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Don Giovanni opera in two acts

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

Details

Additional Authors
  • Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838
  • Siepi, Cesare
  • Zadek, Hilde, 1917-2019
  • Rigal, Delia
  • Munsel, Patrice, 1925-2016
  • Ernster, Dezsö, 1898-1981
  • Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984
  • Kunz, Erich, 1909-1995
  • Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
  • Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Goldovsky, Boris
  • Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981
  • Bagar, Robert
  • Marek, George, 1902-
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
4 sound tape reels (208 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 06, 1952]
Uniform Title
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subject
Operas
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Sung in Italian.
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:35:37 (synopses and features) ; 2:52:34 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 6, 1952.
Reproduction (note)
  • Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 330 (F)
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, Boris Goldovsky, Mary Ellis Peltz, Robert Bagar and George Marek) ; Synopsis of act 2 and Closing remarks (Cross) -- side 2 Act 1 through "Ah! fuggi il traditor" -- side 3. "Non ti fidar, o misera" through end of act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 through "O statua gentilissima" -- side 5. "Non mi dir" through end of act 2 -- side 6. [blank].
Call Number
*LTCM 330 (F)
OCLC
NYPG89-R41
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, composer.
Title
Don Giovanni [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Playing Time
03537 25234
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 06, 1952]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 06, 1952]
Performer
Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni) ; Hilde Zadek (Donna Anna) ; Delia Rigal (Donna Elvira) ; Patrice Munsel (Zerlina) ; Dezso Ernster (Il Commendatore) ; Jan Peerce (Don Ottavio) ; Erich Kunz (Leporello) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Musetto) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Reiner, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 17, no. 5 (Dec. 1, 1952).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 6, 1952.
Original Version
Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Feb. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs ; : 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitian Opera.
Reproduction
Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 330 (F)
Added Author
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838, librettist.
Siepi, Cesare, performer.
Zadek, Hilde, 1917-2019, performer.
Rigal, Delia, performer.
Munsel, Patrice, 1925-2016, performer.
Ernster, Dezsö, 1898-1981, performer.
Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984, performer.
Kunz, Erich, 1909-1995, performer.
Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- performer.
Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963, conductor.
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975, commentator.
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- commentator.
Goldovsky, Boris, commentator.
Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981, commentator.
Bagar, Robert, commentator.
Marek, George, 1902- commentator.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 330 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file.
*LT-10 4880 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 330 (F)
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