Research Catalog

Title

L'Elisir d'amore [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Romani, Felice, 1788-1865.
• Kotoski, Dawn.
• Cole, Vinson.
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Schexnayder, Brian.
• Taddei, Giuseppe.
• Weikert, Ralf.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Hamilton, David, 1935 January 18-
• Fiedler, Johanna.
• Scott, Iain.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 20, 1988]

Uniform Title

• Elisir d'amore
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Elisir d'amore

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:29:19 (synopses and features) ; 2:04:20 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Dawn Kotowski (Giannetta) ; Vinson Cole (Nemorino) ; Dawn Upshaw (Adina) ; Brian Schexnayder (Sergeant Belcore) ; Giuseppe Taddei (Doctor Dulcamara) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ralf Weikert, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 20, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 526 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, scene 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, scene 2 -- CD 3. Act 2 ; Closing announcements (Allen) -- CD 4. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Johanna Fiedler, David Hamilton and Iain Scott) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 27336

OCLC

NYPG91-R1029

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Title

L'Elisir d'amore [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Playing Time

002919 020420

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 20, 1988]

Cast

Dawn Kotowski (Giannetta) ; Vinson Cole (Nemorino) ; Dawn Upshaw (Adina) ; Brian Schexnayder (Sergeant Belcore) ; Giuseppe Taddei (Doctor Dulcamara) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ralf Weikert, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

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

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 52, no. 11 (Feb. 13, 1988).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 20, 1988.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 526 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Librettist

Kotoski, Dawn. Performer

Cole, Vinson. Performer

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Schexnayder, Brian. Performer

Taddei, Giuseppe. Performer

Weikert, Ralf. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Hamilton, David, 1935 January 18- Commentator

Fiedler, Johanna. Commentator

Scott, Iain. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 27336 Service copy.

*LTCM 526 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27336.