Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835.
2. Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842.
3. Kaasch, Donald.
4. McNair, Sylvia (Soprano)
5. Salminen, Matti.
6. Behrens, Hildegard.
7. Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
8. Forest, Michael.
9. Courtney, James, 1946-
10. Goldberg, Reiner.
11. Held, Alan, 1959-
12. Perick, Christof.
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
14. Downes, Edward, 1911-
15. Woitach, Richard.
16. Jenkins, Speight.
17. Livingstone, William.
18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
19. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 3 sound discs (166 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 8, 1992]

Uniform title

1. Fidelio (1814)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Fidelio (1814)

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Overture ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II, scene 1 ; Overture ; Act II, scene 2 ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Richard Woitach, Speight Jenkins and William Livingstone) ; Synopsis of act II(Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 606 (F)

Note

1. Compact discs.
2. House program on file in Music Division.
3. Durations: 0:29:48 (synopses and features) ; 2:16:39 (opera).
4. 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

Performer (note)

1. Donald Kaasch (Jacquino) ; Sylvia McNair (Marzelline) ; Matti Salminen (Rocco) ; Hildegard Behrens (Leonore) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Don Pizarro) ; Michael Forest (First Prisoner) ; James Courtney (Second Prisoner) ; Reiner Goldberg (Florestan) ; Alan Held (Don Fernando) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christof Perick, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 8, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 606 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in German.

Author

1. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Title

1. Fidelio [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Josef Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke.

Playing time

1. 002948 021639

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 8, 1992]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 8, 1992]

Cast

1. Donald Kaasch (Jacquino) ; Sylvia McNair (Marzelline) ; Matti Salminen (Rocco) ; Hildegard Behrens (Leonore) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Don Pizarro) ; Michael Forest (First Prisoner) ; James Courtney (Second Prisoner) ; Reiner Goldberg (Florestan) ; Alan Held (Don Fernando) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christof Perick, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 56, no. 10 (Feb. 1, 1992).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 8, 1992.

Original version

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

Reproduction

1. Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 606 (F)

Language

1. Sung in German.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835. Librettist
2. Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842. Librettist
3. Kaasch, Donald. Performer
4. McNair, Sylvia (Soprano) Performer
5. Salminen, Matti. Performer
6. Behrens, Hildegard. Performer
7. Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer
8. Forest, Michael. Performer
9. Courtney, James, 1946- performer
10. Goldberg, Reiner. Performer
11. Held, Alan, 1959- Performer
12. Perick, Christof. Conductor
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
14. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
15. Woitach, Richard. Commentator
16. Jenkins, Speight. Commentator
17. Livingstone, William. Commentator
18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 606 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LTCM 606 (F).
2. *LDC 30385 Service copy.