Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
2. Dam, José van.
3. Battle, Kathleen.
4. Montarsolo, Paolo.
5. Di Franco, Loretta.
6. Von Stade, Frederica.
7. Hynninen, Jorma, 1941-
8. Laciura, Anthony.
9. Söderström, Elisabeth, 1927-
10. Courtney, James, 1946-
11. Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
12. Upshaw, Dawn.
13. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
14. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
15. Mohr, Richard.
16. Blegen, Judith.
17. Hagegård, Håkan.
18. Purdy, Christopher.
19. Downes, Edward, 1911-
20. Gainsley, Philip.
21. Wrong, Henry.
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
23. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 5 sound discs (243 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 7, 1987]

Uniform title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Synopsis of Act IV (Allen) -- CD 4. Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Judith Blegen and Håkan Hagegård) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Christopher Purdy, host, with Edward Downes, Philip Gainsley and Henry Wrong) ; Synopsis of Act III (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 505 (F)

Note

1. Sung in Italian.
2. Durations: 0:48:13 (synopses and features) ; 3:15:05 (opera).
3. Compact discs.
4. In two containers.
5. Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark: *LTCM 505 (F)).
6. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 7, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

1. Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 505 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

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.

Playing time

1. 004813 031505

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 7, 1987]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 7, 1987]

Performer

1. José van Dam (Figaro) ; Kathleen Battle (Susanna) ; Paolo Montarsolo (Don Bartolo) ; Loretta di Franco (Marcellina) ; Frederica von Stade (Cherubino) ; Jorma Hynninen (Count Almaviva) ; Anthony Laciura (Don Basilio) ; Elisabeth Söderström (Countess Almaviva) ; James Courtney (Antonio) ; Andrea Velis (Don Curzio) ; Dawn Upshaw (Barbarina) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 51, no. 10 (Jan. 31, 1987).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 7, 1987.

Original version

1. Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 505 (F)

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist
2. Dam, José van. Performer
3. Battle, Kathleen. Performer
4. Montarsolo, Paolo. Performer
5. Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
6. Von Stade, Frederica. Performer
7. Hynninen, Jorma, 1941- Performer
8. Laciura, Anthony. Performer
9. Söderström, Elisabeth, 1927- Performer
10. Courtney, James, 1946- performer
11. Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer
12. Upshaw, Dawn. Performer
13. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
14. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
15. Mohr, Richard. Commentator
16. Blegen, Judith. Commentator
17. Hagegård, Håkan. Commentator
18. Purdy, Christopher. Commentator
19. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
20. Gainsley, Philip. Commentator
21. Wrong, Henry. Commentator
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 505 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 32754.
2. *LDC 32754 Service copy.