Research Catalog

Title

Semiramide [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Gaetano Rossi, based on the tragedy by Voltaire.

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rossi, Gaetano, 1774-1855.
• Voltaire, 1694-1778.
• Cheek, John, 1948-
• Olsen, Stanford.
• Alaimo, Simone.
• Cuberli, Lella.
• Scalchi, Gloria, 1960-
• Forest, Michael.
• Cho, Youmi.
• Yannissis, Yanni.
• Laurence, Suzanne.
• Marin, Ion.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Hubay, Alfred.
• Stern, Kenneth.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 16, 1993]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:28:26 (synopses and features) ; 3:01:31 (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. 16, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 712 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Overture ; Act I, part 1 -- CD 2. Act I, part 2 ; Act II, part 1 -- CD 3. Act II, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 4. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Thor Eckert Jr., Alfred Hubay and Kenneth Stern) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen).

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1574

OCLC

NYPG94-R334

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

Title

Semiramide [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Gaetano Rossi, based on the tragedy by Voltaire.

Playing Time

002826 030131

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 16, 1993]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 16, 1993]

Performer

John Cheek (Oroe) ; Stanford Olsen (Idreno) ; Simone Alaimo (Assur) ; Lella Cuberli (Semiramide) ; Gloria Scalchi (Arsace) ; Michael Forest (Mitrane) ; Youmi Cho (Azema) ; Yanni Yannissis (Ghost of Ninus) ; Suzanne Laurence (Attendant to Azema) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ion Marin, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 9 (Jan. 16, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 16, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1993, from borrowed masters (3 sound reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 712 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Rossi, Gaetano, 1774-1855. Librettist

Voltaire, 1694-1778. Sémiramis.

Cheek, John, 1948- Performer

Olsen, Stanford. Performer

Alaimo, Simone. Performer

Cuberli, Lella. Performer

Scalchi, Gloria, 1960- Performer

Forest, Michael. Performer

Cho, Youmi. Performer

Yannissis, Yanni. Performer

Laurence, Suzanne. Performer

Marin, Ion. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Stern, Kenneth. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LT-10-A 1574 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31776.

*LTCM 712 (F) Cassette copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31776.

*LDC 31776 Service copy.