side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Innaurato, Terrence McNally and Christopher Purdy) ; Met Moments (Edward Downes, host, with Zinka Milanov, Risë Stevens and Bidú Sayão) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Overture ; Act 1 through "Bei Mannern welche Liebe fühlen" -- side 3. Act 1 concluded -- side 4. Act 2 through "Ach, ich fühls es ist verschwunden" -- side 5. Act 2 concluded -- side 6. Closing remarks (Allen).
Call number
*LTCM 586 (F)
Note
Sung in German.
Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
Durations: 0:40:02 (synopses and features) ; 2:50:32 (opera).
Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed in (note)
Opera news
Event (note)
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 9, 1991.
Reproduction (note)
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 586 (F)
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Composer
Title
Die Zauberflöte [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder.
Playing time
004002 025032
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 9, 1991]
Performer
Francisco Araiza (Tamino) ; Juliana Gondek, Mimi Lerner and Judith Christin (Three Ladies) ; Manfred Hemm (Papageno) ; Luciana Serra (Queen of the Night) ; Glenn Alpert, Dennis Williams and Robert Manno (Three Slaves) ; Heinz Zednik (Monostatos) ; Kathleen Battle (Pamina) ; Ted Huffman, Benjamin Schott and Per-Christian Brevig (Three Boys) ; Andrea Schmidt (Speaker) ; Kurt Moll (Sarastro) ; James Courtney and Bernard Fitch (Priests) ; Barbara Kilduff (Papagena) ; Mark Baker and Michael Devlin (Guards) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Indexed in:
Opera news, v. 55, no. 10 (Feb. 2, 1991).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 9, 1991.
Original version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 586 (F)