Research Catalog

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.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
• Ramey, Samuel.
• Vaness, Carol.
• Furlanetto, Ferruccio.
• Salminen, Matti.
• Winbergh, Gösta.
• Putnam, Ashley.
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Robbins, Julien.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ames, Alison, 1945-
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Livingstone, William.
• Gutman, John.
• Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.
• Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (209 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 14, 1990]

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: 0:32:51 (synopses and features) ; 2:58:02 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Samuel Ramey (Leporello) ; Carol Vaness (Donna Anna) ; Ferruccio Furlanetto (Don Giovanni) ; Matti Salminen (The Commendatore) ; Gösta Winbergh (Don Ottavio) ; Ashley Putnam (Donna Elvira) ; Dawn Upshaw (Zerlina) ; Julien Robbins (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, Apr. 14, 1990.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 575 (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 Alison Ames, Thor Eckert Jr. and William Livingstone) ; Met moments (John Gutman, host, with Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 28833

OCLC

NYPG92-R369

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

003251 025802

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 14, 1990]

Cast

Samuel Ramey (Leporello) ; Carol Vaness (Donna Anna) ; Ferruccio Furlanetto (Don Giovanni) ; Matti Salminen (The Commendatore) ; Gösta Winbergh (Don Ottavio) ; Ashley Putnam (Donna Elvira) ; Dawn Upshaw (Zerlina) ; Julien Robbins (Masetto) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1990, 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. 54, no. 15 (Apr. 14, 1990).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 14, 1990.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 575 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist

Ramey, Samuel. Performer

Vaness, Carol. Performer

Furlanetto, Ferruccio. Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Winbergh, Gösta. Performer

Putnam, Ashley. Performer

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Gutman, John. Commentator

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Commentator

Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. 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 28833 Service copy

*LTCM 575 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 28833