Research Catalog

Title

L'elisir d'amore [sound recording] : opera in two acts / Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Romani, Felice, 1788-1865.
• Bergonzi, Carlo.
• Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
• Corena, Fernando.
• Guarrera, Frank, 1923-
• Di Franco, Loretta.
• Schippers, Thomas.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

2 sound cassettes (166 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-03-05 (Mar. 5, 1966)]

Uniform Title

• Biographies in music (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: 0:41:50 (synopses and features) ; 2:04:10 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 5, 1966.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Biographies in music (Francis Robinson recalls artists of the Metropolitan) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Act 1, through "Voglio dire" -- side 3. Act 1, conclusion ; Act 2, through "Venti scudi!" -- side 4. Act 2, conclusion ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 239 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R14

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Title

L'elisir d'amore [sound recording] : opera in two acts / Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Playing Time

004150 020410

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-03-05 (Mar. 5, 1966)]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of 1966-03-05 (Mar. 5, 1966)]

Performer

Carlo Bergonzi (Nemorino) ; Roberta Peters (Adina) ; Fernando Corena (Dr. Dulcamara) ; Frank Guarrera (Sergeant Belcore) ; Loretta Di Franco (Giannetta) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Schippers, conductor ; Milton Cross, program host.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Sep. 1986, from masters lent by the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 30, no. 18 (Mar. 5, 1966).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 5, 1966.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Librettist

Bergonzi, Carlo. Performer

Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Performer

Corena, Fernando. Performer

Guarrera, Frank, 1923- Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Schippers, Thomas. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 239 (F) \(Production notes filed in listening room.)