Research Catalog

Title

Le Nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
• Dam, José van.
• Battle, Kathleen.
• Montarsolo, Paolo.
• Di Franco, Loretta.
• Von Stade, Frederica.
• Hynninen, Jorma, 1941-
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Söderström, Elisabeth, 1927-
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Blegen, Judith.
• Hagegård, Håkan.
• Purdy, Christopher.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Gainsley, Philip.
• Wrong, Henry.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

5 sound discs (243 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 7, 1987]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 0:48:13 (synopses and features) ; 3:15:05 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• In two containers.
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark: *LTCM 505 (F)).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 7, 1987.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 505 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Synopsis of Act IV (Allen) -- CD 4. Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Judith Blegen and Håkan Hagegård) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Christopher Purdy, host, with Edward Downes, Philip Gainsley and Henry Wrong) ; Synopsis of Act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 505 (F)

OCLC

NYPG91-R629

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.

Playing Time

004813 031505

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 7, 1987]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 7, 1987]

Performer

José van Dam (Figaro) ; Kathleen Battle (Susanna) ; Paolo Montarsolo (Don Bartolo) ; Loretta di Franco (Marcellina) ; Frederica von Stade (Cherubino) ; Jorma Hynninen (Count Almaviva) ; Anthony Laciura (Don Basilio) ; Elisabeth Söderström (Countess Almaviva) ; James Courtney (Antonio) ; Andrea Velis (Don Curzio) ; Dawn Upshaw (Barbarina) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 51, no. 10 (Jan. 31, 1987).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 7, 1987.

Original Version

Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 505 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist

Dam, José van. Performer

Battle, Kathleen. Performer

Montarsolo, Paolo. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Von Stade, Frederica. Performer

Hynninen, Jorma, 1941- Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Söderström, Elisabeth, 1927- Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Blegen, Judith. Commentator

Hagegård, Håkan. Commentator

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Gainsley, Philip. Commentator

Wrong, Henry. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 505 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 32754.

*LDC 32754 Service copy.