Research Catalog

Title

Don Giovanni : radio broadcast, 1973-03-03 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Publication

Mar. 3, 1973.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
• Siepi, Cesare.
• Moser, Edda.
• Lorengar, Pilar.
• Flagello, Ezio.
• Shirley, George.
• Macurdy, John.
• Elias, Rosalind.
• Uppman, Theodor, 1920-
• Maag, Peter.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 3, 1973]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Operas
• Caruso, Enrico > Anniversaries, etc

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 2:42:00 (opera) ; 0:43:00 (synopses and features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 17(F).

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news,

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 3, 1973.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 17(F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 ; Act 2, part 1 -- CD 3. Act 2, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Cross) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air : Honoring the centenary of Enrico Caruso's birth (Francis Robinson) ; Synopsis of Act 2.

Call Number

*LDC 35312

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Title

Don Giovanni : radio broadcast, 1973-03-03 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.

Imprint

Mar. 3, 1973.

Playing Time

024200 004300

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 3, 1973]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 3, 1973]

Performer

Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni) ; Edda Moser (Donna Anna) ; Pilar Lorengar (Donna Elvira) ; Ezio Flagello (Leporello) ; George Shirley (Don Ottavio) ; John Macurdy (Commendatore) ; Rosalind Elias (Zerlina) ; Theodor Uppman (Masetto) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Peter Maag, conductor, ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 37, no. 17 (Mar. 3, 1973).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 3, 1973.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Oct. 1983, from a borrowed copy (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo., Dolby-B processed) available in *LTCM 17(F).

Added Author

Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist

Siepi, Cesare. Performer

Moser, Edda. Performer

Lorengar, Pilar. Performer

Flagello, Ezio. Performer

Shirley, George. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Elias, Rosalind. Performer

Uppman, Theodor, 1920- Performer

Maag, Peter. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Research Call Number

*LDC 35312 Service copy.