Research Catalog
Le nozze di figaro opera in four acts
- Title
- Le nozze di figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.
- Author
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
- Brownlee, John, 1901-1969.
- Steber, Eleanor.
- Sayão, Bidú.
- Pinza, Ezio.
- Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994.
- Petina, Irra, 1907-
- De Paolis, Alessio.
- Garris, John.
- Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969.
- D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958.
- Farell, Marita.
- Paule, Mona, 1916-
- Raymondi, Lillian.
- Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 4 sound tape reels (186 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 29, 1944]
- Uniform Title
- Nozze di Figaro
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Nozze di Figaro
- Subject
- Note
- Sung in Italian.
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 3:06:16.
- Production notes and official cast list (3 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, Jan. 29, 1944.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 435 (F)
- Contents
- side 1. Act 1 -- side 2. Act 2 -- side 3. Act 3 -- side 4. Act 4.
- Call Number
- *LT-10 6104
- Author
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
- Title
- Le nozze di figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.
- Playing Time
- 30616
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 29, 1944]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 29, 1944]
- Performer
- John Brownlee (Count Almaviva) ; Eleanor Steber (Countess Almaviva) ; Bidu Sayao (Susanna) ; Ezio Pinza (Figaro) ; Jarmila Novotna (Cherubino) ; Irra Petina (Marcellina) ; Alessio De Paolis (Basilio) ; John Garris (Don Curzio) ; Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo) ; Louis D'Angelo (Antonio) ; Marita Farell (Barbarina) ; Mona Paulee, Lillian Raymondi (Two peasant girls) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Bruno Walter, conductor.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 8, no. 13 (Jan. 24, 1944).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 29, 1944.
- Original Version
- Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in June 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (6 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 435 (F)
- Added Author
- Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. PerformerBeaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mariage de Figaro.Brownlee, John, 1901-1969. PerformerSteber, Eleanor. PerformerSayão, Bidú. PerformerPinza, Ezio. PerformerNovotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994. PerformerPetina, Irra, 1907- PerformerDe Paolis, Alessio. PerformerGarris, John. PerformerBaccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969. PerformerD'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958. PerformerFarell, Marita. PerformerPaule, Mona, 1916- PerformerRaymondi, Lillian. PerformerWalter, Bruno, 1876-1962. ConductorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *LT-10 6104 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 435 (F).*LTCM 435 (F) Cassette service copy; productions notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6104.