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Additional authors

1. Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831
2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
3. Gonzalez, Dalmacio
4. Darrenkamp, John
5. Nucci, Leo
6. Dara, Enzo
7. Sliker, Peter
8. Battle, Kathleen
9. Montarsolo, Paolo
10. Di Franco, Loretta
11. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012
12. Müller, Edoardo
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
14. Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013
15. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
16. Bonelli, Peter
17. McNally, Terrence
18. Pfeiffer, John, 1920-1996
19. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
20. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes (193 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 8, 1984]

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Peter Bonelli, Terrence McNally and John Pfeiffer) ; Risë Stevens ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Sinfonia ; Act 1 through "All'idea di quel metallo" -- side 4. "Una voce poco fa" through "Alto là! Che cosa accade" -- side 5. Act 1 concluded ; Act 2 through "Il vecchiotto cerca moglie" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 456 (F)

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:36:35 (synopses and features) ; 2:36:14 (opera).
3. 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. Dalmacio Gonzalez (Count Almaviva) ; John Darrenkamp (Fiorello) ; Leo Nucci (Figaro) ; Enzo Dara (Dr. Bartolo) ; Peter Sliker (Ambrogio) ; Kathleen Battle (Rosina) ; Paolo Montarsolo (Don Basilio) ; Loretta Di Franco (Berta) ; Charles Anthony (An officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Edoardo Müller, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 8, 1984.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 456 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

Title

1. Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1984-12-08 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Beaumarchais.

Playing time

1. 003635 023614

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 8, 1984]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 8, 1984]

Cast

1. Dalmacio Gonzalez (Count Almaviva) ; John Darrenkamp (Fiorello) ; Leo Nucci (Figaro) ; Enzo Dara (Dr. Bartolo) ; Peter Sliker (Ambrogio) ; Kathleen Battle (Rosina) ; Paolo Montarsolo (Don Basilio) ; Loretta Di Franco (Berta) ; Charles Anthony (An officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Edoardo Müller, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 49, no. 6 (Dec. 8, 1984).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 8, 1984.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1991, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 456 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Added author

1. Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831. Librettist
2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Barbier de Séville.
3. Gonzalez, Dalmacio. Performer
4. Darrenkamp, John. Performer
5. Nucci, Leo. Performer
6. Dara, Enzo. Performer
7. Sliker, Peter. Performer
8. Battle, Kathleen. Performer
9. Montarsolo, Paolo. Performer
10. Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
11. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
12. Müller, Edoardo. Conductor
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.
14. Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, commentator.
15. Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.
16. Bonelli, Peter. Commentator
17. McNally, Terrence, commentator.
18. Pfeiffer, John, 1920-1996, commentator.
19. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

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

Research call number

1. *LTCM 456 (F) Production notes on file.