Research Catalog

Title

Don Giovanni [sound recording] : opera in two acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
• Siepi, Cesare.
• Steber, Eleanor.
• Della Casa, Lisa.
• Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
• Corena, Fernando.
• Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
• Uppman, Theodor, 1920-
• Tozzi, Giorgio.
• Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Harrison, Jay.
• Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
• De Schauensee, Max.
• Biancolli, Louis.
• Kolodin, Irving, 1908-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (224 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Dec. 14, 1957\571214\]

Uniform Title

• Don Giovanni
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Don Giovanni

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 0:43:50 (synopses and features) ; 2:59:55 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 86 (F).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 14, 1957.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 86 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Act 1, scenes 1-3 -- CD 2. Act 1, scenes 4-5 ; Act 2, scenes 1-3 -- CD 3. Act 2, scenes 3-5 ; Closing remarks (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz: Jay Harrison, Deems Taylor, Max de Schauensee, Louis Biancolli and Irving Kolodin ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Cross).

Call Number

*LDC 34106

OCLC

NYPG84-R1124

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Title

Don Giovanni [sound recording] : opera in two acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

Playing Time

004350 025955

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Dec. 14, 1957\571214\]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Dec. 14, 1957\571214\]

Performer

Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni) ; Eleanor Steber (Donna Anna) ; Lisa Della Casa (Donna Elvira) ; Jan Peerce (Don Ottavio) ; Fernando Corena (Leporello) ; Roberta Peters (Zerlina) ; Theodor Uppman (Masetto) ; Giorgio Tozzi (Commendatore) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Karl Böhm, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 22, no. 6 (Dec. 9, 1957).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 14, 1957.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL, Oct., 1984, from borrowed copies (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 86 (F).

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist

Siepi, Cesare. Performer

Steber, Eleanor. Performer

Della Casa, Lisa. Performer

Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984. Performer

Corena, Fernando. Performer

Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Performer

Uppman, Theodor, 1920- Performer

Tozzi, Giorgio. Performer

Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966. Commentator

De Schauensee, Max. Commentator

Biancolli, Louis. Commentator

Kolodin, Irving, 1908- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 34106 Service copy.

*LTCM 86 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 34106.