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.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Romani, Felice, 1788-1865.
• Uecker, Korliss.
• Olsen, Stanford.
• Battle, Kathleen.
• Oswald, Mark.
• Dara, Enzo.
• Müller, Edoardo.
• Volpe, Joseph.
• Kinnear, James W.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Woitach, Richard.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (167 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 5, 1992]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program available in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:39:01 (synopses and features) ; 2:07:55 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 5, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 706 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Preludio ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Pre-curtain message (Joseph Volpe, James Kinnear) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Christopher Purdy, Richard Woitach and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen)

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1568

OCLC

NYPG94-R327

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

003901 020755

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 5, 1992]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 5, 1992]

Performer

Korliss Uecker (Giannetta) ; Stanford Olsen (Nemorino) ; Kathleen Battle (Adina) ; Mark Oswald (Sergeant Belcore) ; Enzo Dara (Doctor Dulcamara) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Edoardo Müller, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 6 (Dec. 5, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 5, 1992.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1993, from borrowed masters (2 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 706 (F).

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Librettist

Uecker, Korliss. Performer

Olsen, Stanford. Performer

Battle, Kathleen. Performer

Oswald, Mark. Performer

Dara, Enzo. Performer

Müller, Edoardo. Conductor

Volpe, Joseph. Commentator

Kinnear, James W. Commentator

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. 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

*LT-10-A 1568 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31782.

*LTCM 706 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31782.

*LDC 31782 Service copy.