Research Catalog

Title

Don Giovanni [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Studer, Cheryl.
• Hampson, Thomas.
• Moll, Kurt, 1938-
• Blochwitz, Hans-Peter.
• Schuman, Patricia.
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Cokorinos, Philip.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (215 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 2, 1991]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Met moments (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:33:47 (synopses and features) ; 3:01:34 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Paul Plishka (Leporello) ; Cheryl Studer (Donna Anna) ; Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni) ; Kurt Moll (The Commendatore) ; Hans Peter Blochwitz (Don Ottavio) ; Patricia Schuman (Donna Elvira) ; Dawn Upshaw (Zerlina) ; Philip Cokorinos (Masetto) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 585 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 ; Act 2, part 1 -- CD 3. Act 2, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alfred Hubay, Thor Eckert Jr. and Martin Bernheimer) ; Met Moments (William Weaver) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 29108

OCLC

NYPG92-R926

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Title

Don Giovanni [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.

Playing Time

003347 030134

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 2, 1991]

Cast

Paul Plishka (Leporello) ; Cheryl Studer (Donna Anna) ; Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni) ; Kurt Moll (The Commendatore) ; Hans Peter Blochwitz (Don Ottavio) ; Patricia Schuman (Donna Elvira) ; Dawn Upshaw (Zerlina) ; Philip Cokorinos (Masetto) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 55, no. 10 (Feb. 2, 1991).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1991.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 585 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Studer, Cheryl. Performer

Hampson, Thomas. Performer

Moll, Kurt, 1938- Performer

Blochwitz, Hans-Peter. Performer

Schuman, Patricia. Performer

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Cokorinos, Philip. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 29108 Service copy.

*LTCM 585 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 29108.