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Le nozze di Figaro opera in four acts

Title
Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
  • Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
  • Guarrera, Frank, 1923-
  • Steber, Eleanor.
  • Conner, Nadine.
  • Siepi, Cesare.
  • Miller, Mildred, 1924-
  • Madeira, Jean.
  • Corena, Fernando.
  • De Paolis, Alessio.
  • Carelli, Gabor.
  • Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
  • Georgiou, Vilma.
  • Leone, Maria (Soprano)
  • Warfield, Sandra.
  • Stiedry, Fritz.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008.
  • Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
  • Brownlee, John, 1901-1969.
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981.
  • Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
  • Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987.
  • Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999
  • Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
5 sound tape reels (238 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 15, 1955]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Third intermission feature (Radio program)
Subject
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:07:19 (synopses and features) ; 2:50:59 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news,
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 15, 1955.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 414 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Norman dello Joio, host, with Roberta Peters, John Brownlee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Alfred V. Frankenstein, Sigmund Spaeth and George Marek) -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) ; Third Intermission (Clifton Fadiman, host, with Oscar Hammerstein II) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Cross) -- side 3. Sinfonia ; Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LT-10 6080
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Title
Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.
Playing Time
010719 025059
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 15, 1955]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 15, 1955]
Performer
Frank Guarrera (Count Almaviva) ; Eleanor Steber (Countess Almaviva) ; Nadine Conner (Susanna) ; Cesare Siepi (Figaro) ; Mildred Miller (Cherubino) ; Jean Madeira (Marcellina) ; Fernando Corena (Don Bartolo) ; Alessio De Paolis (Don Basilio) ; Gabor Carelli (Don Curzio) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Antonio) ; Vilma Georgiou (Barbarina) ; Maria Leone and Sandra Warfield (Two peasant girls) ; Metropolitan Opera Ochestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Jan. 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 19, no. 10 (Jan. 10, 1955).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 15, 1955.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 414 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Marriage de Figaro.
Guarrera, Frank, 1923- Performer
Steber, Eleanor. Performer
Conner, Nadine. Performer
Siepi, Cesare. Performer
Miller, Mildred, 1924- Performer
Madeira, Jean. Performer
Corena, Fernando. Performer
De Paolis, Alessio. Performer
Carelli, Gabor. Performer
Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer
Georgiou, Vilma. Performer
Leone, Maria (Soprano) Performer
Warfield, Sandra. Performer
Stiedry, Fritz. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Commentator
Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Commentator
Brownlee, John, 1901-1969. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981. Commentator
Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. Commentator
Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999, host.
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Third intermission feature (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LT-10 6080 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 414 (F)
*LTCM 414 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6080.
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