Vanessa
Subtitle: [opera in 4 acts]
By: Barber ; Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti]
Contributors: Steber, Eleanor; Gedda, Nicolai; Elias, Rosalind; Tozzi, Giorgio; Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013; Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960; Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848; Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886; Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886; Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: RCA Victor
Published: 1958
Place of publication: New Jersey]
Language: eng
Subjects: Operas; Excerpts
Notes: Automatic sequence.

Program notes by Francis Robinson, synopsis, and libretto ([24] p.) laid in container.

Includes excerpts from Lucia di Lammermoor, by Donizetti, La Gioconda, by Ponchielli, and Cavalleria rusticana, by Mascagni.

Eleanor Steber (Vanessa) ; Nicolai Gedda (Anatol) ; Rosalind Elias (Erika) ; Giorgio Tozzi (The old doctor) ; Regina Resnik (The old baroness) ; with supporting soloists ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Dimitri Mitropolous, conductor.
Table of contents: title: Vanessa  -- Samuel Barber; title: Chi mi frena, from Lucia di Lammermoor  -- by Donizetti; title: O monumento and Suicidio from La Gioconda  -- by Ponchielli; title: Ah! lo vedi from Cavalleria rusticana -- by Mascagni.