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Il barbiere di Siviglia : [sound recording] : opera in three acts

Title
Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1950-12-16 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on Beaumarchais' play.
Author
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

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Additional Authors
  • Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969.
  • Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
  • Brownlee, John, 1901-1969.
  • Burgstaller, Ludwig.
  • Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921-2008.
  • Eaton, Quaintance.
  • Erede, Alberto.
  • Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
  • Glaz, Hertha, 1908-
  • Goldovsky, Boris.
  • Helburn, Theresa, 1887-1959.
  • Hines, Jerome, 1921-
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
  • Pons, Lily, 1898-1976.
  • Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965.
  • Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831.
  • Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
  • Thebom, Blanche.
  • Valdengo, Giuseppe, 1914-
Description
4 sound tape reels (185 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 16, 1950]
Uniform Title
  • Barbiere di Siviglia
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Barbiere di Siviglia
Subject
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:41:53 (synopses and features) ; 2:23:56 (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)
  • Giuseppe Di Stefano (Count Almaviva) ; Salvatore Baccaloni (Dr. Bartolo) ; Lily Pons (Rosina) ; Giuseppe Valdengo (Figaro) ; Jerome Hines (Don Basilio) ; Herta Glaz (Berta) ; George Cehanovsky (Fiorello) ; Paul Franke (A sergeant) ; Ludwig Burgstaller (Ambrogio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 16, 1950.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 374 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Theresa Helburn and John Brownlee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Deems Taylor, host, with Quaintance Eaton, Sigmund Spaeth and Robert Lawrence) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Act 1 -- side 3. Act 2 through "Dunque io son" -- side 4. Act 2 concluded -- side 5. Act 3 through "Sempre gridi...Il vecchiotto cerca moglie" -- side 6. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LTCM 374 (F)
Author
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Title
Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1950-12-16 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on Beaumarchais' play.
Playing Time
004153 022356
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 16, 1950]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 16, 1950]
Cast
Giuseppe Di Stefano (Count Almaviva) ; Salvatore Baccaloni (Dr. Bartolo) ; Lily Pons (Rosina) ; Giuseppe Valdengo (Figaro) ; Jerome Hines (Don Basilio) ; Herta Glaz (Berta) ; George Cehanovsky (Fiorello) ; Paul Franke (A sergeant) ; Ludwig Burgstaller (Ambrogio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (7 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 15, no. 8 (Dec. 11, 1950).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 16, 1950.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 374 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831. Librettist
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Barbier de Séville.
Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921-2008. Performer
Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969. Performer
Pons, Lily, 1898-1976. Performer
Valdengo, Giuseppe, 1914- Performer
Hines, Jerome, 1921- Performer
Glaz, Hertha, 1908- Performer
Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. Performer
Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
Burgstaller, Ludwig. Performer
Erede, Alberto. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Thebom, Blanche. Commentator
Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
Helburn, Theresa, 1887-1959. Commentator
Brownlee, John, 1901-1969. Commentator
Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator
Eaton, Quaintance. Commentator
Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 374 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file.
*LT-10 4923
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