Research Catalog

Title

Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
• Bedford, Steuart.
• Best, Richard, 1935-
• Blegen, Judith.
• Bystrom, Barbara.
• Capecchi, Renato.
• Carlson, Lenus.
• Castel, Nico.
• Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ewing, Maria.
• Goldovsky, Boris.
• Harper, Heather.
• Hume, Paul, 1915-
• Love, Shirley.
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Mays, Linda.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015.
• Smith, Alma Jean.
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.

Description

3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 5, 1977

Uniform Title

• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Nozze di Figaro
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Nozze di Figaro

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Title frrom house program.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 5, 1977.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky on composers and how they fit words to music) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes questions Alberta Masiello, Paul Hume, and Andrew Porter) -- side 2. Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) ; Alberta Masiello plays excerpts from tapes of previous Met broadcasts and talks about the future of the Met ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Allen) -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 817

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Title

Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 5, 1977

Performer

James Morris (Figaro) ; Judith Blegen (Susanna) ; Heather Harper (Countess Almaviva) ; Maria Ewing (Cherubino) ; Lenus Carlson (Count Almaviva) ; Renato Capecchi (Dr. Bartolo) ; Shirley Love (Marcellina) ; Andrea Velis (Don Basilio) ; Richard Best (Antonio) ; Alma Jean Smith (Barbarina) ; Nico Castel (Curzio) ; Linda Mays and Barbara Bystrom (Peasants) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Steuart Bedford, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 5, 1977.

Original Version

Cassette tape service copy re=recorded at NYPL in 1982 from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mariage de Figaro.

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Blegen, Judith. Performer

Harper, Heather. Performer

Ewing, Maria. Performer

Carlson, Lenus. Performer

Capecchi, Renato. Performer

Love, Shirley. Performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Best, Richard, 1935- Performer

Smith, Alma Jean. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Mays, Linda. Performer

Bystrom, Barbara. Performer

Bedford, Steuart. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Hume, Paul, 1915- Commentator

Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015. 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 817