Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
2. Furlanetto, Ferruccio.
3. Upshaw, Dawn.
4. Moll, Kurt, 1938-
5. Christin, Judith.
6. Von Stade, Frederica.
7. Hampson, Thomas.
8. Laciura, Anthony.
9. Schuman, Patricia, 1954-
10. Courtney, James, 1946-
11. Fitch, Bernard.
12. Grant Murphy, Heidi.
13. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
14. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
15. Mohr, Richard.
16. Mansouri, Lotfi.
17. Downes, Edward, 1911-
18. Ames, Alison, 1945-
19. Weaver, William, 1923-2013
20. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
21. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 5 sound discs (235 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 21, 1992]

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) ; Overture ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III -- CD 4. Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr and Lotfi Mansouri) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alison Ames, Lotfi Mansouri and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 612 (F)

Note

1. Compact discs.
2. House program on file in Music Division.
3. Durations: 0:46:55 (synopses and features) ; 3:08:14 (opera).
4. Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 21, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

1. Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 612 (F)

Source (note)

1. Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

1. Sung in Italian.

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. 004655 030814

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 21, 1992]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 21, 1992]

Performer

1. Ferruccio Furlanetto (Figaro) ; Dawn Upshaw (Susanna) ; Kurt Moll (Don Bartolo) ; Judith Christin (Marcellina) ; Frederica von Stade (Cherubino) ; Thomas Hampson (Count Almaviva) ; Anthony Laciura (Don Basilio) ; Patricia Schuman (Countess Almaviva) ; James Courtney (Antonio) ; Bernard Fitch (Don Curzio) ; Heidi Grant Murphy (Barbarina) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 56, no. 13 (Mar. 14, 1992).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 21, 1992.

Original version

1. Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in July, 1992, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Preservation copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 612 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist
2. Furlanetto, Ferruccio. Performer
3. Upshaw, Dawn. Performer
4. Moll, Kurt, 1938- Performer
5. Christin, Judith. Performer
6. Von Stade, Frederica. Performer
7. Hampson, Thomas. Performer
8. Laciura, Anthony. Performer
9. Schuman, Patricia, 1954- Performer
10. Courtney, James, 1946- performer
11. Fitch, Bernard. Performer
12. Grant Murphy, Heidi. Performer
13. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
14. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
15. Mohr, Richard. Commentator
16. Mansouri, Lotfi. Commentator
17. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
18. Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator
19. Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.
20. 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 612 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30398.
2. *LDC 30398 Service copy.