- Additional Authors
- Horosko, Marian
- Description
- One streaming file (approximately 31 minutes): digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file (approximately 29 minutes). Marian Horosko, as host, introduces her guests Lucia Sciorsci and Phillip Rice, members of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet; Sciorsci and Rice speak with Horosko about the current labor dispute between the dancers and the Metropolitan Opera, in particular their working conditions and reasons they are not satisfactory; the overall poor working conditions for dancers in the United States as compared with those in Europe; the cancellation of the summer season; the joint representation of the dancers and AGMA [American Guild of Musical Artists]; more on working conditions and studios and the changes they are requesting; Rudolf Bing's remarks regarding the discontinuation of the Ballet Evenings program; their satisfaction with their representation by AGMA; more on the changes they are requesting including with respect to guest artists; possible outcomes of the dispute.
- Uniform Title
- Dance New York (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio interviews.
- Note
- Interview conducted by Marian Horosko, as host, with Lucia Sciorsci and Phillip Rice, dancers with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, about the current labor dispute; for broadcast on radio station WBAI-FM, New York on its series Dance New York, in 1969.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Funding (note)
- The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- OCLC
- 925489564
- Author
Sciorsci, Lucia, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Lucia Sciorsci and Phillip Rice about the Metropolitan Opera Ballet labor dispute, 1969
- Production
1969
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Event
Recorded for broadcast by WBAI-FM 1969 New York (N.Y.)
- Funding
The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 29 minutes); 7"; acetate; full-track; ips not specified; transferred to wav file and streaming file (myd_mgzto73057_v01f01_sc) formats in 2015.
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- Added Author
Horosko, Marian, interviewer.
- Added Title
Dance New York (Radio program)