Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838
2. Raimondi, Ruggero
3. Battle, Kathleen
4. Korn, Artur
5. Taillon, Jocelyne
6. Von Stade, Frederica
7. Allen, Thomas, 1944-
8. Sénéchal, Michel
9. Vaness, Carol
10. Courtney, James, 1946-
11. Laciura, Anthony
12. Upshaw, Dawn
13. Levine, James, 1943-2021
14. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
15. MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011
16. Goldovsky, Boris
17. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
18. Hubay, Alfred
19. Jellinek, George, 1919-2010
20. Purdy, Christopher
21. Tuggle, Robert
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
23. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 4 sound cassettes (258 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 14, 1985]

Uniform title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Biographies in music (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Operas.

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Hubay, George Jellinek and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 2. Biographies in music (Robert Tuggle) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Allen) -- side 3. Sinfonia ; Act 1 through "Non so più, cosa son, cosa faccio" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Aprite presto aprite" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded -- side 7. Act 3 -- side 8. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 477 (F)

Language

1. Italian

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:59:44 (synopses and features) ; 3:18:32 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Ruggero Raimondi (Figaro) ; Kathleen Battle (Susanna) ; Artur Korn (Don Bartolo) ; Jocelyne Taillon (Marcellina) ; Frederica von Stade (Cherubino) ; Thomas Allen (Count Almaviva) ; Michel Sénéchal (Don Basilio) ; Carol Vaness (Countess Almaviva) ; James Courtney (Antonio) ; Anthony Laciura (Don Curzio) ; Dawn Upshaw (Barbarina) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 14, 1985.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 477 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Playing time

1. 005944 031832

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in May 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 50, no. 6 (Dec. 7, 1985).

Research call number

1. *LTCM 477 (F) (Production notes on file.)