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Fidelio opera in two acts

Title: Fidelio [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Josef Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke.
Author: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Audio	Use in library	*LDC 33903 [CD. Service copy]	Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Description

3 sound discs (171 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 18, 1993]

Uniform Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Met moments (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Note

Durations: 0:31:34 (synopses and features) ; 2:20:00 (opera).
Compact discs.
Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 729 (F).
House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

Opera news,

Event (note)

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 18, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 729 (F)

Source (note)

Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Act 1 ; CD 2. Act 2 ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alison Ames, Charles Osborne and Lofti Mansouri) ; Met Moments (Francis Robinson) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33903

Author

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Title

Fidelio [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Josef Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke.

Playing Time

003134 022000

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 18, 1993]

Performer

Michael Schade (Jacquino) ; Helen Donath (Marzelline) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Rocco) ; Anne Evans (Leonore) ; Robert Hale (Don Pizarro) ; Paul Groves (First Prisoner) ; Kevin Short (Second Prisoner) ; Ben Heppner (Florestan) ; Alan Held (Don Fernando) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Hermann Michael, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 58, no. 6 (Dec. 11, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 18, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1995, from borrowed masters (2 tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 729 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Sonnleithner, Josef Ferdinand, 1766-1836. Librettist

Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842. Librettist

Schade, Michael. Performer

Donath, Helen. Performer

Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950- Performer

Evans, Anne. Performer

Hale, Robert, 1933- Performer

Groves, Paul, (Tenor) Performer

Short, Kevin. Performer

Heppner, Ben. Performer

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Michael, Hermann. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017. Commentator

Mansouri, Lofti. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33903 Service copy.

*LT-10-A 1582 Master tape. Request service copy in *LDC 33903.

*LTCM 729 F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 33903.

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