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Le nozze di Figaro opera in four acts

Title
Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Publication
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]

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Additional Authors
  • Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
  • Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
  • Albanese, Licia
  • Rethberg, Elisabeth, 1894-
  • Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994.
  • Petina, Irra, 1907-
  • Pinza, Ezio
  • Brownlee, John, 1901-1969.
  • Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969.
  • De Paolis, Alessio
  • Rasely, George
  • D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958.
  • Farell, Marita
  • Olheim, Helen
  • Stellman, Maxine
  • Panizza, Ettore
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-
  • Bori, Lucrezia, 1887-1960.
  • Johnson, Edward, 1878-1959.
  • Sloan, George A.
  • Rodgers, W. S. S. (William Sterling Sullivant), 1886-1965.
  • Swarthout, Gladys, 1904-
  • Downes, Olin, 1886-1955.
  • Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960.
  • Milligan, Harold Vincent, Mrs
  • Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
Description
4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] December 7, 1940.
Uniform Title
  • Nozze di Figaro
  • Opera Guild at home (Radio program)
  • Opera question forum (Radio program)
  • Our American way of living (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Nozze di Figaro
Subject
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Subtitle from house program.
  • Durations: 44:37 (Introduction, synopsis, and intermission features) ; 2:36:27 (opera).
  • Compact discs.
  • House program on file in Music Division.
Performer (note)
  • Licia Albanese (Susanna) ; Elisabeth Rethberg (Countess Almaviva) ; Jarmila Novotná (Cherubino) ; Irra Petina (Marcellina) ; Ezio Pinza (Figaro) ; John Brownlee (Count Almaviva) ; Salvatore Baccaloni (Don Bartolo) ; Alessio De Paolis (Don Basilio) ; George Rasely (Don Curzio) ; Louis D'Angelo (Antonio) ; Marita Farell (Barbarina) ; Hlen Olheim and Maxine Stellman (Two peasant girls) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Ettore Panizza, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, December 7, 1940.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
CD 1. Overture ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Act 4 -- CD 4. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera Guild at home (Mrs. August Belmont thanks the audience for its contributions to the Opera Fund; speeches by Lucrezia Bori, partially in Spanish, Edward Johnson, George A. Sloan, and Texaco Co. President W. S. S. Rodgers) ; Opera question forum (Milton Cross questions Gladys Swarthout, Olin Downes, and Lawrence Tibbett) ; Our American way of living (National Council of Women President Mrs. Harold Vincent Milligan welcomes Herbert Hoover).
Call Number
*LDC 32549
OCLC
NYPG05-R66
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Title
Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, [2003]
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] December 7, 1940.
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast ; [broadcast of] December 7, 1940.
Cast
Licia Albanese (Susanna) ; Elisabeth Rethberg (Countess Almaviva) ; Jarmila Novotná (Cherubino) ; Irra Petina (Marcellina) ; Ezio Pinza (Figaro) ; John Brownlee (Count Almaviva) ; Salvatore Baccaloni (Don Bartolo) ; Alessio De Paolis (Don Basilio) ; George Rasely (Don Curzio) ; Louis D'Angelo (Antonio) ; Marita Farell (Barbarina) ; Hlen Olheim and Maxine Stellman (Two peasant girls) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Ettore Panizza, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, December 7, 1940.
Language
Sung in Italian.
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Added Author
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mariage de Figaro.
Albanese, Licia. Performer
Rethberg, Elisabeth, 1894- Performer
Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994. Performer
Petina, Irra, 1907- Performer
Pinza, Ezio. Performer
Brownlee, John, 1901-1969. Performer
Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969. Performer
De Paolis, Alessio. Performer
Rasely, George. Performer
D'Angelo, Louis, 1888-1958. Performer
Farell, Marita. Performer
Olheim, Helen. Performer
Stellman, Maxine. Performer
Panizza, Ettore. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879- Commentator
Bori, Lucrezia, 1887-1960. Commentator
Johnson, Edward, 1878-1959. Commentator
Sloan, George A. Commentator
Rodgers, W. S. S. (William Sterling Sullivant), 1886-1965. Commentator
Swarthout, Gladys, 1904- Commentator
Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. Commentator
Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960. Commentator
Milligan, Harold Vincent, Mrs. Commentator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera Guild at home (Radio program)
Opera question forum (Radio program)
Our American way of living (Radio program)
Added Title
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 32549
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