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Le nozze di Figaro opera in four acts

Title
  1. 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
  1. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

Details

Additional authors
  1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838
  2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
  3. Guarrera, Frank, 1923-2007
  4. Steber, Eleanor
  5. Conner, Nadine
  6. Siepi, Cesare
  7. Miller, Mildred, 1924-
  8. Madeira, Jean
  9. Corena, Fernando
  10. De Paolis, Alessio
  11. Carelli, Gabor
  12. Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-1996
  13. Georgiou, Vilma
  14. Leone, Maria (Soprano)
  15. Warfield, Sandra
  16. Stiedry, Fritz
  17. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
  18. Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008
  19. Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017
  20. Brownlee, John, 1901-1969
  21. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
  22. Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981
  23. Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965
  24. Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987
  25. Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999
  26. Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
  27. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  28. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
  1. 5 sound tape reels (238 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series statement
  1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 15, 1955]
Uniform title
  1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  3. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative title
  1. Third intermission feature (Radio program)
Subject
  1. Live sound recordings
  2. Operas
Genre/Form
  1. Live sound recordings.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. *LT-10 6080
Note
  1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  2. Durations: 1:07:19 (synopses and features) ; 2:50:59 (opera).
  3. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed in (note)
  1. Opera news
Event (note)
  1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 15, 1955.
Reproduction (note)
  1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 414 (F)
Language (note)
  1. Sung in Italian.
Author
  1. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Title
  1. 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
  1. 010719 025059
Series
  1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 15, 1955]
  2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 15, 1955]
Performer
  1. 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
  1. 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:
  1. Opera news, v. 19, no. 10 (Jan. 10, 1955).
Event
  1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 15, 1955.
Reproduction
  1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 414 (F)
Language
  1. Sung in Italian.
Added author
  1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist
  2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Marriage de Figaro.
  3. Guarrera, Frank, 1923-2007, singer.
  4. Steber, Eleanor. Performer
  5. Conner, Nadine. Performer
  6. Siepi, Cesare. Performer
  7. Miller, Mildred, 1924- Performer
  8. Madeira, Jean. Performer
  9. Corena, Fernando. Performer
  10. De Paolis, Alessio. Performer
  11. Carelli, Gabor. Performer
  12. Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-1996, singer.
  13. Georgiou, Vilma. Performer
  14. Leone, Maria (Soprano) Performer
  15. Warfield, Sandra. Performer
  16. Stiedry, Fritz. Conductor
  17. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
  18. Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Commentator
  19. Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Commentator
  20. Brownlee, John, 1901-1969. Commentator
  21. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981, commentator.
  22. Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981. Commentator
  23. Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
  24. Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. Commentator
  25. Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999, host.
  26. Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, commentator.
  27. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added title
  1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  3. Third intermission feature (Radio program)
  4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research call number
  1. *LT-10 6080 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 414 (F)
  2. *LTCM 414 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6080.
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