Research Catalog

Title

Stiffelio [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after the play Le Pasteur, ou L'ʹEvangile et le foyer by ʹEmile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois.

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
• Souvestre, Emile, 1806-1854.
• Bourgeois, Eugène
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Chernov, Vladimir, 1953-
• Lattimore, Margaret
• Riberi, Peter
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Sweet, Sharon
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Brown, Stephen A.
• Fogel, Henry
• Scherer, Barrymore Laurence
• Callas, Maria, 1923-1977.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound discs (181 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 5, 1994]

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

• Durations: 0:56:54 (synopses and features) ; 2:03:57 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 740 (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, Mar. 5, 1994.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 740 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 ; Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. First intermission feature (William Weaver discusses Stiffelio) ; Met Moments (Edward Downes, host, with Maria Callas) ; Synosis of Act 2 (Allen) : Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Stephen Brown, Henry Fogel and Barrymore Laurence Scherer) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33914

OCLC

NYPG95-R629

Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Title

Stiffelio [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after the play Le Pasteur, ou L'ʹEvangile et le foyer by ʹEmile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois.

Playing Time

005654 020357

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 5, 1994]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 5, 1994]

Performer

Paul Plishka (Jorg) ; Plʹacido Domingo (Stiffelio) ; Vladimir Chernov (Stankar) ; Margaret Lattimore (Dorotea) ; Peter Riberi (Raffaele) ; Charles Anthony (Federico di Frengel) ; Sharon Sweet (Lina) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 58, no. 12 (Mar. 5, 1994).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 5, 1994.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1995, from borrowed masters (3 tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 740 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Librettist

Souvestre, Emile, 1806-1854. Pasteur.

Bourgeois, Eugène. Pasteur.

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

Chernov, Vladimir, 1953- Performer

Lattimore, Margaret. Performer

Riberi, Peter. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Sweet, Sharon. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Brown, Stephen A. Commentator

Fogel, Henry. Commentator

Scherer, Barrymore Laurence. Commentator

Callas, Maria, 1923-1977. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33914 Service copy.

*LT-10-A 1593 Master tape. Request service copy in *LDC 33914.

*LTCM 740 (F) Cassette copy. Production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 33914.