Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Romani, Felice, 1788-1865.
• Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
• Kraus, Alfredo.
• Corena, Fernando.
• Sereni, Mario.
• Clements, Joy.
• Cleva, Fausto.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Butler, Henry.
• Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Devereaux, John Drew.
• Randall, Tony.
• McEwen, Terry.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound cassettes (205 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 16, 1968]

Uniform Title

• Elisir d'amore
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Elisir d'amore

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:02:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:23:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Roberta Peters (Adina) ; Alfredo Kraus (Nemorino) ; Fernando Corena (Doctor Dulcamara) ; Mario Sereni (Sergeant Belcore) ; Joy Clements (Giannetta) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 16, 1968.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

side 1. Introduction (Milton Cross) ; Pre-curtain feature (Henry Butler interviews Rudolf Bing) ; Synopsis of act 1 (Cross) -- side 2. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with John Drew Devereaux, Tony Randall, Terry McEwen and Richard Mohr) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 3. Act 1, scene 1 -- side 4. Act 1, scene 2 -- side 5. Act 2, scene 1 -- side 6. Act 2. scene 2 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 281 (F)

OCLC

NYPG87-R283

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Title

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

Playing Time

010200 022300

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 16, 1968]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 16, 1968]

Cast

Roberta Peters (Adina) ; Alfredo Kraus (Nemorino) ; Fernando Corena (Doctor Dulcamara) ; Mario Sereni (Sergeant Belcore) ; Joy Clements (Giannetta) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 32, no. 20 (Mar. 16, 1968).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 16, 1968.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Language

Sung in Italian.

Added Author

Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Librettist

Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Performer

Kraus, Alfredo. Performer

Corena, Fernando. Performer

Sereni, Mario. Performer

Clements, Joy. Performer

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Butler, Henry. Interviewer

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Interviewee

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Devereaux, John Drew. Commentator

Randall, Tony. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. 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 281 (F) Production notes in listening room.