF, HOFMANN /BODANZKY
April 7, 1934
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE (commentary before and after Acts 1 and 3, after acts 2, and act 5, 4 lucky strike commercials,)
BORI, JOHNSON, ROTHIER, PINZA, BOURSKAYA /HASSELMANS
1934-1935 Season
January 5, 1935
LA TRAVIATA (commentary before act 1, and after each act, 3 intermission features with Geraldine Ferrar)
PONSELLE, JAGEL, TIBBETT /PANIZZA
January 12, 1935
TANNHAUSER (extracts Act 2 - 36 mins Act 3 - 52 mins with commentary after act2 and before and after act 3 and Listerine commercial)
MELCHIOR, MUELLER, MANSKI, BONELLI, HOFMANN /BODANZKY
January 26, 1935
ROMEO ET JULIETTE (commentary after Acts 1 and 2 before and after Acts 3, 4, and 5)
HACKETT, NORENA, SWARTHOUT, DE LUCA, ROTHIER /HASSELMANS
February 2, 1935
DIE WALKURE (extracts Act 1 complete, Act 2 10 mins)
KAPPEL, FLAGSTAD, ALTHOUSE, SCHORR, OLSZEWSKA, LIST /BODANZKY
February 9, 1935
DON GIOVANNI (extracts Act 1 64 mins, Act 2 44 mins)
PINZA, PONSELLE, MUELLER, LAZZARI, FLEISCHER, SCHIPA, D'ANGELO, LIST /PANIZZA
February 16, 1935
SIMON BOCCANEGRA ?commentary exists
TIBBETT, RETHBERG, MARTINELLI, PINZA, GANDOLFI /PANIZZA
March 9, 1935
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (commentary before and after Acts 1 and 3, after Act 2; intermission feature with Geraldine Ferrar and Giovanni Martinelli; Listerine Commercial)
FLAGSTAD, MELCHIOR, BRANZELL, SCHORR, HOFMANN /BODANZKY
March 23, 1935
LA BOHEME (Act 1 30 mins & Act 3 complete)
RETHBERG, JAGEL, MORGANA, DE LUCA, PICCO, PINZA /BELLEZZA
1935-1936 Season
December 21, 1935
LOHENGRIN (commentary before act 1 and after acts 1 and 2, act 3 missing last 8 mins)
MELCHIOR, LEHMANN, LAWRENCE, SCHORR, LIST /BODANZKY
December 28, 1935
RIGOLETTO
TIBBETT, PONS, JAGEL, OLHEIM, LAZARRI /PANIZZA
January 4, 1936
MIGNON (extract 3 mins)
BORI, CROOKS, PINZA, ANTOINE, OLHEIM /HASSELMANS
January 11, 1936
GOTTERDAMMERUNG (commentary before acts 1 and 3, and after acts 2 and 3)
LAWRENCE, MELCHIOR, SCHORR, MANSKI, HOFMANN, MEISLE, HABICH /BODANZKY
January 18, 1936
TANNHAUSER
MELCHIOR, FLAGSTAD, TIBBETT, LIST, HALSTEAD /BODANZKY
February 1, 1936
CARMEN (1 hour of excerpts)
PONSELLE, KULLMAN, PINZA, FISHER /HASSELMANS
February 8, 1936
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE exists
FLAGSTAD, MELCHIOR, BRANZELL, SCHORR, HOFMANN /BODANZKY
February 15, 1936
IL TROVATORE (extracts Act 1 Sc 1, Act 2 Sc 1, Act 2 Sc 2, Act 3 Sc 1, Act 4 Sc 1 & 2. Total 67 mins)
MARTINELLI, RETHBERG, BONELLI, MEISLE, LAZZARI /PAPI
February 22, 1936
DIE MEISTERSINGER
SCHORR, RETHBERG, MAISON, BRANZELL, CLEMENS, HABICH, LIST /BODANZKY
February 29, 1936
PAGLIACCI
MARTINELLI, MARIO, BONELLI, CEHANOVSKY /PANIZZA
February 29, 1936
GIANNI SCHICCHI (commentary after the opera)
HUEHN, BURKE, BOURSKAVA, BENTONELLI, SYMONS, VOTIPKA /PAPI
March 7, 1936
FIDELIO (commentary after each act)
FLAGSTAD, MAISON, HOFMANN, LIST, FLEISCHER, CLEMENS /BODANZKY
March 28, 1936
CARMEN (commentary after each act, and before act 4)
PONSELLE, MAISON, PINZA, BURKE /HASSELMANS
March 29, 1936
MANON Act 3 Sc 2 Bori farewell with tributes
BORI, CROOKS, ROTHIER – HASSELMANS
1936-1937 Season
December 26, 1936
SAMSON ET DALILA (commentary before Act 1 and after acts 1 and 2) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MAISON, WETTEGREN, PINZA, GURNEY, LIST /DE ABRAVANEL
January 2, 1937
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (commentary after act 3) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
FLAGSTAD, MELCHIOR, THORBORG, HUEHN, HOFMANN /BODANZKY
January 9, 1937
CARMEN complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PONSELLE, RAYNER, BODANYA, HUEHN /PAPI
January 16, 1937
DIE WALKURE (2 hrs of extracts from all 3 acts)
LAWRENCE, LEHMANN, MELCHIOR, SCHORR, THORBORG, LIST /BODANZKY
January 23, 1937
LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN (commentary before the prologue and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MAISON, BOVY, TIBBETT, PETINA, BADA /DE ABRAVANEL
January 30, 1937
SIEGFRIED (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MELCHIOR, FLAGSTAD, LAUFKOETTER, SCHORR, THORBORG, HABICH /BODANZKY
February 6, 1937
AIDA (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
CIGNA, MARTINELLI, CASTAGNA, MORELLI, PINZA /PANIZZA
February 13, 1937
MANON (commentary before and after act 1, after acts 2-5, Bori interview) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
SAYAO, RAYNER, BONELLI, BAROMEO /ABRAVENEL
February 20, 1937
NORMA (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
CIGNA, CASTAGNA, MARTINELLI, PINZA /PANIZZA
February 27, 1937
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (commentary before and after each act). complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PONS, JAGEL, BROWNLEE, PINZA /PAPI
March 6, 1937
LA TRAVIATA complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
SAYAO, KULLMAN, BROWNLEE /PANIZZA
March 13, 1937
MIGNON (commentary before acts 1 and 3, after act 1, act 2, Sc 1, act 2, Sc 2, and act 3) - complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
SWARTHOUT, HACKETT, ANTOINE, PINZA, OLHEIM, BADA /PELLETIER
March 20, 1937
FAUST complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
CROOKS, PINZA, BONELLI, JEPSON, / PELLETIER
March 27, 1937
LOHENGRIN (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MAISON, FLAGSTAD, BRANZELL, HUEHN, HOFMANN /DE ABRAVANEL
April 3, 1937
DAS RHEINGOLD (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
SCHORR, BRANZELL, HABICH, MAISON, DOE, CORDON, LIST /BODANZKY
April 10, 1937
HANSEL UND GRETEL (commentary before and after each act)
JESSNER, MARIO, DOE, MANSKI, GABOR /RIEDEL
April 10, 1937
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (commentary before and after the opera)
RETHBERG, RAYNER, MORELLI, PETTINA /PAPI
April 17, 1937
CARMEN (commentary before and after each act - except after act 3) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PONSELLE, MAISON, BURKE, HUEHN /PAPI
May 8, 1937
THE BARTERED BRIDE (commentary before acts 1 and 2, and after each act) - complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
BURKE, CHAMLEE, RASELY, D'ANGELO, BROWNING /PELLETIER
May 15, 1937
MIGNON (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
TOUREL, TOKATYAN, ANTOINE, ROTHIER, MATYAS /PELLETIER
May 22, 1937
MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY (commentary after acts 2 and 3) - complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
CARRON, TRAUBEL, RASELY, ROYER, GURNEY /PELLETIER
1937-1938 Season
December 11, 1937
LA TRAVIATA (commentary before and after each act – except after act 3)
BOVY, MARTINI, J.C. THOMAS /PANIZZA
December 18, 1937
DIE WALKURE (extracts act 1, 7 mins, acts 2 & 3 complete. Commentary after act 2)
LAWRENCE, FLAGSTAD, MELCHIOR, SCHORR, THORBORG, HOFMANN /BODANZKY
December 24, 1937
HANSEL UND GRETEL (commentary before acts 1 and 2, and after act 1)
JESSNER, MARIO, MANSKI, DOE, HABICH /RIEDEL
January 8, 1938
IL TROVATORE (extracts from Act 1 Sc 2, Act 3 Sc 2 and Act 4 Scs 1 & 2 total: 28 mins)
MARTINELLI, MILANOV, CASTAGNA, BONELLI, LAZZARI /PAPI
January 15, 1938
LA BOHEME (commentary after acts 2 and 4)
MOORE, LANDI, DICKSON, TAGLIABUE, CEHANOVSKY, PINZA /PAPI
January 22, 1938
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (commentary after each act)
J.C. THOMAS, PONS, LANDI, PINZA, MALATESTA, PETINA /PAPI
January 29, 1938
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (commentary after each act)
FLAGSTAD, MELCHIOR, WETTERGREN, HUEHN, LIST /BODANZKY
February 5, 1938
DER ROSENKAVALIER
THORBORG, LEHMANN, LIST, SCHORR, FISHER, DOE, MASSUE /BODANZKY
February 12, 1938
OTELLO (commentary before act 1 and after acts 2, 3, and 4)
MARTINELLI, RETHBERG, TIBBETT, MASSUE, VOTIPKA, /PANIZZA
February 19, 1938
LOHENGRIN (act 2 only)
MELCHIOR, FLAGSTAD, BRANZELL, HUEHN, HOFMANN /DE ABRAVANEL
February 26, 1938
AIDA (21 mins from acts 1 and 2)
MILANOV, MARTINELLI/JAGEL, CASTAGNA, TAGLIABUE, PINZA /PAPI
March 5, 1938
RIGOLETTO (c. 60 mins of extracts in the LOC)
TAGLIABUE, SAYAO, KIEPURA, PINZA, PETINA /PANIZZA
March 19, 1938
CARMEN (24 mins from Acts 1 and 2)
CASTAGNA, MAISON, FISHER, BROWNLEE /PAPI
April 15, 1938
PARSIFAL (Commentary before acts 2 and 3 after acts 1 and 2)
MELCHIOR, FLAGSTAD, SCHORR, LIST, GABOR /BODANZKY, LEINSDORF
April 16, 1938
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (commentary after act 2 and before act 3)
FLAGSTAD, MELCHIOR, BRANZELL, HUEHN, LIST /BODANZKY
1938-1939 Season
November 26, 1938
ORFEO ED ERIDICE (commentary before acts 1 and 4 and after each act)
THORBORG, JESSNER, MOREL /BODANZKY
December 3, 1938
OTELLO
MARTINELLI, CANIGLIA, TIBBETT, VOTIPKA, DE PAOLIS /PANIZZA
December 10, 1938
SIEGFRIED (final act extracts 44 mins - commentary after act 3)
HARTMANN, FLAGSTAD, WITTE, SCHORR, KASKAS, VOGEL /BODANZKY
December 17, 1938
MIGNON complete broadcast without intermissions in NYPL
STEVENS, CROOKS, ANTOINE, PINZA, OLHEIM /PELLETIER
December 31, 1938
FIDELIO
FLAGSTAD, MAISON, LIST, SCHORR, FARELL, LAUFKOETTER /BODAZKY
January 7, 1939
DER ROSENKAVALIER
STEVENS, LEHMANN, LIST, FARELL, SCHORR, MASSUE, DOE /BODANZKY
January 21, 1939
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
TIBBETT, RETHBERG, MARTINELLI, PINZA, WARREN /PANIZZA
January 28, 1939
LOUISE extracts exist
MOORE, MAISON, DOE, PINZA /PANIZZA
February 4, 1939
AIDA (extracts from Acts 3, final 15 mins & 4, final 8 mins, commentary after act 3)
MILANOV, GIGLI, CASTAGNA, TAGLIABUE, PINZA /PANIZZA
February 25, 1939
MANON complete broadcast without intermissions in NYPL
KIEPURA, BROWNLEE, SAYAO /PELLETIER
March 4, 1939
IL TROVATORE (extracts Act 1 Sc 2, 4 mins, Act 2 Sc 1, 5 mins, Act 3 Sc 1, 5 mins, Act 3 Sc 2, 5 mins, Act 4 Sc 2, 4 mins. Total 24 mins)
MARTINELLI, MILANOV, CASTAGNA, BONELLI, LAZZARI /PAPI
March 11, 1939
RIGOLETTO
TIBBETT, PONS, KIEPURA, OLHEIM, LAZZARI /PAPI
March 25, 1939
TANNHAUSER (extracts acts 2, 27 mins and 3, 22 mins - commentary after act 3)
MELCHIOR, FLAGSTAD, THORBORG, JANSSEN, LIST /LEINSDORF
April 8, 1939
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE some commentary in version in NYPL
FLAGSTAD, MELCHIOR, THORBORG, JANSSEN, LIST /BODANZKY
May 4, 1939
DIE MEISTERSINGER extracts exist
SCHORR, RETHBERG, KULLMAN, DOE, LAUFKOETTER, GABOR, LIST/BODANZKY
May 12, 1939
GOTTERDAMMERUNG (Prologue only broadcast, 31 mins, commentary before and after the prologue)
FLAGSTAD, MELCHIOR /BODANZKY
1939-1940 Season
December 2, 1939
DIE MEISTERSINGER (commentary before acts 1 & 3 after each act [intermission appeal by the Met Opera Guild in LOC])
SCHORR, JESSNER, KULLMAN, OLITZKI, BRANZELL, LAUFKOETTER, LIST /LEINSDORF
December 9, 1939
BORIS GODUNOV (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PINZA, DE PAOLIS, MOSCONA, KULLMAN, THORBORG, WARREN, CORDON /PANIZZA
December 16, 1939
TANNHAUSER commentary exists complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
LAHOLM, FLAGSTAD, PAULY, JANSSEN, LIST /LEINSDORF
December 23, 1939
LA TRAVIATA (commentary before and after act 1 and after all other acts) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
JEPSON, CROOKS, TIBBETT /PANIZZA
December 30, 1939
LA GIOCONDA (commentary before act 1 and after act 4)
MILANOV, MARTINELLI, CASTAGNA, KASKAS, MORELLI, MOSCONA /PANIZZA
January 6, 1940
LAKME (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PONS, TOKATYAN, PETINA, CEHANOVSKY, PINZA /PELLETIER
January 13, 1940
MANON (commentary before acts 1 & 2 and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MOORE, CROOKS, BROWNLEE, MOSCONA /PELLETIER
January 19, 1940
AIDA (act 2 only exists with commentary in NYPL)
BAMPTON, CARRON, CASTAGNA, WARREN / PANIZZA
January 20, 1940
ORFEO ED EURIDICE (commentary before and after each act, except before act 3) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
THORBORG, NOVOTNA, FARELL /LEINSDORF
January 27, 1940
LOHENGRIN (intermission features with Lucretia Bori and Mrs August Belmont in the LOC)
MELCHIOR, RETHBERG, THORBORG, HEUHN, LIST /LEINSDORF
February 3, 1940
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (commentary exists Intermission features in the LOC)
PONS, JAGEL, BONELLI, LAZZARI /PAPI
February 10, 1940
LA BOHEME (commentary before act 1; intermission feature about De Luca)
SAYAO, TOKATYAN, DICKEY, DE LUCA, CEHANOVSKY, PINZA /PAPI
February 17, 1940
DIE WALKURE (commentary before and after act 1 and after act 3, intermission features with Flagstad and Melchior and Mayor La Guardia)
FLAGSTAD, LAWRENCE, MELCHIOR, HUEHN, BRANZELL, LIST /LEINSDORF
February 24, 1940
OTELLO complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MARTINELLI, RETHBERG, TIBBETT, VOTIPKA, DE PAOLIS /PANIZZA
March 2, 1940
AIDA (commentary before and after each act and between scenes except before act 2) complete broadcast without intermissions in NYPL
BAMPTON, CARRON, CASTAGNA, WARREN, PINZA /PANIZZA
March 9, 1940
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
PINZA, SAYAO, RETHBERG, BROWNLEE, NOVOTNA, LAZZARI, PETINA /PANIZZA
March 10, 1940
FIRST TELEVISION SPECIAL (commentary throughout)
JOHNSON, CASTAGNA, JAGEL, ALBANESE, WARREN, BURKE, TOKATYAN, BONELLI /ST. LEGER, NBC ORCHESTRA
March 12, 1940
RIGOLETTO (extracts 8 mins special broadcast)
DE LUCA, PONS /PAPI
March 16, 1940
FAUST (commentary before act 1, after each act, between scenes, and after some individual arias)
CROOKS, JEPSON, PINZA, WARREN, BROWNING /PELLETIER
March 23, 1940
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (commentary before and after each act, except before act 3)
FLAGSTAD, MELCHIOR, THORBORG, HUEHN, LIST /LEINSDORF
March 30, 1940
DIE WALKURE (commentary before and after each act, except before act 2, Koussevitzky interval feature after act 2) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
LAWRENCE, LEHMANN, MELCHIOR, SCHORR, LIST, THORBORG /LEINSDORF
April 6, 1940
FAUST (commentary before and after act 1, and after all other acts) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
CROOKS, JEPSON, PINZA, WARREN, OLHEIM /PELLETIER
April 13, 1940
LA TRAVIATA (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
JEPSON, CROOKS, BROWNLEE /PANIZZA
1940-1941 Season
December 7, 1940
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO(commentary before and after each act plus complete intermission features 'At home with the Metropolitan Opera Guild' the opera question forum, and 'Our American Way of Living') complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PINZA, ALBANESE, RETHBERG, BROWNLEE, NOVOTNA, BACCALONI, PETINA /PANIZZA
December 14, 1940
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (commentary before and after each act, except before act 5 plus the first 3 intermissions features including 'Letters', 'At home with the Metropolitan Opera Guild' the opera question forum)
BJOERLING, MILANOV, SVED, CASTAGNA, ANDREVA /PANIZZA
December 21, 1940
DON PASQUALE (commentary before each act, after acts 2 & 3 intermission features in the LOC)
BACCALONI, SAYAO, MARTINI, VALENTINO /PAPI
December 28, 1940
LE FILLE DU REGIMENT (commentary before and after each act intermission features in the LOC) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PONS, JOBIN, PETINA, BACCALONI /PAPI
January 4, 1941
TANNHAUSER complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MELCHIOR, FLAGSTAD, THORBORG, JANSSEN, LIST /LEINSDORF
January 11, 1941
IL TROVATORE (commentary before act 1, act 2 sc1, act 4 sc1, and after each scene, intermission feature the opera question forum) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
BJOERLING, GRECO, CASTAGNA, VALENTINO, MOSCONA /CALUSIO
January 18, 1941
OTELLO (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MARTINELLI, ROMAN, TIBBETT, VOTIPKA, DE PAOLIS/PANIZZA
January 25, 1941
MADAMA BUTTERFLY (commentary before and after each act and intermission features, Opera Question Forum, Our American Way of Living and At Home with the Opera Guild)
ALBANESE, TOKATYAN, BROWNING, BROWNLEE, DE PAOLIS /PAPI
February 1, 1941
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (commentary before and after the opera, complete Opera Question Forum)
ROMAN, JAGEL, WARREN, KASKAS /CALUSIO
February 1, 1941
PAGLIACCI (commentary before and after the opera) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MARTINELLI, GRECO, TIBBETT, VALENTINO /CALUSIO
February 8, 1941
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (commentary before and after each act, except after act 1 plus intermission features of opera question forum and 'our American way of living')
MELCHIOR, FLAGSTAD, THORBORG, HUEHN, KIPNIS /LEINSDORF
February 15, 1941
L'AMORE DEI TRE RE (commentary before act 1 and after each act complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL)
MOORE, KULLMAN, BONELLI, PINZA /MONTEMEZZI
February 21, 1941
CARMEN* (act 2 only was broadcast)
SWARTHOUT, JOBIN, ALBANESE, WARREN /PELLETIER
February 22, 1941
FIDELIO (commentary before and after each scene) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
FLAGSTAD, MAISON, HUEHN, FARELL, KIPNIS, LAUFKOETTER /WALTER
March 1, 1941
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (commentary before act 1 and after each act intermission features in the LOC)
J.C. THOMAS, TUMINIA, LANDI, BACCALONI, PINZA, PETINA /PAPI
March 8, 1941
ALCESTIS (commentary before and after each act complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL )
BAMPTON, MAISON, WARREN /PANIZZA
March 15, 1941
CARMEN (commentary before and after act 1, after act 3 intermission features in the LOC)
SWARTHOUT, KULLMAN, ALBANESE, WARREN /PELLETIER
March 22, 1941
AIDA (commentary before and after each act, plus intermission features, 'Our American Way of Living', and 'Opera Question Forum')
ROMAN, MARTINELLI, CASTAGNA, WARREN, PINZA /PANIZZA
1941-42 Season
November 29, 1941
LA TRAVIATA
NOVOTNA, PEERCE, TIBBETT /PANIZZA
December 6, 1941
DIE WALKURE (commentary before act 1 and after each act)
TRAUBEL, VARNAY, MELCHIOR, SCHORR, THORBORG, KIPNIS /LEINSDORF
December 13, 1941
SAMSON ET DALILA (not complete missing first 10 mins of act 1) (commentary after each act)
STEVENS, MAISON, WARREN, CORDON, MOSCONA /PELLETIER
December 20, 1941
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO extracts exist
PINZA, SAYAO, RETHBERG, BROWNLEE, STEVENS, PECHNER, PETINA /PANIZZA
December 27, 1941
LAKME (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PONS, JOBIN, PINZA, PETINA, CEHANOVSKY /PELLETIER
January 3, 1942
L'ELISIR D'AMORE
LANDI, SAYAO, VALENTINO, BACCALONI /PANIZZA
January 10, 1942
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE
KULLMAN, NOVOTNA, BROWNLEE, BOK, KIPNIS, BODANYA, LAUFKOETTER /WALTER
January 17, 1942
LOHENGRIN (commentary after act 3)
MELCHIOR, VARNAY, THORBORG, JANSSEN, WARREN /LEINSDORF
January 24, 1942
CARMEN (commentary after act 1)
DJANEL, KULLMAN, ALBANESE, WARREN /BEECHAM
January 31, 1942
RIGOLETTO
WEEDE, REGGIANI, LANDI, CASTAGNA, MOSCONA / PANIZZA
February 7, 1942
TOSCA commentary exists
MOORE, JAGEL, SVED /PANIZZA
February 14, 1942
TANNHAUSER extracts exist
MELCHIOR, VARNAY, THORBORG, JANSSEN, KIPNIS /LEINSDORF
February 21, 1942
AIDA 58 mins of extracts of all acts
GRECO, JAGEL, CASTAGNA, J.C. THOMAS, MOSCONA /BREISACH
February 28, 1942
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
MARTINELLI, ROMAN, BONELLI, CASTAGNA, ANTOINE /PANIZZA
March 7, 1942
DON GIOVANNI complete broadcast without intermissions in NYPL
PINZA, BAMPTON, NOVOTNA, KIPNIS, SAYAO, KULLMAN, HARRELL, CORDON /WALTER
March 14, 1942
FAUST (80 mins of extracts; final 7 mins of act 2; final 42 mins of Act 3, Act 4 Sc 1, 8 mins, and Act 5 Sc 2, 21 mins, with commentary after act 5)
KULLMAN, ALBANESE, CORDON, WARREN, BROWNING /BEECHAM
1942-43 Season
November 28, 1942
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (commentary in Spanish before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PONS, PEERCE, VALENTINO, MOSCONA /ST. LEGER
December 5, 1942
LA TRAVIATA (commentary in Spanish after act1 and 4)
ALBANESE, KULLMAN, TIBBETT /SODERO
December 12, 1942
LA BOHEME (commentary in Spanish after acts 2, 3, and 4, and before acts 3 and 4)
MOORE, JAGEL, GRER, VALENTINO, ENGELMAN, PINZA /SODERO
December 19, 1942
TANNHAUSER (commentary in Spanish before act 1 and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MELCHIOR, TRAUBEL, THORBORG, JANSSEN, KIPNIS /SZELL
December 26, 1942
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE
KULLMAN, NOVOTNA, BROWNLEE, ANTOINE, PINZA, RAYMONDI, GARRIS /WALTER
January 2, 1943
LOHENGRIN (commentary in Spanish at end of opera) complete broadcast without intermissions in NYPL
MELCHIOR, VARNAY, THORBORG, JANSSEN, SVED /LEINSDORF
January 9, 1943
LAKME (commentary in Spanish before act 1 and after each act) complete broadcast without intermissions in NYPL
PONS, GERARD, OLHEIM, HARRELL, CORDON /PELLETIER
January 16, 1943
MANON (commentary in Spanish before act 1 and after each act) complete broadcast without intermissions in NYPL
SAYAO, KULLMAN, BROWNLEE, MOSCONA /BEECHAM
January 23, 1943
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (commentary in Spanish before act 1 and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
ROMAN, JAGEL, TIBBETT, PINZA, PETINA, BACCALONI /WALTER
January 30, 1943
FAUST (commentary in Spanish before and after each act) complete broadcast without intermissions in NYPL
JOBIN, ALBANESE, PINZA, J.C. THOMAS, BROWNING /BEECHAM
February 6, 1943
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE complete broadcast without intermissions in NYPL
MELCHIOR, TRAUBEL, THORBORG, HUEHN, KIPNIS /LEINSDORF
February 13, 1943
BORIS GODUNOV (commentary in Spanish before and after each act except before act 1) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
KIPNIS, DE PAOLIS, MOSCONA, MAISON, THORBORG, WARREN, CORDON /SZELL
February 20, 1943
LOUISE (commentary in Spanish before acts 1, 2 and 3, and after act 1, act 2 sc 1, act 2 sc 2, and act 4, in English after act 3) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MOORE, JOBIN, DOE, PINZA /BEECHAM
February 27, 1943
DIE WALKURE complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
TRAUBEL, BAMPTON, MELCHIOR, HUEHN, BRANZELL, LIST /LEINSDORF
March 6, 1943
AIDA (commentary in Spanish before act 1 and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MILANOV, MARTINELLI, CASTAGNA, BONELLI, CORDON /PELLETIER
March 13, 1943
IL TROVATORE complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
CARRON, ROMAN, THORBORG, VALENTINO, MOSCONA /SODERO
March 20, 1943
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MILANOV, JAGEL, KASKAS, VALENTINO /SODERO
March 20, 1943
PAGLIACCI (commentary in Spanish before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
MARTINELLI, FARELL, WARREN, CASSEL /SORDERO
March 27, 1943
CARMEN (commentary before acts 1, 3 and 4, after acts 2, 3 and 4, intermission features Chicago Victory Rally and opera forum quiz,) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
DJANEL, JOBIN, ALBANESE, WARREN /BEECHAM
April 3, 1943
DON GIOVANNI
PINZA, MILANOV, NOVOTNA, BACCALONI, SAYAO, MELTON, HARRELL, CORDON /BREISACH
April 10, 1943
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
BROWNLEE, SAYAO, MARTINI, BACCALONI, PINZA, PETINA /ST. LEGER
April 17, 1943
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (commentary in Spanish at end of opera) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PINZA, SAYAO, STEBER, BROWNLEE, NOVOTNA, BACCALONI, PETINA /BREISACH
April 24, 1943
LA TRAVIATA (commentary in Spanish before and after each act ) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
SAYAO, KULLMAN, WARREN /SODERO
1943-44 Season
November 27, 1943
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (commentary before act 1 sc 2, after prologue, Act 1, act 2 sc 2, and act 3)
ROMAN, JAGEL, TIBBETT, PINZA, BACCALONI, KASKAS /WALTER
December 4, 1943
BORIS GODUNOV
PINZA, DE PAOLIS, MOSCONA, TOKATYAN, THORBORG, WARREN, BACCALONI /SZELL
December 11, 1943
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (acts 2 and 3 commentary in Portuguese before and after act 2, and after act 3)
TRAUBEL, MELCHIOR, THORBORG, JANSSEN, CORDON /BEECHAM
December 18, 1943
RIGOLETTO
WARREN, PONS, KULLMAN, KASKAS, MOSCONA /SODERO
December 25, 1943
MIGNON (commentary before acts 1 and 3 in Spanish and after final act in English)
STEVENS, MELTON, MUNSEL, CORDON, BROWNING /BEECHAM
January 1, 1944
LA TRAVIATA (commentary before and after act 1 and after act 4)
ALBANESE, PEERCE, TIBBETT /SODERO
January 8, 1944
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (commentary at the end of the opera)
PONS, MELTON, WARREN, MOSCONA /SODERO
January 15, 1944
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA commentary exists
PEERCE, MILANOV, WARREN, THORBORG, GREER /WALTER
January 22, 1944
CARMEN (commentary before and after each act, except before act 4)
DJANEL, JOBIN, CONNER, SVED /BEECHAM
January 29, 1944
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
PINZA, SAYAO, STEBER, BROWNLEE, NOVOTNA, BACCALONI, PETINA /WALTER
February 5, 1944
TANNHAUSER
MELCHIOR, VARNAY, LAWRENCE, HUEHN, KIPNIS /BREISACH
February 12, 1944
NORMA commentary exists complete broadcast with partial intermissions in NYPL part of act 3 missing due to message from President Roosevelt
MILANOV, CASTAGNA, JAGEL, LAZZARI /SODERO
February 19, 1944
DER ROSENKAVALIER complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
NOVOTNA, JESSNER, LIST, CONNER, OLITZKI, GLAZ, BAUM /SZELL
February 26, 1944
LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN
JOBIN, MUNSEL, DJANEL, NOVOTNA, PINZA, SINGHER, BROWNING, PINZA, OLIVIERO /BEECHAM
March 4, 1944
LA BOHEME
SAYAO, MARTINI, CARROLL, BROWNLEE, CEHANOVSKY, LAZZARI /SODERO
March 11, 1944
FALSTAFF complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
WARREN, STEBER, BROWNLEE, HARSHAW, GREER, KULLMAN, BROWNING /BEECHAM
March 18, 1944
IL TROVATORE (commentary in Spanish before and after each act except before 4)
BAUM, MILANOV, WARREN, HARSHAW, MOSCONA /SODERO
March 25, 1944
PAGLIACCI (commentary after the opera)
JOBIN, ALBANESE, WARREN, VALENTINO /SODERO
March 25, 1944
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA extracts exist
FLESCH, TOKATYAN, PAULEE, VALENTINO /SODERO
April 1, 1944
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE extracts exist
KULLMAN, CONNER, BROWNLEE, BOWMAN, KIPNIS, RAYMONDI, GARRIS /WALTER
April 8, 1944
TOSCA (commentary in Spanish before act 1 and after act 3)
MOORE, KULLMAN, SVED /SODERO
April 15, 1944
FAUST (commentary before act 1 and after each act)
JOBIN, ALBANESE, PINZA, SINGHER, BROWNING /BEECHAM
April 22, 1944
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (75 mins of extracts from all acts, with commentary after the last two scenes)
PEERCE, MILANOV, WARREN, THORBORG, GREER /WALTER
April 29, 1944
LA BOHEME (Che Gelida Manina only)
ALBANESE, KULLMAN, GREER, BROWNLEE, CEHANOVSKY, PINZA /SODERO
May 6, 1944
CARMEN (24 mins of extracts from Acts 1 and 2 [c.105 mins exists from Acts 1 and 3 in the LOC and NYPL])
DJANEL, JOBIN, ALBANESE, VALENTINO /PELLETIER
1944-45 Season
December 2, 1944
DIE WALKURE complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
TRAUBEL, BAMPTON, MELCHIOR, JANSSEN, THORBORG, KIPNIS /SZELL
December 9, 1944
DON GIOVANNI complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PINZA, KIRK, STEBER, BACCALONI, SAYAO, KULLMAN, HARRELL, MOSCONA /SZELL
December 15, 1944
AIDA (extracts, Act 1 Scene 1 19 mins, Act 2 23 mins, Act 3 6 mins, Act 4 11 mins commentary after act 1 scene 1, and after act 4 ) complete broadcast without intermissions in NYPL
RESNIK, CARRON, THORBORG, VALENTINO, MOSCONA /COOPER
December 16, 1944
FAUST (extracts Act 1 complete except for overture, 17 mins, Act 2 complete, 22 mins, Act 3 complete, 53 mins, Act 4 Sc 1 8 mins, Act 4 Sc 2 8 mins, Act 5 Sc 2 11 mins [c.135 mins in the LOC]) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
JOBIN, ALBANESE, PINZA, SINGHER, LIPTON /PELLETIER
December 23, 1944
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (49 min extract from Act 2)
TRAUBEL, MELCHIOR, THORBORG, JANSSEN, KIPNIS /LEINSDORF
December 30, 1944
NORMA
MILANOV, TOUREL, JAGEL, CORDON /SODERO
January 6, 1945
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Act 1 Sc 2, Act 2 total 61 mins, commentary after act 1, before act 2, between Act 2, Sc 1 and Act 2 Sc 2, and after act 2)
MUNSEL, PEERCE, WARREN, MOSCONA /SODERO
January 13, 1945
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE (commentary after acts 1 and 2) complete broadcast without intermissions in NYPL
SAYAO, SINGHER, TIBBETT, HARSHAW, KIPNIS /COOPER
January 20, 1945
RIGOLETTO (8 mins from each act, total 24 mins)
WEEDE, ANTOINE, KULLMAN, CORDON, KASKAS /SODERO
January 27, 1945
MIGNON complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
STEVENS, MELTON, BENZELL, PINZA, BROWNING /PELLETIER
February 3, 1945
LA BOHEME (acts 1 and 2 exist)
SAYAO, PEERCE, GREER, VALENTINO, THOMPSON, MOSCONA /SODERO
February 10, 1945
DIE MEISTERSINGER (incomplete, missing first 30 mins of act 1 and last six mins of act 3. Commentary after act 1, before and after act 2, and before act 3) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL lacks the start of act 1, but with the end of the opera
JANSSEN, STEBER, KULLMAN, THORBORG, GARRIS, PECHNER, LIST /SZELL
February 17, 1945
LA TRAVIATA (commentary after acts 2 & 3)
ALBANESE, PEERCE, TIBBETT /SODERO
February 24, 1945
LOHENGRIN (commentary before act 1 and after acts 1 and 3)
MELCHIOR, VARNAY, THORBORG, SVED, CORDON /LEINSDORF
March 3, 1945
LA GIOCONDA
ROMAN, JAGEL, CASTAGNA, WARREN, MOSCONA, HARSHAW /COOPER
March 10, 1945
LE COQ D'OR (commentary before act 1 and after each act)
VOTIPKA, MUNSEL, CORDON, MARLOWE, HARSHAW /COOPER
March 17, 1945
FIDELIO (commentary before and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
RESNIK, CARRON, SCHON, ALVARY, GREER, GARRIS /WALTER
March 24, 1945
CARMEN (commentary before act 1 and after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
DJANEL, JOBIN, ALBANESE, VALENTINO /PELLETIER
March 31, 1945
IL TROVATORE (commentary after acts 1, 3 & 4)
BAUM, MILANOV, CASTAGNA, WARREN, MOSCONA /SODERO
1945-1946 Season
November 26, 1945
LOHENGRIN (commentary before and after act 1 and after acts 2 and 3)
RALF, TRAUBEL, THORBORG, JANSSEN, CORDON /BUSCH
December 1, 1945
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE
KULLMAN, CONNER, BENZELL, THOMPSON, PINZA, RAYMONDI, GARRIS /WALTER
December 8, 1945
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
PEERCE, MILANOV, WARREN, HARSHAW, ALARIE /WALTER
December 15, 1945
DIE MEISTERSINGER exists
GYNROD, STEBER, KULLMAN, THORBORG, GARRIS, PECHNER, LIST /SZELL
December 29, 1945
RIGOLETTO
WARREN, SAYAO, BJOERLING, LIPTON, CORDON /SODERO
January 5, 1946
IL TABARRO
ALBANESE, JAGEL, TIBBETT, HARSHAW /SODERO
January 5, 1946
DON PASQUALE
BACCALONI, SAYAO, MARTINI, BROWNLEE /BUSCH
January 12, 1946
LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
JOBIN, SINGHER, ALARIE, THEBOM, NOVOTNA, BROWNING, OLIVIERO /PELLETIER
January 19, 1946
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
ALBANESE, MELTON, BROWNING, BROWNLEE, DE PAOLIS /CIMARA
January 26, 1946
ROMEO ET JULIETTE
MUNSEL, JOBIN, MOSCONA, SINGHER, GREER /COOPER
February 2, 1946
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE exists
TRAUBEL, MELCHIOR, THORBORG, BERGLUND, KIPNIS /BUSCH
February 9, 1946
TOSCA
MOORE, PEERCE, TIBBETT /SODERO
February 16, 1946
DER ROSENKAVALIER
NOVOTNA, JESSNER, LIST, CONNER, OLITSKY, GLAZ, HAYWARD /SZELL
February 23, 1946
OTELLO
RALF, ROMAN, WARREN, LIPTON, DE PAOLIS /SZELL
March 2, 1946
LA BOHEME (commentary after act 1 & 3)
ROMAN, PEERCE, GREER, BROWNLEE, KENT, VAGHI /SODERO
March 9, 1946
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (commentary after act 1, Act 2 sc 1 and Act 2 Sc 2)
MUNSEL, PEERCE, VALENTINO, MOSCONA /CIMARA
March 16, 1946
LA GIOCONDA
MILANOV, TUCKER, STEVENS, WARREN, VAGHI, HARSHAW /COOPER
March 23, 1946
LA TRAVIATA
ALBANESE, TUCKER, WARREN /SODERO
March 30, 1946
DIE WALKURE
TRAUBEL, VARNAY, MELCHIOR, BERGLUND, THORBORG, LIST /BREISACH
1946-1947 Season
November 16, 1946
OTELLO (commentary after each act)
RALF, ROMAN, WARREN, LIPTON, DE PAOLIS /BUSCH
November 23, 1946
LAKME
PONS, JOBIN, JORDAN, SINGHER, VAGHI /FOURESTIER
November 30, 1946
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE intermissions in NYPL
TRAUBEL, SVANHOLM, HARSHAW, BERGLUND, ERNSTER /BUSCH
December 7, 1946
BORIS GODUNOV
PINZA, DE PAOLIS, MOSCONA, TUCKER, STEVENS, VALENTINO, BACCALONI /COOPER
December 14, 1946
DER ROSENKAVALIER complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
STEVENS, JESSNER, LIST, STEBER, LECHNER, GLAZ, BAUM /BUSCH
December 28, 1946
AIDA (commentary after each act and between scenes)
ROMAN, SVANHOLM, THEBOM, WARREN, MOSCONA /SODERO
January 4, 1947
FAUST
JOBIN, MAZELLA, PINZA, SINGHER, STELLMAN /FOURESTIER
January 11, 1947
THE WARRIOR (commentary after opera) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
HARRELL, RESNIK,SCHON /RUDOLF
January 11, 1947
HANSEL UND GRETEL (commentary after act 1 and before and after act 2, Texaco advert)
STEVENS, CONNER, VOTIPKA, TURNER, BROWNLEE /STIEDRY
January 18, 1947
ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (commentary after each act)
STEBER, KULLMAN, ALARIE, GARRIS, ERNSTER /COOPER
January 25, 1947
LOHENGRIN
MELCHIOR, TRAUBEL, HARSHAW, HAWKINS, ERNSTER /BUSCH
February 1, 1947
ROMEO ET JULIETTE complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
BJOERLING, SAYAO, MOSCONA, BENZELL, BROWNLEE /COOPER
February 8, 1947
MADAMA BUTTERFLY (commentary after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
RESNIK, KULLMAN, BROWNING, BROWNLEE, DE PAOLIS /SODERO
February 15, 1947
IL TROVATORE (extracts 45 mins)
BAUM, MILANOV, HARSHAW, WARREN, VAGHI /SODERO
February 22, 1947
CARMEN (commentary after each act) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
STEVENS, VINAY, CONNER, MERRILL /RUDOLF
March 1, 1947
RIGOLETTO (commentary after each act) intermissions in NYPL
WARREN, SCHYMBERG, PEERCE, LIPTON, VAGHI /SODERO
March 8, 1947
DIE WALKURE (Act 1, 37 mins, Act 2 47 mins, Act 3 54 mins including commentary after each act )
VARNAY, BAMPTON, MELCHIOR, JANSSEN, HARSHAW, MOSCONA /STIEDRY
March 15, 1947
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (extracts 64 mins)
PINZA, SCHYMBERG, STEBER, BROWNLEE, NOVOTNA, BACCALONI, GLAZ /BUSCH
1947-1948 Season
November 15, 1947
TOSCA (36 mins of extracts)
DOSIA, PEERCE, VALENTINO /ANTONICELLI
November 22, 1947
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
PEERCE, ILITSCH, WARREN, HARSHAW, ALARIE /ANTONICELLI
November 29, 1947
DIE MEISTERSINGER* (extracts act 1, 18 mins, act 2, 26 mins, Act 3, 6 mins, part of the opera quiz, 3 mins, commentary after acts 1 & 2)
JANSSEN, STOSKA, RALF, HARSHAW, GARRIS, PECHNER, ERNSTER /MARTIN
December 6, 1947
DON GIOVANNI complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
PINZA, RESNIK, STOSKA, BACCALONI, CONNER, KULLMAN, ALVARY, HINES /RUDOLF
December 13, 1947
MADAMA BUTTERFLY (extracts, Act 1, 36 mins, Act 2, 40 mins, Act 3, 25 mins, commentary after acts 1 and 3)
ALBANESE, MELTON, ALTMAN, BROWNLEE, DE PAOLIS /ANTONICELLI
December 20, 1947
MANON (commentary after acts 1, 3, 4, and 5)
SAYAO, KULLMAN, MOSCONA, SINGHER /FOURESTIER
December 27, 1947
IL TROVATORE (commentary after acts 1, 3 & 4)
BJOERLING, ROMAN, WARREN, HARSHAW, VAGHI /COOPER
January 3, 1948
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Act 1 complete, Act 2 nearly complete, Act 3 29 mins) (commentary after act 1 (v.brief), and after act 3)
TRAUBEL, MELCHIOR, THEBOM, BERGLUND, SZEKELY /BUSCH
January 10, 1948
LOUISE
KIRSTEN, JOBIN, HARSHAW, BROWNLEE /FOURESTIER
January 17, 1948
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR commentary exists
PONS, TAGLIAVINI, MERRILL, MOSCONA /CIMARA
January 31, 1948
LA BOHEME (commentary after each act and before act 1)
SAYAO, TAGLIAVINI, BENZELL, BROWNLEE, THOMPSON, MOSCONA /ANTONICELLI
February 7, 1948
CARMEN complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
STEVENS, VINAY, CONNER, SINGHER /PELLETIER
February 14, 1948
DER ROSENKAVALIER extracts exist NOVOTNA, JESSNER, LIST, STEBER, LECHNER, GLAZ, BAUM /BUSCH
February 21, 1948
AIDA exists nearly complete
ILITSCH/KIRK, BAUM, HARSHAW, WARREN, MOSCONA /COOPER
February 28, 1948
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
RESNIK, M. BERINI, BROWNLEE, LIPTON /ANTONICELLI
February 28, 1948
PAGLIACCI
VINAY, QUARTARARO, WARREN, THOMPSON /ANTONICELLI
March 6, 1948
TANNHAUSER
MELCHIOR, TRAUBEL, JANSSEN, VARNAY, SZEKELY /STIEDRY
March 13, 1948
PETER GRIMES (commentary before act 1 after act 3)
JAGEL, STOSKA, HARRELL, LIPTON, TURNER /COOPER
1948-1949 Season
December 4, 1948 MIGNON (commentary before and after each act, and between the two scenes of act 2) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
STEVENS, MELTON, COTLOW, MADEIRA, MOSCONA /PELLETIER
December 11, 1948
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE TRAUBEL, MELCHIOR, THEBOM, JANSSEN, ERNSTER /BUSCH
December 18, 1948
OTELLO
VINAY, ALBANESE, WARREN, LIPTON, GARRIS /BUSCH
December 25, 1948
LA BOHEME (commentary after act 1 and before and after act 4)
SAYAO, BJOERLING, BENZELL, VALENTINO, CEHANOVSKY, MOSCONA /ANTONICELLI
January 1, 1949
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR commentary exists
PONS, TAGLIAVINI, VALENTINO, HINES /CIMARA
January 8, 1949
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (commentary before act 1)
TAJO, SAYAO, STEBER, BROWNLEE, NOVOTNA, BACCALONI, TURNER /BUSCH
January 15, 1949
L'AMORE DEI TRE RE
KIRSTEN, KULLMAN, WEEDE, LAZZARI /ANTONICELLI
January 22, 1949
LA TRAVIATA
STEBER, DI STEFANO, MERRILL /ANTONICELLI
January 29, 1949
DIE WALKURE (commentary before and after act 1 and after act 3) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
TRAUBEL, BAMPTON, LORENZ, BERGLUNG, THORBORG, VICHEY /STIEDRY
February 5, 1949
L'ELISIR D'AMORE (commentary before and after each act)
TAGLIAVINI, SAYAO, VALENTINO, TAJO /ANTONICELLI
February 12, 1949
PETER GRIMES (commentary before and after each act and intermission feature, opera news on the air)
SULLIVAN, STOSKA, TIBBETT, LIPTON, MADEIRA /COOPER
February 19, 1949
AIDA (52 mins of extracts)
WELITSCH, JAGEL, HARSHAW, GUARRERA, HINES /COOPER
February 26, 1949
FALSTAFF (commentary before and after each scene) complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
WARREN, RESNIK, VALDENGO, ELMO, ALBANESE, DI STEFANO, LIPTON /REINER
March 5, 1949
CARMEN complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
STEVENS, BAUM, CONNER, MERRILL /PELLETIER
March 12, 1949
GIANNI SCHICCHI (commentary before and after the opera)
TAJO, ALBANESE, DI STEFANO, LENCHNER, VOTIPKA, ELMO /ANTONICELLI
March 12, 1949
SALOME (commentary before and after the opera)
WELITSCH, JAGEL, THORBORG, JANSSEN, SULLIVAN /REINER
March 19, 1949
RIGOLETTO (brief commentary before acts 1 and 3)
WARREN, MUNSEL, PEERCE, LIPTON, ERNSTER /CIMARA
1949-1950 Season
November 21, 1949 (TV)
DER ROSENKAVALIER, (commentary after acts 2 & 3, intermission interview with Reiner)
STEVENS, STEBER, LIST BERGER, THOMPSON, LIPTON, DI STEFANO /REINER
November 26, 1949
SAMSON ET DALILA complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
STEVENS, VINAY, MERRILL, HAWKINS, ERNSTER /COOPER
December 3, 1949
DER ROSENKAVALIER complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
STEVENS, STEBER, LIST, BERGER, THOMPSON, LIPTON, DI STEFANO /REINER
December 10, 1949
MANON LESCAUT (commentary after each act)
KIRSTEN, BJOERLING, VALDENGO, BACCALONI /ANTONICELLI
December 17, 1949
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
TRAUBEL, MELCHIOR, THEBOM, JANSSEN, SZEKELY /PERLEA
December 24, 1949
L'ELISIR D'AMORE
TAGLIAVINI, SAYAO, VALDENGO, BACCALONI /ANTONICELLI
December 31, 1949
FAUST complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
DI STEFANO, KIRSTEN, TAJO, WARREN, I. MANSKI /PELLETIER
January 7, 1950
LOHENGRIN commentary exists
MELCHIOR, TRAUBEL, VARNAY, JANSSEN, ERNSTER /STIEDRY
January 14, 1950
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
MUNSEL, PEERCE, VALENTINO, HINES /CIMARA
January 21, 1950
TOSCA commentary exists
ROMAN, TAGLIAVINI, SVED /ANTONICELLI
January 28, 1950
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
WARREN, VARNAY, TUCKER, SZEKELY, VALDENGO /STIEDRY
February 4, 1950
CARMEN exists
STEVENS, BAUM, CONNER, GUARRERA /PERLEA
February 11, 1950
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
TAJO, SAYAO, BROWNLEE, STEBER, NOVOTNA, BACCALONI, TURNER /REINER
February 18, 1950
MADAMA BUTTERFLY (extracts, Act 1 45 mins, Act 2 42 mins, Act 3 26 mins)
ALBANESE, MELTON, ALTMAN, BROWNLEE, DE PAOLIS /ANTONICELLI
February 25, 1950
KHOVANSHCHINA complete broadcast with intermissions in NYPL
TIBBETT, SULLIVAN, STEVENS, HINES, KULLMAN, WEEDE /COOPER
March 4, 1950
RIGOLETTO (commentary before acts 1 and 4)
WARREN, MUNSEL, PEERCE, MOSCONA, LIPTON /PERLEA
March 11, 1950
AIDA commentary exists
WELITSCH, VINAY, HARSHAW, MERRILL, HINES /COOPER
March 18, 1950
DIE WALKURE (short commentary after act 2, before act3)
TRAUBEL, BAMPTON, LORENZ, JANSSEN, THEBOM, LIST /STIEDRY
March 25, 1950
LA BOHEME
ALBANESE, TUCKER, HUNT, BROWNLEE, CEHANOVSKY, MOSCONA /ANTONICELLI
