Research Catalog

Title

Die Entführung aus dem Serail [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; original text by C.F. Bretzner, adapted by G. Stephanie the Younger.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Bretzner, Christoph Friedrich, 1748-1807.
• Stephanie, Gottlieb, 1741-1800.
• Alexander, John, 1923-1990.
• Berberian, Ara.
• Atherton, James.
• Klemperer, Werner.
• Eda-Pierre, Christiane.
• Battle, Kathleen.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Woitach, Richard.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jacobson, Robert M.
• Livingstone, William.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Russo, Tony.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (199 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 12, 1980]

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

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:59:05 (synopses and features) ; 2:20:04 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 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, Apr. 12, 1980.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 643 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Opera news on the air (Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Robert Jacobson, William Livingstone, Richard Mohr and Tony Russo) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen) -- side 3. Overture ; Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 through "Wenn der Freude Tränen fliessen" -- side 5. Act 2 concluded -- side 6. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 643 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R2030

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Title

Die Entführung aus dem Serail [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; original text by C.F. Bretzner, adapted by G. Stephanie the Younger.

Playing Time

005905 022004

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 12, 1980]

Performer

John Alexander (Belmonte) ; Ara Berberian (Osmin) ; James Atherton (Pedrillo) ; Werner Klemperer (Pasha Selim) ; Christiane Eda-Pierre (Konstanze) ; Kathleen Battle (Blondchen) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1992, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 44, no. 19 (Apr. 12, 1980).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 12, 1980.

Reproduction

Service copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 643 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Bretzner, Christoph Friedrich, 1748-1807. Librettist

Stephanie, Gottlieb, 1741-1800. Librettist

Alexander, John, 1923-1990. Performer

Berberian, Ara. Performer

Atherton, James. Performer

Klemperer, Werner. Performer

Eda-Pierre, Christiane. Performer

Battle, Kathleen. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jacobson, Robert M. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Russo, Tony. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 643 (F) (Production notes on file in listening room.)