Research Catalog

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, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
• Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
• Isokoski, Soile
• Rost, Andrea
• Coote, Alice
• Relyea, John
• Mattei, Peter, 1965-
• Muraro, Maurizio
• White, Wendy
• Cangelosi, David
• Carfizzi, Patrick
• Stevenson, Tony (Tenor)
• Miller, Tonna
• Gonzales, Yvonne
• Mavrovitis, Reveka
• Wigglesworth, Mark
• Juntwait, Margaret
• Fogel, Henry, 1942-
• Mattila, Karita
• Heppner, Ben
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Kazaras, Peter
• Mansouri, Lotfi
• Menard, Raymond
• Crutchfield, Will
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

• Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 22, 2006].
• Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 22, 2006]

Uniform Title

• Nozze di Figaro
• Singers' roundtable (Radio program)
• Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Nozze di Figaro

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 2:44:20 (Opera) ; 1: 04:29 (Introduction, synopses, and intermission features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Event (note)

• Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 22, 2006.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Margaret Juntwait) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Act 4 -- CD 4. Singers' Roundtable (Henry Fogel talks with Karita Mattila and Ben Heppner) ; Will Crutchfield on the bass voice range in opera ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Juntwait) ; Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera quiz (Thor Eckert, Jr. questions Peter Kazaras, Lotfi Mansouri, and Raymond Menard) ; Will Crutchfield on recitative in opera ; Synopsis of Acts 3 and 4 (Juntwait) ; Closing remarks (Juntwait).

Call Number

*LDC 40744

OCLC

NYPG06-R394

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, c2006.

Series

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 22, 2006].

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 22, 2006]

Performer

Soile Isokoski (Countess Alamaviva) ; Andrea Rost (Susanna) ; Alice Coote (Cherubino) ; John Relyea (Figaro) ; Peter Mattei (Count Almaviva) ; Maurizio Muraro (Don Bartolo) ; Wendy White (Marcellina) ; David Cangelosi (Don Basilio) ; Patrick Carfizzi (Antonio) ; Tony Stevenson (Don Curzio) ; Tonna Miller (Barbarina) ; Yvonne Gonzales Redman and Reveka Evangelina Mavrovitis (Two bridesmaids) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Mark Wigglesworth, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Event

Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 22, 2006.

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.

Isokoski, Soile. Performer

Rost, Andrea. Performer

Coote, Alice. Performer

Relyea, John. Performer

Mattei, Peter, 1965- Performer

Muraro, Maurizio. Performer

White, Wendy. Performer

Cangelosi, David. Performer

Carfizzi, Patrick. Performer

Stevenson, Tony (Tenor)

Miller, Tonna. Performer

Gonzales, Yvonne. Performer

Mavrovitis, Reveka. Performer

Wigglesworth, Mark. Conductor

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Fogel, Henry, 1942- Commentator

Mattila, Karita. Commentator

Heppner, Ben. Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Kazaras, Peter. Commentator

Mansouri, Lotfi. Commentator

Menard, Raymond. Commentator

Crutchfield, Will. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Singers' roundtable (Radio program)

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 40744