Research Catalog

Title

L'elisir d'amore [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Romani, Felice, 1788-1865.
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Pavarotti, Luciano.
• Battle, Kathleen.
• Quilico, Gino.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Panni, Marcello.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Norman, Jessye.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Crawford, Bruce.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (160 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 29, 1989]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 0:28:03 (synopses and features) ; 2:12:00 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (under classmark: *LTCM 556 (F)).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 29, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 556 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Bruce Crawford) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 556 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R331

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Title

L'elisir d'amore [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Playing Time

002803 021200

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 29, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 29, 1989]

Performer

Dawn Upshaw (Giannetta) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino) ; Kathleen Battle (Adina) ; Gino Quilico (Sergeant Belcore) ; Paul Plishka (Doctor Dulcamara) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Marcello Panni, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 15 (Apr. 15, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 29, 1989.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 556 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Librettist

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer

Battle, Kathleen. Performer

Quilico, Gino. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Panni, Marcello. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Norman, Jessye. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Crawford, Bruce. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 556 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 31951.

*LDC 31951 Service copy.