Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 2002-02-02 [sound recording] : opera in 2 acts / by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Beaumarchais.
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 -- CD 3. Act 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Texaco's opera quiz (William Livingstone, host, with David Hamilton, Sarah Bryan Miller and Alan Wagner) ; Synopsis of Act 2.
Call number
*LDC 27378
Note
Subtitle from Opera News.
Compact discs.
House program on file in Music Division.
Performer (note)
Ruth Ann Swenson (Rosina) ; Juan Diego Flórez (Count Almaviva) ; Dwayne Croft (Figaro) ; Paul Plishka (Dr. Bartolo) ; Simone Alaimo (Don Basilio) ; Rodion Pogossov (Fiorello) ; Claudia Waite (Berta) ; Anthony Laciura (Sergeant) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Yves Abel, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 2002.
Source (note)
Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
Sung in Italian.
Author
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Title
Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 2002-02-02 [sound recording] : opera in 2 acts / by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Beaumarchais.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2002.
Series
ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 2, 2002.
ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 2, 2002.
Cast
Ruth Ann Swenson (Rosina) ; Juan Diego Flórez (Count Almaviva) ; Dwayne Croft (Figaro) ; Paul Plishka (Dr. Bartolo) ; Simone Alaimo (Don Basilio) ; Rodion Pogossov (Fiorello) ; Claudia Waite (Berta) ; Anthony Laciura (Sergeant) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Yves Abel, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 2002.