Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835.
2. Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842.
3. Atherton, James.
4. Malfitano, Catherine.
5. Plishka, Paul, 1941-
6. Behrens, Hildegard.
7. Nentwig, Franz Ferdinand.
8. Fisher, E. Burke.
9. Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004.
10. Vickers, Jon.
11. Morris, James, 1947-
12. Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993.
13. Allen, Peter, 1920-
14. Jacobson, Robert M.
15. Nilsson, Birgit.
16. Cassilly, Richard, 1927-
17. Milnes, Sherrill.
18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
19. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 3 sound cassettes (175 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 2, 1980]

Uniform title

1. Fidelio (1814)
2. Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
3. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Fidelio (1814)

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Singer's roundtable (Robert Jacobson, host, with Birgit Nilsson, Richard Cassilly and Sherrill Milnes) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Overture ; Act 1 through "Jetzt, Alter, hat es Eile!" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "O namenlose Freude" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 633 (F)

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:38:59 (synopses and features) ; 2:16:08 (opera).
3. 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

Performer (note)

1. James Atherton (Jacquino) ; Catherine Malfitano (Marzelline) ; Paul Plishka (Rocco) ; Hildegard Behrens (Leonore) ; Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Don Pizarro) ; Timothy Jenkins (First prisoner) ; Arthur Thompson (Second prisoner) ; Jon Vickers (Florestan) ; James Morris (Don Fernando) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1980.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 633 (F)

Language (note)

1. Sung in German.

Author

1. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Title

1. Fidelio [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Josef Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke.

Playing time

1. 003859 021608

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 2, 1980]

Cast

1. James Atherton (Jacquino) ; Catherine Malfitano (Marzelline) ; Paul Plishka (Rocco) ; Hildegard Behrens (Leonore) ; Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Don Pizarro) ; Timothy Jenkins (First prisoner) ; Arthur Thompson (Second prisoner) ; Jon Vickers (Florestan) ; James Morris (Don Fernando) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

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

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 44, no. 12 (Feb. 2, 1980).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1980.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 633 (F)

Language

1. Sung in German.

Added author

1. Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835. Librettist
2. Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842. Librettist
3. Atherton, James. Performer
4. Malfitano, Catherine. Performer
5. Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer
6. Behrens, Hildegard. Performer
7. Nentwig, Franz Ferdinand. Performer
8. Fisher, E. Burke. Performer
9. Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004. Performer
10. Vickers, Jon. Performer
11. Morris, James, 1947- Performer
12. Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993. Conductor
13. Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
14. Jacobson, Robert M. Commentator
15. Nilsson, Birgit. Commentator
16. Cassilly, Richard, 1927- Commentator
17. Milnes, Sherrill. Commentator
18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
2. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 633 (F) (Production notes on file in listening room.)