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Additional authors

1. Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831.
2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
3. Lopardo, Frank
4. Schaldenbrand, Christopher
5. Hampson, Thomas
6. Dara, Enzo
7. Brandes, Barry
8. Swenson, Ruth Ann
9. Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950-
10. Shaulis, Jane
11. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
12. Rizzi, Carlo
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
14. Downes, Edward, 1911-
15. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
16. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 3 sound discs (182 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 Dec. 25, 1993]

Uniform title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 ; Act 2, part 1 -- CD 3. Act 2, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; "A Met Christmas", with host Edward Downes ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen).

Call number

1. *LDC 33904

Note

1. Durations: 0:31:59 (synopses and features) ; 2:29:31 (opera).
2. Compact discs.
3. Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 730 F).
4. 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, Dec. 25, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 730 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

Author

1. Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

Title

1. Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1993-12-25 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the story by Beaumarchais.

Playing time

1. 003259 022931

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 25, 1993]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 25, 1993]

Performer

1. Frank Lopardo (Count Almaviva) ; Christopher Schaldenbrand (Fiorello) ; Thomas Hampson (Figaro) ; Enzo Dara (Dr. Bartolo) ; Barry Brandes (Ambrogio) ; Ruth Ann Swenson (Rosina) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Don Basilio) ; Jane Shaulis (Berta) ; Charles Anthony (An Officer) ; Metropolitan Opera and Chorus ; Carlo Rizzi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 58, no. 7 (Dec. 25, 1993).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 25, 1993.

Original version

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

Reproduction

1. Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 730 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831. Librettist
2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Barbier de Séville.
3. Lopardo, Frank. Performer
4. Schaldenbrand, Christopher. Performer
5. Hampson, Thomas. Performer
6. Dara, Enzo. Performer
7. Brandes, Barry. Performer
8. Swenson, Ruth Ann. Performer
9. Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950- Performer
10. Shaulis, Jane. Performer
11. Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer
12. Rizzi, Carlo. Conductor
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
14. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
15. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LDC 33904 Service copy.
2. *LT-10-A 1583 Master tape. Request service copy in *LDC 33904.
3. *LTCM 730 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 33904.