Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
2. Raimondi, Ruggero.
3. Battle, Kathleen.
4. Korn, Artur.
5. Taillon, Jocelyne.
6. Von Stade, Frederica.
7. Allen, Thomas, 1944-
8. Sénéchal, Michel.
9. Vaness, Carol.
10. Courtney, James, 1946-
11. Laciura, Anthony.
12. Upshaw, Dawn.
13. Levine, James, 1943-2021.
14. Allen, Peter, 1920-
15. MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-
16. Goldovsky, Boris.
17. Downes, Edward, 1911-
18. Hubay, Alfred.
19. Jellinek, George, 1919-
20. Purdy, Christopher.
21. Tuggle, Robert.
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
23. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

1. 4 sound cassettes (258 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 14, 1985]

Uniform title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Biographies in music (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Hubay, George Jellinek and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 2. Biographies in music (Robert Tuggle) ; Synopsis of act 4 (Allen) -- side 3. Sinfonia ; Act 1 through "Non so più, cosa son, cosa faccio" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Aprite presto aprite" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded -- side 7. Act 3 -- side 8. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 477 (F)

Note

1. Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
2. Durations: 0:59:44 (synopses and features) ; 3:18:32 (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. Ruggero Raimondi (Figaro) ; Kathleen Battle (Susanna) ; Artur Korn (Don Bartolo) ; Jocelyne Taillon (Marcellina) ; Frederica von Stade (Cherubino) ; Thomas Allen (Count Almaviva) ; Michel Sénéchal (Don Basilio) ; Carol Vaness (Countess Almaviva) ; James Courtney (Antonio) ; Anthony Laciura (Don Curzio) ; Dawn Upshaw (Barbarina) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 14, 1985.

Reproduction (note)

1. Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 477 (F)

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. 005944 031832

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 14, 1985]

Cast

1. Ruggero Raimondi (Figaro) ; Kathleen Battle (Susanna) ; Artur Korn (Don Bartolo) ; Jocelyne Taillon (Marcellina) ; Frederica von Stade (Cherubino) ; Thomas Allen (Count Almaviva) ; Michel Sénéchal (Don Basilio) ; Carol Vaness (Countess Almaviva) ; James Courtney (Antonio) ; Anthony Laciura (Don Curzio) ; Dawn Upshaw (Barbarina) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original version

1. Re-recorded at NYPL in May 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 50, no. 6 (Dec. 7, 1985).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 14, 1985.

Reproduction

1. Service copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 477 (F)

Language

1. Sung in Italian.

Added author

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist
2. Raimondi, Ruggero. Performer
3. Battle, Kathleen. Performer
4. Korn, Artur. Performer
5. Taillon, Jocelyne. Performer
6. Von Stade, Frederica. Performer
7. Allen, Thomas, 1944- Performer
8. Sénéchal, Michel. Performer
9. Vaness, Carol. Performer
10. Courtney, James, 1946- performer
11. Laciura, Anthony. Performer
12. Upshaw, Dawn. Performer
13. Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
14. Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
15. MacNeil, Cornell, 1922- Commentator
16. Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator
17. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
18. Hubay, Alfred. Commentator
19. Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator
20. Purdy, Christopher. Commentator
21. Tuggle, Robert. Commentator
22. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Biographies in music (Radio program)
4. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 477 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)