Research Catalog

Title

Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,1756-1791.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
• Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
• Siepi, Cesare
• Stratas, Teresa
• Zylis-Gara, Teresa
• Krause, Tom
• Elias, Rosalind
• Casei, Nedda, 1935-2020.
• Robinson, Gail, 1946-
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
• Carelli, Gabor
• Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
• Entner, Cecilia
• Schichtanz, Judit
• Krips, Josef
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Stivender, David
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Coveney, John
• McEwen, Terry
• Mohr, Richard
• Robinson, Francis, 1910-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound cassettes (237 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 11, 1970]

Uniform Title

• Nozze di Figaro
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Biographies in music (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Nozze di Figaro

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 1:06:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:50:00 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 11, 1970.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: David Stivender and the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz, with quizmaster Edward Downes and panelists John Coveney, Terry McEwen and Richard Mohr -- side 2. Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Biographies in music: Francis Robinson concludes his retrospective of singers from the first 20 years of the Bing adminstration (pt. 3 of 3) ; Synopsis of Act 4 -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 327 (F)

OCLC

NYPG88-R194

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,1756-1791. Composer

Title

Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.

Playing Time

010630 025000

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 11, 1970]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 11, 1970]

Performer

Cesare Siepi (Figaro) ; Teresa Stratas (Susanna) ; Teresa Zylis-Gara (Countess Almaviva) ; Tom Krause (Count Almaviva) ; Rosalind Elias (Cherubino) ; Nedda Casei (Marcellina) ; Gail Robinson (Barbarina) ; Paul Plishka (Don Bartolo) ; Paul Franke (Don Basilio) ; Gabor Carelli (Don Curzio) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Antonio) ; Cecilia Entner, Judit Schichtanz (Peasant girls) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Josef Krips, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 34, no. 24 (Apr. 11, 197067).

Event

Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 11, 1970.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in July 1988, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).

Added Author

Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mariage de Figaro.

Siepi, Cesare. Performer

Stratas, Teresa. Performer

Zylis-Gara, Teresa. Performer

Krause, Tom. Performer

Elias, Rosalind. Performer

Casei, Nedda, 1935-2020. Performer

Robinson, Gail, 1946- Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer

Carelli, Gabor. Performer

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer

Entner, Cecilia. Performer

Schichtanz, Judit. Performer

Krips, Josef. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Stivender, David. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

McEwen, Terry. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Biographies in music (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 327 (F) Production notes in listening room.