Research Catalog

Title

Die Zauberflöte [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schikaneder, Emanuel, 1751-1812.
• Araiza, Francisco.
• Gondek, Juliana.
• Lerner, Mimi.
• Christin, Judith.
• Hemm, Manfred, 1961-
• Serra, Luciana.
• Alpert, Glenn.
• Williams, Dennis.
• Manno, Robert.
• Zednik, Heinz.
• Battle, Kathleen.
• Huffman, Ted.
• Schott, Benjamin.
• Brevig, Per-Christian.
• Schmidt, Andreas, 1960-
• Moll, Kurt, 1938-
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Fitch, Bernard.
• Kilduff, Barbara.
• Baker, Mark (Tenor)
• Devlin, Michael, 1942-
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Milanov, Zinka.
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013.
• Sayão, Bidú.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (210 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 9, 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: 0:40:02 (synopses and features) ; 2:50:32 (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)

• Francisco Araiza (Tamino) ; Juliana Gondek, Mimi Lerner and Judith Christin (Three Ladies) ; Manfred Hemm (Papageno) ; Luciana Serra (Queen of the Night) ; Glenn Alpert, Dennis Williams and Robert Manno (Three Slaves) ; Heinz Zednik (Monostatos) ; Kathleen Battle (Pamina) ; Ted Huffman, Benjamin Schott and Per-Christian Brevig (Three Boys) ; Andrea Schmidt (Speaker) ; Kurt Moll (Sarastro) ; James Courtney and Bernard Fitch (Priests) ; Barbara Kilduff (Papagena) ; Mark Baker and Michael Devlin (Guards) ; 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. 9, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 586 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

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 Albert Innaurato, Terrence McNally and Christopher Purdy) ; Met Moments (Edward Downes, host, with Zinka Milanov, Risë Stevens and Bidú Sayão) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 29107

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Composer

Title

Die Zauberflöte [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder.

Playing Time

004002 025032

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 9, 1991]

Cast

Francisco Araiza (Tamino) ; Juliana Gondek, Mimi Lerner and Judith Christin (Three Ladies) ; Manfred Hemm (Papageno) ; Luciana Serra (Queen of the Night) ; Glenn Alpert, Dennis Williams and Robert Manno (Three Slaves) ; Heinz Zednik (Monostatos) ; Kathleen Battle (Pamina) ; Ted Huffman, Benjamin Schott and Per-Christian Brevig (Three Boys) ; Andrea Schmidt (Speaker) ; Kurt Moll (Sarastro) ; James Courtney and Bernard Fitch (Priests) ; Barbara Kilduff (Papagena) ; Mark Baker and Michael Devlin (Guards) ; 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. 9, 1991.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 586 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Schikaneder, Emanuel, 1751-1812. Librettist

Araiza, Francisco. Performer

Gondek, Juliana. Performer

Lerner, Mimi. Performer

Christin, Judith. Performer

Hemm, Manfred, 1961- Performer

Serra, Luciana. Performer

Alpert, Glenn. Performer

Williams, Dennis. Performer

Manno, Robert. Performer

Zednik, Heinz. Performer

Battle, Kathleen. Performer

Huffman, Ted. Performer

Schott, Benjamin. Performer

Brevig, Per-Christian. Performer

Schmidt, Andreas, 1960- Performer

Moll, Kurt, 1938- Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Kilduff, Barbara. Performer

Baker, Mark (Tenor) Performer

Devlin, Michael, 1942- Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Milanov, Zinka. Commentator

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013. Commentator

Sayão, Bidú. 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 29107 Service copy.

*LTCM 586 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 29107.