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Il barbiere di Siviglia : opera in two acts

Title
Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1992-02-29 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Beaumarchais.
Author
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

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Additional Authors
  • Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831.
  • Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
  • Olsen, Stanford.
  • Woodman, Thomas.
  • Hampson, Thomas.
  • Quilico, Louis.
  • Coffey, Frank (Singer)
  • Von Stade, Frederica.
  • Ramey, Samuel.
  • Kelly, Sondra.
  • Fitch, Bernard.
  • Weikert, Ralf.
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Jellinek, George, 1919-
  • Woitach, Richard.
  • Wrong, Henry.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
3 sound discs (173 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
  • Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 29, 1992
  • Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 29, 1992.
Uniform Title
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Compact discs.
  • House program on file in Music Division.
  • Durations: 0:27:43 (synopses and features) ; 2:25:48 (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, Feb. 29, 1992.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 609 (F)
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Overture ; Act I, part 1 -- CD 2. Act I, part 2 ; Act II, part 1 -- CD 3. Act II, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with, George Jellinek, Richard Woitach and Henry Wrong) ; Synopsis of act I (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 30382
OCLC
NYPG92-R1408
Author
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Title
Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1992-02-29 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Beaumarchais.
Playing Time
002743 022548
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 29, 1992
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 29, 1992.
Performer
Stanford Olsen (Count Almaviva) ; Thomas Woodman (Fiorello) ; Thomas Hampson (Figaro) ; Louis Quilico (Dr. Bartolo) ; Frank Coffey (Ambrogio) ; Frederica von Stade (Rosina) ; Samuel Ramey (Don Basilio) ; Sondra Kelly (Berta) ; Bernard Fitch (An officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ralf Weikert, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 56, no. 12 (Feb. 29, 1992).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 29, 1992.
Original Version
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
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 609 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
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Added Author
Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831. Librettist
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Barbier de Séville.
Olsen, Stanford. Performer
Woodman, Thomas. Performer
Hampson, Thomas. Performer
Quilico, Louis. Performer
Coffey, Frank (Singer) Performer
Von Stade, Frederica. Performer
Ramey, Samuel. Performer
Kelly, Sondra. Performer
Fitch, Bernard. Performer
Weikert, Ralf. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator
Woitach, Richard. Commentator
Wrong, Henry. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 30382 Service copy.
*LTCM 609 (F) Preservation copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30382.
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