Research Catalog

Title

Le Nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on the work by Beaumarchais.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
• Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
• Cheek, John, 1948-
• Hong, Hei-Kyung
• Van Allan, Richard
• Di Franco, Loretta
• Otter, Anne Sofie von
• Hampson, Thomas
• Sénéchal, Michel
• Alexander, Roberta
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Blackwell, Harolyn
• Elder, Mark, 1947-
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Horne, Marilyn
• Mohr, Richard
• Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Livingstone, William
• Woitach, Richard
• Purdy, Christopher
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

5 sound discs (232 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 31, 1988]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 0:48:36 (synopses and features) ; 3:05:12 (opera).
• Compact disc.
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark : *LTCM 539 (F).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 31, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 539 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Synopsis of Act IV (Allen) -- CD 4. Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. Opera News on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Sid Caesar) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with William Livingstone, Richard Woitach and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of Act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 539 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R54

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Title

Le Nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on the work by Beaumarchais.

Playing Time

004836 030512

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 31, 1988]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 31, 1988]

Performer

John Cheek (Figaro) ; Hei-Kyung Hong (Susanna) ; Richard Van Allan (Don Bartolo) ; Loretta Di Franco (Marcellina) ; Anne Sofie von Otter (Cherubino) ; Thomas Hampson (Count Almaviva) ; Michel Sénéchal (Don Basilio) ; Roberta Alexander (Countess Almaviva) ; James Courtney (Antonio) ; Andrea Velis (Don Curzio) ; Harolyn Blackwell (Barbarina) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Mark Elder, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 7 (Dec. 24, 1988).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 31, 1988.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 539 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mariage de Figaro.

Cheek, John, 1948- Performer

Hong, Hei-Kyung. Performer

Van Allan, Richard. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Otter, Anne Sofie von. Performer

Hampson, Thomas. Performer

Sénéchal, Michel. Performer

Alexander, Roberta. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Blackwell, Harolyn. Performer

Elder, Mark, 1947- Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Horne, Marilyn. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 539 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room). Use service copy in *LDC 31955.

*LDC 31955 Service copy.