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Don Giovanni opera in two acts

Title
Don Giovanni [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

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Additional Authors
  • Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
  • Plishka, Paul, 1941-
  • Studer, Cheryl.
  • Hampson, Thomas.
  • Moll, Kurt, 1938-
  • Blochwitz, Hans-Peter.
  • Schuman, Patricia.
  • Upshaw, Dawn.
  • Cokorinos, Philip.
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021.
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Hubay, Alfred.
  • Eckert, Thor, Jr.
  • Bernheimer, Martin.
  • Weaver, William, 1923-2013
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
4 sound discs (215 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 2, 1991]
Uniform Title
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Met moments (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
Operas
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:33:47 (synopses and features) ; 3:01:34 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
  • Compact discs.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Performer (note)
  • Paul Plishka (Leporello) ; Cheryl Studer (Donna Anna) ; Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni) ; Kurt Moll (The Commendatore) ; Hans Peter Blochwitz (Don Ottavio) ; Patricia Schuman (Donna Elvira) ; Dawn Upshaw (Zerlina) ; Philip Cokorinos (Masetto) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1991.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 585 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 ; Act 2, part 1 -- CD 3. Act 2, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alfred Hubay, Thor Eckert Jr. and Martin Bernheimer) ; Met Moments (William Weaver) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 29108
OCLC
NYPG92-R926
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Title
Don Giovanni [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.
Playing Time
003347 030134
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 2, 1991]
Cast
Paul Plishka (Leporello) ; Cheryl Studer (Donna Anna) ; Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni) ; Kurt Moll (The Commendatore) ; Hans Peter Blochwitz (Don Ottavio) ; Patricia Schuman (Donna Elvira) ; Dawn Upshaw (Zerlina) ; Philip Cokorinos (Masetto) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
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.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 55, no. 10 (Feb. 2, 1991).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 2, 1991.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 585 (F)
Language
Sung in Italian.
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Added Author
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist
Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer
Studer, Cheryl. Performer
Hampson, Thomas. Performer
Moll, Kurt, 1938- Performer
Blochwitz, Hans-Peter. Performer
Schuman, Patricia. Performer
Upshaw, Dawn. Performer
Cokorinos, Philip. Performer
Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Hubay, Alfred. Commentator
Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator
Bernheimer, Martin. Commentator
Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Met moments (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 29108 Service copy.
*LTCM 585 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 29108.
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