Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera House, also known as the Old Metropolitan Opera House and Old Met, was an opera house located at 1411 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City. Opened in 1883 and demolished in 1967, it was the first home of the Metropolitan Opera. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1883
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1902 - 1942
Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | CVE-40665 | 12-in. | 10/26/1927 | Innegiamo il Signor | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-40666 | 10-in. | 10/26/1927 | Son quà! | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-40698 | 10-in. | 11/7/1927 | O Isis und Osiris | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-40699 | 12-in. | 11/7/1927 | Gli aranci olezzano | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-41000 | 10-in. | 11/7/1927 | Andiam! | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-41001 | 10-in. | 11/7/1927 | Scorrendo uniti remota via | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41073 | 12-in. | 11/29/1927 | Marinaresca | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41074 | 12-in. | 11/29/1927 | Ah, pescator affonda l'esca | Giuseppe De Luca | Baritone vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41075 | 12-in. | 11/29/1927 | Povero Rigoletto! | Giuseppe De Luca | Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal chorus, female vocal soloist, and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41076 | 12-in. | 11/29/1927 | Temple scene | Giovanni Martinelli ; Ezio Pinza | Vocal duet (tenor and bass), with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41095 | 12-in. | 12/3/1927 | Non parti? | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41096 | 12-in. | 12/3/1927 | Maledizione | Ezio Pinza | Bass vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41097 | 12-in. | 12/3/1927 | Ite sul colle | Ezio Pinza | Bass vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41225 | 12-in. | 12/12/1927 | Giusto cielo! Rispondete | Beniamino Gigli ; Ezio Pinza | Vocal duet (tenor and bass), with vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41226 | 12-in. | 12/12/1927 | Tu che a Dio spiegasti | Beniamino Gigli ; Ezio Pinza | Vocal duet (tenor and bass), with male vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41227 | 12-in. | 12/12/1927 | Tombe degl' avi miei | Beniamino Gigli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41232 | 12-in. | 12/16/1927 | Lucia : Sextette | Angelo Bada ; Giuseppe De Luca ; Amelita Galli-Curci ; Beniamino Gigli ; Louise Homer ; Ezio Pinza | Vocal chorus (soprano, contralto, 2 tenors, baritone, and bass), with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41233 | 12-in. | 12/16/1927 | Rigoletto : Quartet | Giuseppe De Luca ; Amelita Galli-Curci ; Beniamino Gigli ; Louise Homer | Vocal quartet (soprano, contralto, tenor, and baritone), with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41234 | 12-in. | 12/16/1927 | Imponete | Giuseppe De Luca ; Amelita Galli-Curci | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41235 | 12-in. | 12/16/1927 | Dite alla giovine | Giuseppe De Luca ; Amelita Galli-Curci | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-41236 | 10-in. | 12/16/1927 | Veglia o donna | Giuseppe De Luca ; Amelita Galli-Curci | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-41237 | 10-in. | 12/16/1927 | Piangi, fanciulla | Giuseppe De Luca ; Amelita Galli-Curci | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41298 | 12-in. | 1/5/1928 | Brindisi : Viva il vino spumeggiante | Beniamino Gigli | Tenor vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-41299 | 10-in. | 1/5/1928 | O Isis und Osiris | Ezio Pinza | Bass vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41600 | 12-in. | 1/5/1928 | Temple scene | Ezio Pinza | Bass vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus, female vocal soloist, and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41650 | 12-in. | 1/26/1928 | Habanera | Maria Jeritza | Soprano vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-41651 | 12-in. | 1/26/1928 | Chanson bohême (Les tringles de sistres) | Maria Jeritza | Soprano vocal solo, with contralto vocal solo and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-43613 | 12-in. | 4/5/1928 | Oh, Caesar, great wert thou! | Lawrence Tibbett | Baritone vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-43614 | 12-in. | 4/5/1928 | Nay, Maccus, lay him down | Lawrence Tibbett | Baritone vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-43615 | 12-in. | 4/5/1928 | O sommo Carlo | Grace Anthony ; Giuseppe De Luca ; Alfio Tedesco [i.e., Alfredo Tedeschi] | Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and baritone, with chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-43616 | 12-in. | 4/5/1928 | Cortigiani, vil razza | Giuseppe De Luca | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-49015 | 12-in. | 12/24/1928 | O Dieu, Dieu de nos pères | Giovanni Martinelli | Tenor vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-49016 | 12-in. | 12/24/1928 | Si trahison ou perfidie | Giovanni Martinelli ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Giulio Setti | Tenor vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-49017 | 12-in. | 12/24/1928 | Feste! Pane! | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-49018 | 10-in. | 12/24/1928 | Coro delle zingarelle | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-49019 | 10-in. | 12/24/1928 | Coro dei matadori | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-49031 | 12-in. | 12/31/1928 | Casta diva | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Rosa Ponselle ; Giulio Setti | Soprano vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-49032 | 12-in. | 12/31/1928 | Casta diva | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Rosa Ponselle ; Giulio Setti | Soprano vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-49703 | 12-in. | 1/30/1929 | Mira Norma | Rosa Ponselle ; Marion Telva | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-49704 | 12-in. | 1/30/1929 | Mira Norma | Rosa Ponselle ; Marion Telva | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-49799 | 10-in. | 3/28/1929 | Choeur des cigarieres | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-51100 | 10-in. | 3/28/1929 | Jagerchor | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-51101 | 10-in. | 3/28/1929 | Coro pastorelle | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-51102 | 12-in. | 3/28/1929 | Or co' dadi, ma fra poco | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-51116 | 12-in. | 4/3/1929 | Te deum | Lawrence Tibbett | Baritone vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-51117 | 12-in. | 4/3/1929 | Chanson du toreador | Lawrence Tibbett | Baritone vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-51133 | 10-in. | 4/8/1929 | Le veau d'or | Ezio Pinza | Bass vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-51134 | 10-in. | 4/8/1929 | Ah! Del tebro | Ezio Pinza | Bass vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-51148 | 10-in. | 4/10/1929 | Assassini! | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi | Tenor vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-51149 | 10-in. | 4/10/1929 | Legende of Kleinzach | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi | Tenor vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-51150 | 10-in. | 4/10/1929 | Gioielli della Madonna : Serenata | Giuseppe De Luca ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Giulio Setti | Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-51151 | 12-in. | 4/10/1929 | Di Provenza il mar | Giuseppe De Luca | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-59722 | 12-in. | 3/24/1930 | O welche Lust | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Giulio Setti | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | BVE-59723 | 10-in. | 3/24/1930 | Per me ora fatale | Giuseppe De Luca ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Giulio Setti | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra and male vocal chorus | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-59745 | 12-in. | 4/9/1930 | Splendon piu belle | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Ezio Pinza ; Giulio Setti | Bass vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-59754 | 12-in. | 4/17/1930 | Treulich geführt | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-59755 | 12-in. | 4/17/1930 | Kermesse : Vin ou biere | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Victor | CVE-59756 | 12-in. | 4/17/1930 | Ainsi que la brise legere | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Giulio Setti | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49331 | 12-in. | 3/8/1918 | Madame Butterfly : Selections | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49332 | 12-in. | 3/8/1918 | Madame Butterfly : Selection | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49334 | 12-in. | 3/12/1918 | Dance of the hours : Excerpts | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49335 | 12-in. | 3/12/1918 | Faust : Ballet music | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49336 | 12-in. | 3/12/1918 | Faust : Ballet music | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49337 | 12-in. | 3/12/1918 | Coronation march | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49344 | 12-in. | 3/15/1918 | Carmen : Selections | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49345 | 12-in. | 3/18/1918 | Pagliacci : Selections | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49360 | 12-in. | 3/26/1918 | Il trovatore : Selection | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49361 | 12-in. | 3/26/1918 | Wine, women and song | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49362 | 12-in. | 3/26/1918 | The skaters | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49365 | 12-in. | 4/1/1918 | Aïda : March | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49366 | 12-in. | 4/1/1918 | Rigoletto : Selections | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49717 | 12-in. | 10/10/1919 | Vespri siciliani : Overture | Giuseppe Bamboschek ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49718 | 12-in. | 12/10/1919 | La bohème : Selections | Giuseppe Bamboschek ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49719 | 12-in. | 12/10/1919 | La bohème : Selections | Giuseppe Bamboschek ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49721 | 12-in. | 12/13/1919 | Lucia di Lammermoor : Selections | Giuseppe Bamboschek ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49722 | 12-in. | 12/13/1919 | Faust : Selections | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49723 | 12-in. | 12/17/1919 | Faust : Selections | Giuseppe Bamboschek ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49726 | 12-in. | 12/17/1919 | Traviata : Selections | Giuseppe Bamboschek ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 49727 | 12-in. | 12/17/1919 | Traviata : Selections | Giuseppe Bamboschek ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 98022 | 12-in. | 4/13/1922 | Zampa : Overture | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 98023 | 12-in. | 4/13/1922 | Soldiers' chorus; arranged | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 98024 | 12-in. | 4/14/1922 | Prince Igor | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 98025 | 12-in. | 4/14/1922 | Tannhäuser : March | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 59456 | 12-in. | 1917 | Das Herz am Rhein | Carl Braun | Instrumental ensemble | Musical group | |
| Columbia | 59647 | 12-in. | Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen | George Meader | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | ||
| Brunswick | XE15474 | 12-in. | 4/8/1925 | Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Brunswick | XE15472-XE15473 | 12-in. | 4/8/1925 | Cavalleria rusticana : Prelude | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Gennaro Papi | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Brunswick | E15577-E15580 | 10-in. | 4/17/1925 | Carmen | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Gennaro Papi | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Brunswick | E15581-E15583 | 10-in. | 4/17/1925 | Carmen | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Gennaro Papi | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Brunswick | XE15584-XE15585 | 12-in. | 4/17/1925 | Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Gennaro Papi | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8000] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Faust : Ballet music, no. 1 | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8001] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Serenade | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8002] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Kamennoi-ostrow | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8003] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Die Meistersinger : Overture | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8004] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Rienzi overture | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8005] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Faust : Ballet music, no. 2 | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8006] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Tristan und Isolde : Liebestod | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8007] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Hungarian rhapsody, no. 3 | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8009] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Die Walkure : Magic fire scene | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8010] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | The Flying Dutchman : Sailors' chorus | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8011] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Brahms' Hungarian dances, no. 1 | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8012] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Tannhauser : Hunting horns | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8013] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Xerxes : Largo | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8014] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Wedding procession | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8015] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Brahms' Hungarian dances, no. 2 | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8016] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Sylvia : Procession of Bacchus | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8017] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Lohengrin : Introduction to Act III | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cylinder 8018] | 2-minute | between 1899 and 1902 | Traumerie | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | Musical group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Metropolitan Opera Orchestra," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104506.
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104506.
"Metropolitan Opera Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Discogs: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Britannica: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84028503
Wikidata: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6825160
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/143766593
MusicBrainz: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ff08a478-c4af-40f2-81fd-5421db1c1683
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