Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
3. Siepi, Cesare
4. Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020.
5. Krause, Tom
6. Della Casa, Lisa
7. Stratas, Teresa
8. Corena, Fernando
9. Williams, Nancy, 1935-
10. Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
11. Di Franco, Loretta
12. Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
13. Carelli, Gabor
14. Fercana, Mary
15. Shawn, Dorothy
16. Rosenstock, Joseph, 1895-1985.
17. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
18. Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
19. Downes, Edward, 1911-
20. Harrison, Jay
21. Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
22. Slezak, Walter, 1902-
23. Robinson, Francis, 1910-
24. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
25. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes (234 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 9, 1967]

Uniform title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Biographies in music (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas
3. Crooks, Richard, 1900-1972

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Rudolf Bing welcomes the radio audience) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Jay Harrison, Robert Lawrence and Walter Slezak) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Biographies in music (Francis Robinson discusses Richard Crooks) ; Synopsis of Act 4 -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call number

1. *LTCM 267 (F)

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 1:04:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:50:00 (opera).
3. Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Performer (note)

1. Cesare Siepi (Figaro) ; Mirella Freni (Susanna) ; Tom Krause (Count Almaviva) ; Lisa Della Casa (Countess Almaviva) ; Teresa Stratas (Cherubino) ; Fernando Corena (Dr. Bartolo) ; Nancy Williams (Marcellina) ; Paul Franke (Don Basilio) ; Loretta Di Franco (Barbarina) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Antonio) ; Gabor Carelli (Don Curzio) ; Mary Fercana, Dorothy Shawn (Peasant girls) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Joseph Rosenstock, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 9, 1967.

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 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.

Playing time

1. 010400 025000

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 9, 1967]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 9, 1967]

Cast

1. Cesare Siepi (Figaro) ; Mirella Freni (Susanna) ; Tom Krause (Count Almaviva) ; Lisa Della Casa (Countess Almaviva) ; Teresa Stratas (Cherubino) ; Fernando Corena (Dr. Bartolo) ; Nancy Williams (Marcellina) ; Paul Franke (Don Basilio) ; Loretta Di Franco (Barbarina) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Antonio) ; Gabor Carelli (Don Curzio) ; Mary Fercana, Dorothy Shawn (Peasant girls) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Joseph Rosenstock, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Jul. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 32, no. 6 (Dec. 9, 1967).

Event

1. Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 9, 1967.

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Added author

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist
2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mariage de Figaro.
3. Siepi, Cesare. Performer
4. Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020. Performer
5. Krause, Tom. Performer
6. Della Casa, Lisa. Performer
7. Stratas, Teresa. Performer
8. Corena, Fernando. Performer
9. Williams, Nancy, 1935- Performer
10. Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
11. Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
12. Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer
13. Carelli, Gabor. Performer
14. Fercana, Mary. Performer
15. Shawn, Dorothy. Performer
16. Rosenstock, Joseph, 1895-1985. Conductor
17. Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
18. Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator
19. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
20. Harrison, Jay. Commentator
21. Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
22. Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator
23. Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator
24. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Biographies in music (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 267 (F) Production notes in listening room.