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Additional authors

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838
2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
3. Brownlee, John, 1901-1969
4. Steber, Eleanor
5. Sayão, Bidú.
6. Pinza, Ezio
7. Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994
8. Petina, Irra, 1908-2000
9. De Paolis, Alessio
10. Garris, John
11. Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969
12. D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958
13. Farell, Marita
14. Paule, Mona, 1916-
15. Raymondi, Lillian
16. Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962
17. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
18. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 4 sound tape reels (186 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 29, 1944]

Uniform title

1. Nozze di Figaro
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Nozze di Figaro

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Act 1 -- side 2. Act 2 -- side 3. Act 3 -- side 4. Act 4.

Call number

1. *LT-10 6104

Note

1. Sung in Italian.
2. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
3. Durations: 3:06:16.
4. Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 29, 1944.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 435 (F)

Author

1. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Title

1. 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

1. 30616

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 29, 1944]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 29, 1944]

Performer

1. 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:

1. Opera news, v. 8, no. 13 (Jan. 24, 1944).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 29, 1944.

Original version

1. 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

1. Service copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 435 (F)

Added author

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Performer
2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mariage de Figaro.
3. Brownlee, John, 1901-1969. Performer
4. Steber, Eleanor. Performer
5. Sayão, Bidú. Performer
6. Pinza, Ezio. Performer
7. Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994. Performer
8. Petina, Irra, 1908-2000, singer.
9. De Paolis, Alessio. Performer
10. Garris, John. Performer
11. Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969. Performer
12. D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958. Performer
13. Farell, Marita. Performer
14. Paule, Mona, 1916- Performer
15. Raymondi, Lillian. Performer
16. Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962. Conductor
17. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LT-10 6104 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 435 (F).
2. *LTCM 435 (F) Cassette service copy; productions notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6104.