Research Catalog
Così fan tutte (Women are like that) : opera in two acts
- Title
- Così fan tutte [sound recording] = (Women are like that) : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte ; new English version by Ruth and Thomas P. Martin.
- Author
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
- Martin, Ruth Berenice Kelley, 1914-
- Martin, Thomas Philipp, 1909-
- Steber, Eleanor.
- Thebom, Blanche.
- Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
- Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975.
- Guarrera, Frank, 1923-
- Brownlee, John, 1901-1969.
- Stiedry, Fritz.
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Goldovsky, Boris.
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
- Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
- Bagar, Robert C.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 4 sound tape reels (200 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 7, 1953]
- Uniform Title
- Così fan tutte. English
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Così fan tutte.
- Women are like that
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 0:45:49 (synopses and features) ; 2:33:53 (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
- Performer (note)
- Eleanor Steber (Fiordiligi) ; Blanche Thebom (Dorabella) ; Roberta Peters (Despina) ; Richard Tucker (Ferrando) ; Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo) ; John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 7, 1953.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 339 (F)
- Language (note)
- Sung in English.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz joins Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Robert Lawrence, Deems Taylor and Robert Bagar) ; Synopsis of act 2 and Closing remarks (Cross) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Overture and act 1 through "Smanie implacabili" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Per pietà ben mio" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded.
- Call Number
- *LT-10 4889
- OCLC
- NYPG89-R64
- Author
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
- Title
- Così fan tutte [sound recording] = (Women are like that) : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte ; new English version by Ruth and Thomas P. Martin.
- Playing Time
- 004549 023353
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 7, 1953]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 7, 1953]
- Cast
- Eleanor Steber (Fiordiligi) ; Blanche Thebom (Dorabella) ; Roberta Peters (Despina) ; Richard Tucker (Ferrando) ; Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo) ; John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Original Version
- Preservation tapes recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 17, no. 14 (Feb. 2, 1953).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 7, 1953.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 339 (F)
- Language
- Sung in English.
- Added Author
- Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. LibrettistMartin, Ruth Berenice Kelley, 1914- TranslatorMartin, Thomas Philipp, 1909- TranslatorSteber, Eleanor. PerformerThebom, Blanche. PerformerPeters, Roberta, 1930-2017. PerformerTucker, Richard, 1913-1975. PerformerGuarrera, Frank, 1923- PerformerBrownlee, John, 1901-1969. PerformerStiedry, Fritz. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912- CommentatorTaylor, Deems, 1885-1966. CommentatorBagar, Robert C. CommentatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *LT-10 4889 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 339 (F)*LTCM 339 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 4889.