New York City Opera records, 1924-2019, bulk 1965-1991

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Series X: Audio-Visual, 1944-2013

Series consists of films, audio, and video recordings of operas produced by NYCO, dating from 1944 to 2013. Some materials are commercially produced.

All original copies of audio and moving image media are closed until after reformatting. Please contact the RBML at rbml@columbia.edu to discuss access options.

Arranged by format.


Subseries X.1: Phonograph Records, 1944-1986

All commercially produced.



Box 224 New York City Opera ... performs the opera house version (1982) of Candide., 1986, 2 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Author: Leonard Bernstein; John Mauceri; Voltaire; Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.; New York City Opera. Publisher: New York : New World Records, 1986.


Box 224 Beverly Sills & Sherrill Milnes - Up in Central Park : duets from operetta & musical comedy, 1978, 1 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Publisher: [S.l.] : Capitol Records, ℗1978.


Box 224 The merry widow : highlights, 1978, 1 phonograph records

Commercially produced. By Franz Lehár; Beverly Sills; Glenys Fowles; Alan Titus; Henry Price; Julius Rudel; Victor Léon; Leo Stein; New York City Opera. Orchestra.; New York City Opera. Chorus. Publisher: Hollywood, California : Capitol Records, ℗1978.


Box 224 Silverlake : a winter's tale ; selections of Weill's incidental music, 1980, 2 phonograph records

Commercially produced. By Kurt Weill; Hugh Wheeler; Georg Kaiser; Lys Symonette; Julius Rudel; Joel Grey; William Neill; Elisabeth Hynes; New York City Opera Orchestra. Publisher: New York, N.Y Nonesuch Records [1980] ℗1980.


Box 224 Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti live from Lincoln Center, Volume One, 1981, 1 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Unopen. by Joan Sutherland; Marilyn Horne; Luciano Pavarotti; Richard Bonynge; Giuseppe Verdi; Vincenzo Bellini; Giacomo Puccini; Amilcare Ponchielli; Gioacchino Rossini; New York City Opera. Orchestra. Publisher: London : Decca, 1981.


Box 224 Sing children sing : songs of the United States of America, 1977, 1 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Author: Robert De Cormier; Mildred Hohner; New York City Opera. Children's Chorus. Publisher: New York : Caedmon, ℗1977.


Box 224 Julius Caesar, 1967, 3 phonograph records

Commercially produced. By Georg Friedrich Händel; William Beck; Eugenia Earle; Maureen Forrester; Nicola Francesco Haym; Julius Rudel; Norman Treigle; Beverly Wolff; New York City Opera Chorus; New York City Opera Orchestra. Publisher: New York, NY : RCA, c 1967.


Box 224 Carry Nation ; an opera in 2 acts, [1968], 1 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Unopen. By Douglas Moore; Ellen Faull; Beverly Wolff; Julian Patrick; Arnold Voketaitis; Samuel Krachmalnick; New York City Opera. Publisher: Desto [1968]



Box 225 The ballad of Baby Doe, 1959, 3 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Unopen. By Douglas Moore; John Latouche; Beverly Sills; Frances Bible; Walter Cassel; Emerson Buckley; New York City Opera. Publisher: [Hamburg, Germany] : Deutsche Grammophon, [1976?] 1959.


Box 225 Satyagraha, 1985, 3 phonograph records

Commercially produced. By Philip Glass; Christopher Keene; Douglas Perry; Claudia Cummings; Rhonda Liss; Robert McFarland; Scott Reeve; Constance DeJong; New York City Opera. Chorus.; New York City Opera. Orchestra. Publisher: [Netherlands] : CBS, 1985. Series: CBS Records Masterworks.


Box 225 Highlights from Verdi's Aïda, [1951], 4 phonograph records

Commercially produced. 45 RPM. By Giuseppe Verdi; László Halász; Camilla Williams; Lydia Ibarrondo; Giulio Gari; Lawrence Winters; New York City Opera. Language: Italian. Publisher: [Hollywood, Calif.] : M-G-M, [195-?]


Box 225 Highlights from Gounod's Faust, [1951], 4 phonograph records

Commercially produced. 45 RPM. By Charles Gounod; Frances Yeend; Rudolf Petrak; Norman Scott; Frances Bible; Walter Cassel; László Halász; New York City Opera. Language: French. Publisher: [U.S.] : M-G-M, [1951]


Box 225 Coloratura Soprano Eileen Di Tullio, undated, 1 phonograph records

Commercially produced. "Recorded during performance, Town Hall, New York City." "Management: Eleanor Morrison, 327 Centra Park West, N.Y.C."

A1: Bel Raggio Lusinghier (Semiramide) Composed By – Rossini*

A2: Care Selve (Atalanta) Composed By – Handel*

A3: Ach, Ich Liebte (Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail) Composed By – Mozart*

B1: Ombre Légère (Dinorah) Composed By – Meyerbeer*

B2: Il Faut Partir (La Fille Du Régiment) Composed By – Donizetti*



Box 226 PUCCINI: La boheme: "Mi chiamano Mimi." (Irma Gonzalez); LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci: "Vesti la giubba." (Norbert Ardelli), 1944 September, 1 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Accession 2020.2021.M063.

Irma Gonzales, Soprano* With The New York City Center Opera Orchestra* Conducted By Laszlo Halasz / Norbert Ardelli With The New York City Center Opera Orchestra* Conducted By Laszlo Halasz – La Bohême: Mi Chiamano Mimi / I Pagliacci: Vesti La Giubba

Side A: La Bohême: Mi Chiamano Mimi, Composed By – Puccini*

Side B: I Pagliacci: Vesti La Giubba, Composed By – Leoncavallo*

Matrix / Runout (Side A [Label]): VP 692

Matrix / Runout (Side B [Label]): VP 693


Box 226 David Tamkin – The Dybbuk, after 1967, 2 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Accession 2020.2021.M063.

Label: Phoenix (6) – IX. Recorded at the world premiere of the music-drama at the City Center, New York October 4th, 1951. The record was released after 1967.


Box 226 Handel - Norman Treigle, Beverly Sills, New York City Opera, Julius Rudel – Highlights From Handel's Julius Caesar, 1967, 1 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Accession 2020.2021.M063.

Label: RCA Red Seal – LSC-3116.

Includes a 4 page Libretto insert.


Box 226 Marc Blitzstein, Brenda Lewis, Elisabeth Carron, Carol Brice, Joshua Hecht, New York City Opera Orchestra, New York City Opera Chorus, Samuel Krachmalnick – Regina, 1958, 3 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Accession 2020.2021.M063.

Label: Columbia Masterworks – O3S 202. with Libretto. Based on "Little Foxes" by Lillian Hellman


Box 226 Kurt Weill - New York City Opera – Silverlake (A Winter's Tale), 1980, 2 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Accession 2020.2021.M063.

Label: Nonesuch – DB-79003


Box 226 Jack Beeson – Lizzie Borden: A Family Portrait In Three Acts, circa 1965, 3 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Accession 2020.2021.M063.

Label: Desto Records – D-455/6/7

"Lizzie Borden was given its world premiere by the New York City Opera on March 25, 1965 with the aid of the Ford Foundation."


Box 226 New York City Opera, Emerson Buckley, Arthur Miller, Robert Ward (6), Bernard Stambler, Frances Bible, Chester Ludgin, Patricia Brooks – The Crucible, 1961, 2 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Accession 2020.2021.M063.

Label: Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) – CRI 168

Pulitzer Prize - 1962. N.Y. Critics Circle Citation - 1962. Original Production staged by Allen Fletcher. Julius Rudel, General Director.


Box 226 Highlights From - Verdi's "Aida" / Gounod's "Faust", circa 1951, 1 phonograph records

Commercially produced. Accession 2020.2021.M063.

GOUNOD Faust (excerpts). Laszlo Halasz, conductor VERDI Aida (excerpts). Laszlo Halasz, conductor MGM E3023


Subseries X.2: Film, undated



Box 214 WNYC, undated, 1 film reels

Eastman Kodak Company. 37388.


Subseries X.3: Reel to Reel Audio Tapes, 1959-1979


Box 214 Wings of the Dove, Part I-II, circa 1961-1962, 2 open reel audiotapes

Piano recording made by the composer of the Wings of the Dove.

Side 1: I.1 0'-245'; I.2 (to page 63) 246'-end.

Side 2: I.2 (from page 63) 0'-84'; I.3: 87'-291'; II.2 (to page 130): 293'-end.


Box 214 Johann-Wolfgang-Amerika, circa 1960s, 1 open reel audiotapes

9 1/2 Halbspur. Beide Seiten Bespielt


Box 214 Midsummer Night's Dream I, circa 1963 or 1965, 1 open reel audiotapes

Britton. Side 1: Disc side (2 of 7), Act I Part I closing with Rustics first scene p.65 in score.


Box 214 Midsummer Night's Dream II, circa 1963 or 1965, 1 open reel audiotapes

Side 1: Disc side (3 of 7), Act I Part II concluded p.98; Disc side (4 of 7) Act II Part I, p.99 inscore to p.135 (3 bars before 42).

Side 2: Disc side (7 of 7) Act III concluded beginning at [59] End of opera.


Box 214 Midsummer Night's Dream III, circa 1963 or 1965, 1 open reel audiotapes

Side 1: Disc side (4 of 7), Act II beginning 3 bars before 42; Disc side (5 of 7) beginning at [53] to end of Act II.

Side 2: Disc side (6 of 7) Act III Part I to [59].


Box 214 Servant of Two Masters, Act 1-2, circa 1967, 2 open reel audiotapes

Copy A and Copy B.


Box 214 The Ballad of Baby Doe, circa 1960s, 1 open reel audiotapes

7 minutes 55 seconds. #1: 3 people Dr. Moore, Julius Rudel, Walter Cassel, Frances Bible. #2 Second with [Ludgert Kobort?]


Box 214 Flaming Angel, 1965, 2 open reel audiotapes

Tape 1 side 1: Act I Scene 1-2; side 2: Act I Scene 3, Act 2 complete.

Tape 2 side 1: Act 3 Scene 1-2; side 2: Act 3 concluded.


Box 214 Angel of Fire/Flaming Angel, 1965 September 12, 1 open reel audiotapes

Origins: Sadler's Wells. Performance date: July 31, 1965. Conductor: Leon Lovett. List of roles included.


Box 214 [WHBC/Blank], undated, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 214 Le Coq d'Or, 1967 October 07, 1 open reel audiotapes

Also dated on box "NY City Opera, September 21, 1967, Ruth Hider."


Box 214 Lucia di Lammermoor, 1973 February 24, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 214 Bob Nash's Music: 3 Cats, Butterfly, Reel 2, circa 1960s-1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 214 Excerpts from I Pagliacci, circa 1960s-1970s, 4 open reel audiotapes

Reel 4: Tonio-Bob Paul, Messa-Judith Anthony, Canio-John Stanford, Silvio-, Thomas Martin on Piano.


Box 214 Makropulos Affair, 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 214 Martin Sokol Interviews, 1975 November 09, 2 open reel audiotapes

Hour #1. Reel 1: [Wohers?], Tom Kelly, Chorus Members, Bob Ross. Reel 2: Ballet Dancers, overture: Fledermaus.


Box 214 Phyllis Curtin, circa 1970s, 2 open reel audiotapes

1 master reel.


Box 214 Thea Musgrave Conversation: Sills and Women in Opera, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 214 Beverly Sills, Women in Opera, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 214 Waltz, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

Side 1: Die Fledermaus Ov., Pizzicato Polka, Perpetual Motion, Tales of Vienna Woods, Rosenkavalier Waltzes, Blue Danube Waltz, Acceleration.

Side 2: Pittsburgh Symphony Orin, Adele Waltz, Emperon Waltz, Pizzicato, Perpetual Mobile, Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Annen Polka, Rosenravalier Waltz, Sleeping ... Waltz


Box 214 Waltzes/Blank, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes



Box 215 Martha's Music, circa 1970s, 2 open reel audiotapes

Reel 1: 7. Bleecker Street-Side 3 near beginning, mezzo aria beginning after, please take me in. 8. Beverly Sills, Julius Rudel-Welcome to Vienna, Side one B and one, Side one B and two. 9. Trovatore Side Two B and Four. 10. [Bogy Bass Sonat] Side 3-Bass ... is my woman now, 3/4 into record. 11. Julius Caesar-side one band one non ... 12. Beverly Sills ...opera-sdie one Band one Gavotti.

Reel 2: 2nd 1/2 Manon, and Maria Stuarda.


Box 215 WQXR Interview: Martha Moore Sykes, circa 1964, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 Operathon/NY City Opera Guild: Martha Moore Sykes Interviews, Guild, circa 1964, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 Eileen Schauler, circa 1960s-1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

2 cuts


Box 215 Directors: Hal Prince, Frank Corsaro, circa 1960s-1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

5:33-6:00 (Sat.) #4


Box 215 Beeson/Schauler, circa 1960s-1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 NYC Operathon WNCN; Julius Caesar Interviews, 1975 November 08, 1 open reel audiotapes

Side 1: NYC Operathon WNCN 4-7.

Side 2: Julius Caesar Interviews: Harold Prince, Frank Corsaro, Tito Capobianco.


Box 215 Operathon II: Caesar Intermission Interview, 1975 November 08, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 Operathon: John Lankston, Magic Flute (practice tape), circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 Operathon: Ed Pierson, Witches, Elves, Goblins, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 Interview: Bob Ross; Excerpt: Lucrezia Borgia (Shirley Verrett), circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 I Puritani, 1st Intermission Interview, circa 1974-1975, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 I Puritani, 2nd Intermission, circa 1974-1975, 1 open reel audiotapes

Telephone 2nd intermission. Feature Between 2nd and 3rd Acts of I Puritani.


Box 215 Brenda Boozer Interview-Audition; Popper Interview, circa 1970s, 2 open reel audiotapes

1st Reel: Time 13 min 21 sec.


Box 215 Dwight Bowes, NYCO Theater, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

1/2 hour #2


Box 215 American Scene, Reel 1 of 6, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

Scenes: Baby Doe, Trouble in Tahiti.


Box 215 Pianist's 1/2 Hour, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

Saturday 4:00-4:30.


Box 215 Gary Glaze, Tenor, 1974 July 24, 1 open reel audiotapes

Verdi: Mcbeth. McDuff Aria, Act IV. Colorado Opera Festival. Donald Jenkins, Conductor.


Box 215 J. S. Cabot, Opera Guild, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

"Blank Tape"


Box 215 Excerpts-American Operas, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

Old Maid and The Thief, Regina, Tender Land, Interview: Chester Ludgin.


Box 215 Unlabeled, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 Interview with Norman Singer, 25th Anniversary; Wendy Barrie Show, 1968 October 03, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 Commercial: City Center, Long Version, 1974 October, 1 open reel audiotapes

"Archures". Produced by: Cohen Pasqualina and Lowe


Box 215 Radio Commercial: City Center, Membership Drive, Short Version, 1974 October, 1 open reel audiotapes

Produced by: Cohen Pasqualina and Lowe


Box 215 Voice of America, 1959 April 28, 1 open reel audiotapes

Roundtable on NY City Opera All American Spring Season. Time 12:15.


Box 215 Operathon Mystery Spots, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 Walter Cassel Out-takes, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 215 NY City C.O. Artists, Talks between Gail Manners and Walter Cassel, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

Possibly for NY City Center Opera Fundraising Marathon. Cassel: intro who they are, Faust scene, music aria, who former singers are now functioning, plug for City Opera (end of tape)



Box 217 Paris Opera Tape, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

Saturday 7-8PM


Box 217 Rick Gold's Hour Light Opera, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes



Box 216 Operathon II Hour 1, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 216 Hour #1, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

Saturday #1, 12:00-1:00


Box 216 Operathon II Hour #2 Julius Rudel, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

46 minutes/46 sec.


Box 216 Operathon II Martha's Music, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

Hour Opera brag HR#1 Williams-Gari. 1:30-2:30.


Box 216 Operathon II Martha's Music, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

Martha Syker. 1. [...] highlights Salome beginning to end of ... aria. 2. Same record side Two-after orchestral prelude first duet-last duet (be.. up). 3. Faust highlights side two-love duet-trio at end. 4. ... 5. Lizzy Borden, side two begin 2nd baml thru spring time-keys don't work... 6. Baby Doe all of side 6.


Box 216 Operathon?, circa 1970s November 09, 1 open reel audiotapes

Sun #7, 6-7pm [Conductors?]


Box 216 Martin Sokol, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

1 Hour.


Box 216 Operathon II Hour #3 Alan Klom, Golden-Laikind Interview, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes


Box 216 Operathon II Hour #4 Emil Renan with [Sondheimer] Joseph, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes

3:00-4:00


New York City Opera Broadcasts Series



Box 217 Item 5B-5C Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci, 1977 November 03, 2 open reel audiotapes

New York City Opera PGM #4, 2-3 of 3. Master. DBX.


Box 217 Item 7A-7B La Traviata, 1978 February 26, 2 open reel audiotapes

1-2 of 3. Tails. Master. DBX Encoded.


Box 217 Item 10A-10C Mefistofele, 1978 April 09, 3 open reel audiotapes

Tails. Master.


Box 217 Item 11A-11C Barber of Seville, 1978 April 16, 3 open reel audiotapes

Tails. Master. DBX Encoded.


Box 217 Item 20C Manon, 1979 April 22, 1 open reel audiotapes

Reel 3 of 3. Master Tape. DBX Encoded. Tails out.


Box 217 Item 21B-21C Miss Havisham's Fire, 1979 April 29, 2 open reel audiotapes

Reel 2-3 of 3. Master Tape. DBX Encoded. Tails out.


Subseries X.4: Audiocassettes, 1970-1981



Box 218 Container 1 NPR World of Opera, New York City Opera: The Makropoulos Affair, 1981, 2 audiocassettes

Commercially produced.


Box 218 Container 1 NPR World of Opera, New York City Opera: Tales of Hoffman, 1981, 4 audiocassettes

Commercially produced.


Box 218 Container 1 NPR World of Opera, New York City Opera: Madame Butterfly, 1981, 3 audiocassettes

Commercially produced.


Box 218 Container 1 NPR World of Opera, New York City Opera: Love of Three Oranges, 1981, 3 audiocassettes

Commercially produced.


Box 218 Container 1 NPR World of Opera, New York City Opera: Merry Wives, 1981, 3 audiocassettes

Commercially produced.


Box 218 Container 1 NPR World of Opera, New York City Opera: Pearl Fishers, 1981, 2 audiocassettes

Commercially produced.


Box 218 Container 1 NPR World of Opera, New York City Opera: Die Fledermaus, 1981, 4 audiocassettes

Commercially produced.


Box 218 Container 1 NPR World of Opera, New York City Opera: Mary Queen of Scots, 1981, 3 audiocassettes

Commercially produced.


Box 218 Container 1 NPR World of Opera, New York City Opera: La Boheme, 1981, 3 audiocassettes

Commercially produced.


Box 218 Container 1 NPR World of Opera, New York City Opera: Giulio Cesare, 1981, 4 audiocassettes

Commercially produced.


Box 218 Container 1 The Gypsy Baron, Caramoor, 1975 July 19, 2 audiocassettes

Act I-II. Ottokar and Carnero-Andrea Velis, Barinkay-Charles Roe, Czipra-Diane Curry, Zsupan-Richard McKee, Arsena-Emilia Simone, Saffi-Johanna Meier, Count Homonay-David Holloway. Conductor: Julius Rudel.


Box 218 Container 1 Operathon, 1975 November 17, 1 audiocassettes

Committee evaluation of results. NYCO: Martha Sykes, Jeffrey Lalkind, Rita Golden, bill Nudorf, Elaine Flug, Bob Nash, Markin Kaplan, Bruce Maza, Alan Klaum.


Box 218 Container 2 William Feinberg, 1972 December 14, 1 audiocassettes


Box 218 Container 2 Claire Raphael Reis (Mrs. Arthur M. Reis), 1972 October 09, 1 audiocassettes


Box 218 Container 2 Ruth Welting TV, circa 1970s, 1 audiocassettes


Box 218 Container 2 William Horne; Mario Berini, 1973, 1 audiocassettes

Begin with side 2. Side 2, Part 1-Wm. Horne 8/22/73 (by J. Cabot). Side 2, Part 2-Mario Berini 9/10 and 9/19/73. Side 1-Mario Berini (Conclusion), by J. Cabot.


Box 218 Container 2 Carmen (Emil Renan, Alice Howland), circa 1970s, 1 audiocassettes


Subseries X.5: Commercial CDs, 1989-2010

All commercially produced.


Box 218 Container 2 The crucible, 1989, 2 compact disks

By Robert Ward; Bernard Stambler; Emerson Buckley; Arthur Miller; New York City Opera. Publisher: Albany, NY ; Carnforth, Lancashire : Albany Records, ©1989. Performed by the New York City Opera: Joyce Ebert, Norman Kelley, Gloria Wynder, Patricia Brooks, Naomi Farr, Paul Ukena, Eunice Alberts, Spiro Malas, Maurice Stern, Chester Ludgin, John Macurdy, Frances Bible, Nancy Foster, Richard Krause, John DeLon, Lorna Ceniceros, Helen Guile, Marja Kova, Elizabeth Schwering, Beverly Evans ; New York City Opera Orchestra ; Emerson Buckley, conductor.


Box 218 Container 2 L'Orfeo, 2006, 2 compact disks

By Claudio Monteverdi; Gérard Souzay; Judith Raskin; Doris Yarick; Regina Sarfaty; Joy Clements; John Hopkins; Thomas Scherman; Charles Munch; Reinhard Peters; Joseph Rosenstock; Herbert von Karajan; Johann Sebastian Bach; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Maurice Ravel; Ernest Chausson; Gustav Mahler; Wiener Philharmoniker.; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra.; Boston Symphony Orchestra.; Little Orchestra Society.; National Orchestra of the NZBS. Language: Italian. Publisher: [Netherlands] : Ponto, ℗2006.


Box 218 Container 2 The ballad of Baby Doe : opera in two acts, 1999, 2 compact disks

By Douglas Moore; John Latouche; Beverly Sills; Frances Bible; Walter Cassel; Emerson Buckley; New York City Opera.; Library of Congress. Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation. Publisher: Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, ©1999, ℗1959.



Box 223 The ballad of Baby Doe : opera in two acts, 1999, 2 compact disks

By Douglas Moore; John Latouche; Beverly Sills; Frances Bible; Walter Cassel; Emerson Buckley; New York City Opera.; Library of Congress. Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation. Publisher: Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, ©1999, ℗1959.


Box 223 Candide : opera house version, 1982, 2 compact disks

Authors: Leonard Bernstein, Hugh Wheeler (Librettist), Richard Wilbur (Lyricist), Stephen Sondheim (Lyricist), John Latouche (Lyricist), Erie Mills (Performer), Joyce Castle (Performer), Maris Clement (Performer), John Lankston (Performer), Jack Harrold (Performer)

Publisher:New World Records, New York, N.Y., ℗1986


Box 223 Satyagraha, 2009, 3 compact disks

Authors: Philip Glass (Composer), Constance DeJong (Librettist), Claudia Cummings (Singer), Sheryl Woods (Singer), Rhonda Liss (Singer), Douglas Perry (Singer), Robert McFarland (Singer), Scott Reeve (Singer), Christopher Keene (Conductor)

Publisher: Sony Music, [New York, N.Y.], 2009


Box 223 Julius Caesar, 1988, 2 compact disks

Authors: George Frideric Handel (Composer), Nicola Francesco Haym (Librettist), Beverly Sills (Singer), Beverly Wolff (Singer), Maureen Forrester (Singer), Norman Treigle (Singer), Spiro Malas (Singer), Dominic Cossa (Singer), Michael Devlin (Singer), William Beck (Singer)

Publisher: RCA Victor, [New York, New York?], 1988


Box 223 Carry Nation : opera in 2 acts, 2010, 2 compact disks

Authors: Douglas Moore, Beverly Wolff, Ellen Faull, Julian Patrick, Arnold Voketaitis, Samuel Krachmalnick, New York City Opera

Publisher: Phoenix USA, [Cliffside Park, NJ], 2010


Box 223 Broadway's best, 1995, 1 compact disks

Authors: Paul Gemignani, New York City Opera

Publisher: Musical Heritage Society, Ocean, NJ, ℗1995


Subseries X.6: Videocassettes, 1980-2003



Box 218 New York City Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor, 1980 April 10, 3 videocassettes (U-matic)

Live from Lincoln Center Series. Reel 1: beginning of show through Act I and the first intermission; overlap on beginning of Act II. Reel 2: Act II complete through second intermission; overlap to beginning of Act III. Reel 3: Act III complete through end of show.


Box 218 Beverly Sills, Her Farewell Performance, 1980 December 18, 2 videocassettes (U-matic)

Live from Lincoln Center Series.


Beverly Sills Documentary

Never produced.



Box 219 Beverly! Her Farewell Performance, 1981 January 05, 1 videocassettes (VHS)


Box 219 WETA Wolf Trap: Roberto Devereaux, 1998 April 29, 2 videocassettes (VHS)


Box 219 Beverly Sills, Taipei Peony Rehearsal and Interview, 1999 July 14, 5 videocassettes (Digital Betacam)

Peter Rosen Production


Box 219 Beverly Sills, Lincoln Center Shoot, 1999 July 14, 5 videocassettes (Digital Betacam)

Peter Rosen Production


Box 219 "Beverly Sills", 1998 June 17, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Peter Rosen Production. Dub from BetaSP. RT: 50 mins.


Box 219 "Beverly Sills", 1998 June 16, 1 videocassettes (Betacam SP)

Peter Rosen Production. Dub from Betamax.



Box 220 Carmen, Act 1-3, 2002 March 14, 1 videocassettes (VHS)


Box 220 Carmen Piano Dress Act 1-2, 2003 March 13, 1 videocassettes (VHS)


Box 220 Central Park, Thursday Dress, Act 1-3, 1999 July 22, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

"Glimmerglass?"


Box 220 Central Park, circa 1999, 2 videocassettes (VHS)


Box 220 Little Women Piano Dress, Act 1, 2003, 1 videocassettes (VHS)


Box 220 Little Women, Act 1-2, 2003, 1 videocassettes (VHS)


Box 220 Live from Lincoln Center: Lizzie Borden, 1999 March 24, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Dub of 1"


Box 220 Live from Lincoln Center: Porgy and Bess, 2002 March 20, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Air copy


Box 220 Live from Lincoln Center: Tosca, 2000 March 29, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Dub of 1"


Box 220 Thirteen/WNET Great Performances "Central Park PBS Letterbox, 1999 December 27, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Master


Subseries X.7: DVDs, 2001-2013


Box 220 Madame Butterfly, 2005 March 11, 1 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive Recording of Piano Dress Rehearsal.


Box 220 The Pirates of Penzance, 2007 March 02, 2 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive video of the orchestra dress rehearsal.


Box 220 Don Giovanni, 2009 November 06, 2 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive Video Recording of Orchestra Dress. David H. Koch Theater. Lincoln Center.


Box 220 Cosi Fan Tutte, 2012 March 18, 1 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive Video Recording of Performance. John Jay College. Gerald W. Lynch Theater


Box 220 Orpheus, 2012 May 12, 1 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive Video Recording of Performance. John Jay College. El Teatro. El Museo del Barrio.


Box 220 La Traviata, 2012 February 12, 1 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive Video Recording of Performance. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Howard Gilman Opera House.


Box 220 Prima Donna, 2012 February 19, 1 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive Video Recording of Performance. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Howard Gilman Opera House.


Box 220 Powder Her Face, 2013 February 12, 1 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive Video Recording of Orchestra Dress. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Howard Gilman Opera House.


Box 220 Moses in Egypt, 2013 April 12, 1 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive Video Recording of Orchestra Dress. New York City Center.


Box 220 La Perichole, 2013 April 19, 1 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive Video Recording of Orchestra Dress. New York City Center.


Box 220 Turn of the Screw, 2013 February 22, 1 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive Video Recording of Orchestra Dress. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Howard Gilman Opera House.


Box 220 Anna Nicole, 2013 September 24, 1 DVDs

NYCO Archive. Archive Video Recording of Performance #4. New York City Opera and BAM (co-production). BAM Howard Gilman Opera House.


Box 220 Roberto Devereux, 2001, 1 DVDs

Commercially produced. Unopened.

Authors: Salvatore Cammarano (Librettist), Beverly Sills (Performer), John Alexander (Performer), Susanne Marsee (Performer), Richard Fredricks (Performer), John Lankston (Performer), David Rae Smith (Performer), Julius Rudel (Conductor), Tito Capobianco (Director), Kirk Browning (Director)

Summary: Donizetta's historical opera set in Elizabethan England is performed at Wolf Trap with Beverly Sills as the "Virgin Queen."

Publisher: VAI, Pleasantville, NY, [2001], ©1975


Box 220 L'enfant et les sortilèges & L'Heure espagnole, 2009, 1 DVDs

Commercially produced.

Authors: Colette (Librettist), Franc-Nohain (Librettist), Frank Corsaro (Stage director), Tom Gutteridge (Television director), Dave Heather (Television director), Dennis Marks (Television producer), Robin Scott (Television producer), Maurice Sendak (Set designer), Robert Ornbo (Lighting designer), Jenny Weston (Choreographer)

Publisher: Kultur, West Long Branch, NJ, 2009


Box 220 The love of three oranges, 2009, 1 DVDs

Commercially produced.

Authors: Peter-Christoph Runge (Performer), John Pringle (Performer), Nucci Condò (Performer), Nelly Morpurgo (Performer), Richard Van Allan (Performer), Willard White (Performer), Ugo Benelli (Performer), Colette Alliot-Lugaz (Performer), Ryland Davies (Performer), Bernard Haitink (Conductor)

Publisher: Kultur, West Long Branch, NJ, ©2009


Box 220 Anna Nicole, 2011, 1 DVDs

Commercially produced.

Authors: Richard Thomas (Librettist), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Performer), Susan Bickley (Performer), Jeremy White (Performer), Rebecca De Pont Davies (Performer), Loré. Lixenberg (Performer), Grant Doyle (Performer), Gerald Finley (Performer), Andrew Rees (Performer), Alan Oke (Performer)

Publisher: Opus Arte, [Covent Garden, London], ©2011


Subseries X.8: CD-Rs/DVD-Rs/DATs, 1997-2013



Box 221 Photos CD-Rs, 2003-2013, 1 record storage cartons



Box 223 VOX, 2004, 2 compact disks

From James North Addition, Accession 2020.2021.M072. Amateur audio recordings of VOX performances from a prime seat in the auditorium.

2004 MARGARET GARNER (Richard Danielpour).

2004 WAKING IN NEW YORK (Elodie Lauten).

2004 THE REVEREND JIM JONES (John Eaton).

2004 GLORY DENIED (Tom Cipullo).

2004 INSPIRATION (Donald Hagar).

2004 DREAM PRESIDENT (Jennifer Griffith).


Box 223 VOX, 2007 May 12, 4 compact disks

From James North Addition, Accession 2020.2021.M072. Amateur audio recordings of VOX performances from a prime seat in the auditorium.

2007 ELMER GANTRY (Robert Aldridge)

2007 ELEGY FOR A PRINCE (Sergio Cervetti)

2007 AIRLINE ICARUS (Brian Current)

2007 CROSSING THE HORIZON (Chris Lastovicka)

2007 THE RAT LAND (Gordon Beeferman)

2007 THE ENDINGS (Jenny Olivia Johnson)

2007 LA MACHINE DE l 'ETRE (John Zorn)

2007 WITH SUCH FRIENDS ... (Tom Schnauber)

2007 NANNAN (Wang Jie)

2007 THE FISHER KING (Marc Lowenstein)


VOX, 2008


Box 223 VOX 2008, 2008 May 10, 2 compact disks

From James North Addition, Accession 2020.2021.M072. Amateur audio recordings of VOX performances from a prime seat in the auditorium.

2008 JEANNE (Justine Chen)

2008 SOLDIER So GS (David T. Little)

2008 CRJSEYDE (Alice Shields)

2008 DYLA AND CAITLIN (Robert Manno)


Box 223 VOX 2008, 2008 May 11, 2 compact disks

From James North Addition, Accession 2020.2021.M072. Amateur audio recordings of VOX performances from a prime seat in the auditorium.

2008 OUR GIRAFFE (Sorrel Hays)

2008 THE OFFICERS (Steve Potter)

2008 DICE THROWN (John King)

2008 CHARLIE CROSSES THE NATION (Scott Davenport Richards)

2008 ELENI (Cary Ratcliff)



Box 222 Item 1 Singing New Music, Panel Discussion, 2008 May 10, 1 digital audio tapes

Session Tape. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 2 Charlie Crosses the Nation/Criseyde, 2008 May 10, 1 digital audio tapes

Session Tape. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 3 Jeanne/Soldier Songs; Dylan and Catlin, 2008 May 10, 1 digital audio tapes

Session Tape. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 4 Politically Engaged Music-Theater, Panel Discussion, 2008 May 10, 1 digital audio tapes

Session Tape. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 5 Our Giraffe/Eleni, 2008 May 10, 1 digital audio tapes

Session Tape. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 6 The Mortal Thoughts of Lady Macbeth; The Officers/Dice Thrown, 2008 May 10, 1 digital audio tapes

Session Tape. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.



Box 223 VOX, 2009, 4 compact disks

From James North Addition, Accession 2020.2021.M072. Amateur audio recordings of VOX performances from a prime seat in the auditorium.

2009 KATRINA BALLADS (Ted Hearne)

2009 No EASY WALK TO FREEDOM (Chandler Carter)

2009 MOSHEH (Yoav Gal)

2009 THE RAT LAND (Gordon Beeferman)

2009 INVISIBLE CITIES (Christopher Cerrone)

2009 ARMIDE (Jonathan Dawe)

2009 CAR CRASH OPERA (Michaela Eremiasova and Jairo Duarte-Lopez)

2009 CRESCENT CITY (Anne LeBaron)

2009 A BIRD IN YOUR EAR (David Bruce)


VOX, 2010



Box 222 Inventory: Vocal samples, software, and drivers, 2010 April 22, 1 compact disks

MAC+PC.


Box 222 Writing for the Voice, Panel Discussion, 2010 April 30, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 1.


Box 222 Why Write An Opera, Panel Discussion, 2010 May 01, 2 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 1.


Box 222 Item 1 Writing for the Voice, Panel Discussion, 2010 April 30, 1 digital audio tapes

Original Master. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 2 Crozier: With Blood, With Ink/Du Yun: Zolle, 2010 April 30, 1 digital audio tapes

Original Master. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 3 Mazzoli: Song from the Uproar/Richards: A Star Across the Ocean, 2010 April 30, 1 digital audio tapes

Original Master. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 4 Little: Dog Days, 2010 April 30, 1 digital audio tapes

Original Master. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 5 Panel: Why Write an Opera?, 2010 May 01, 1 digital audio tapes

Original Master. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 6 Current Inventory/Wachner: Evangeline Revisited, 2010 May 01, 1 digital audio tapes

Original Master. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 7 Davis & Prieto: Revolution of Forms/Prestini: Oceanic Verses, 2010 May 01, 1 digital audio tapes

Original Master. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.


Box 222 Item 8 Gordon: Acquantetta, 2010 May 01, 1 digital audio tapes

Original Master. Location: Skirball. Producer: Louise De La Fuente. Engineer: P. Zinman.



Box 223 VOX 2010, 2010, 10 compact disks

From James North Addition, Accession 2020.2021.M072. Amateur audio recordings of VOX performances from a prime seat in the auditorium.

2010 WITH BLOOD, WITH INK (Daniel Crozier)

2010 ZOLLE (Du Yun)

2010 SONG FROM THE UPROAR (Missy Mazzoli)

2010 A STAR ACROSS THE OCEAN (Scott Davenport Richards)

2010 DOG DAYS (David T. Little)

2010 INVENTORY (Brian Current)

2010 EVANGELINE REVISITED (Julian Wachner)

2010 REVOLUTION OF FORM.S (Anthony Davis and Dafnis Prieto)

2010 OCEANIC VERSES (Paola Prestini)

2010 ACQUANE1TA (Michael Gordon)


VOX, 2011



Box 222 Mary Shelley, by Allan Jaffe, 2011 May 14, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 2.


Box 222 Vinkensport, by David T. Little, 2011 May 14, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 2.


Box 222 The Beach, by Andrew Gerle, 2011 May 14, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 2.


Box 222 Faustine, by Arlene Sierra, 2011 May 14, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 2.


Box 222 All Three Acts of a Sad Play Performed Entirely in Bed, by Dag Gabrielsen, 2011 May 14, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 2.


Box 222 Sun Yat-sen, by Huang Ro, 2011 May 14, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 2.


Box 222 Artist Talkback, Panel Discussion, 2011 May 14, 2 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 1 and 2.


Box 222 Producing Art in Alternate Spaces, Panel Discussion, 2011 May 14, 2 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 1 and 2.


VOX, 2012


Box 222 Holy Vision, by John Zorn, 2012 November 08, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 1.


Box 222 The Wondrous Woman Within, by Osnat Neter, 2012 November 08, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 1.


Box 222 The Awakening, by James Stepleton, 2012 November 08, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 1.


Box 222 The Last Act of Revolution, by Evan Meier, 2012 November 08, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 1.


Box 222 In a Mirror, Darkly, by Christopher Weiss, 2012 November 08, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 1.


Box 222 Four Nights of Dream, by Moto Osada, 2012 November 08, 1 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 1.


Box 222 Panel Discussion, 2012 November 08, 2 compact disks

Concert recording. Copy 1 and 2.


Box 222 Item 1 Stepleton/Joffe, Meier/Richmond, Netzer, 2012 November 08, 1 digital audio tapes

Original Master. Location: Skirball/NYU. Producer: Paul Zinman.


Box 222 Item 2 Osada, Weiss/Magee, Zorn, 2012 November 08, 1 digital audio tapes

Original Master. Location: Skirball/NYU. Producer: Paul Zinman.


Box 222 Item 3 Panel Discussion, 2012 November 08, 1 digital audio tapes

Original Master. Location: Skirball/NYU. Producer: Paul Zinman.



Box 223 VOX 2012, 2012, 2 compact disks

From James North Addition, Accession 2020.2021.M072. Amateur audio recordings of VOX performances from a prime seat in the auditorium.

2012 THE AWAKENING (James Stepleton)

2012 THE LAST ACT OF REVOLUTION (Evan Meier)

2012 THE WONDROUS WOMAN WITHIN (Osnat Netzer)

2012 FOUR NIGHTS OF DREAM (Moto Osada)

2012 IN A MIRROR, DARKLY (Christopher Weiss)

2012 THE HOLY VISIONS (John Zorn)



Box 222 NYCO Cast Summaries, 1997-2008, 1 compact disks


Box 222 Production Summaries, circa 2000s, 1 compact disks


Box 222 Jeanne, by Justine F. Chen, circa 2000s, 1 compact disks


Box 222 NYCO Opera, Aljazeera English, circa 2010s, 1 compact disks


Box 222 L'Etoile, Orchestra Dress, 2010 March 16, 2 compact disks

DVD-Rs.


Box 222 Koanga (Delius), circa 2010s, 2 compact disks


Box 222 Camilla Williams, Sound Clips, 2009 February 11, 2 compact disks


Box 222 Tribute to Camilla Williams, circa 2012, 1 compact disks

DVD-R.