Research Catalog

Title

Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 2008-01-26 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, after the play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831.
• Garanča, Elīna, 1976-
• Zapata, José Manuel.
• Vassallo, Franco.
• Praticò, Bruno.
• Rose, Peter, 1961-
• Moore, John (John Michael), 1981-
• Check, Jennifer.
• Schowalter, Mark.
• Besserer, Rob.
• Toolajian, Loren.
• Chaslin, Frédéric.
• Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
• Berger, William.
• Funkhouser, Neil.
• Wolf, Thomas, 1945-
• Zeger, Brian.
• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Siff, Ira.
• Sher, Bartlett
• Kaiser, Joseph.
• Waite, Claudia.
• Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954-
• Lewin, Naomi.
• Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 26, 2008

Uniform Title

• Barbiere di Siviglia
• Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Barbiere di Siviglia

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 26, 2008.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction (Margaret Juntwait interviews director, Bartlett Sher) ; synopsis of act 1 (Juntwait & Ira Siff) ; Act 1 (beginning) -- CD 2. Act 1 (conclusion) ; Loren Toolajian interviews Elīna Garanča ; Met Memory (Mary Jo Heath interviews Joseph Kaiser) ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Roberta Peters, host, with William Berger, Neil Funkhouser, Thomas Wolf, and Brian Zeger) -- Met Cameo (Naomi Lewin interviews Claudia Waite) ; synopsis of act 2 ; Act 2 (beginning) -- CD 3. Act 2 (conclusion) ; closing remarks (Juntwait & Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 46562

OCLC

285313274

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

Title

Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 2008-01-26 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, after the play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2008]

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 26, 2008

Performer

Elīna Garanča (Rosina) ; José Manuel Zapata (Count Almaviva) ; Franco Vassallo (Figaro) ; Bruno Praticò (Dr. Bartolo) ; Peter Rose (Don Basilio) ; John Moore (Fiorello) ; Jennifer Check (Berta) ; Mark Schowalter (Sergeant) ; Rob Besserer (Ambrogio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Frédéric Chaslin, conductor.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 72, no. 7 (Jan. 2008).

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 26, 2008.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831. Librettist

Garanča, Elīna, 1976- Performer. Interviewee

Zapata, José Manuel. Performer

Vassallo, Franco. Performer

Praticò, Bruno. Performer

Rose, Peter, 1961- Performer

Moore, John (John Michael), 1981- Performer

Check, Jennifer. Performer

Schowalter, Mark. Performer

Besserer, Rob. Performer

Toolajian, Loren. Interviewer

Chaslin, Frédéric. Conductor

Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Host

Berger, William. Commentator

Funkhouser, Neil. Commentator

Wolf, Thomas, 1945- Commentator

Zeger, Brian. Commentator

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Sher, Bartlett, interviewee.

Kaiser, Joseph. Interviewee

Waite, Claudia. Interviewee

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- Interviewer

Lewin, Naomi. Interviewer

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Barbier de Séville.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 46562