Research Catalog

Title

Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1989-02-04 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Beaumarchais.

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831
• Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
• Lopardo, Frank
• Trakas, Chris Pedro
• Hampson, Thomas
• Capecchi, Renato
• Ghazal, Edward
• Murray, Ann, 1949-
• Lloyd, Robert, 1940-
• Di Franco, Loretta
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012
• Weikert, Ralf
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
• Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
• Gainsley, Philip
• Hubay, Alfred
• Livingstone, William
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound discs (176 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 4, 1989]

Uniform Title

• Barbiere di Siviglia
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Barbiere di Siviglia

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Durations: 0:31:12 (synopses and features) ; 2:25:12 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (under classmark: *LTCM 544 (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. 4, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 544 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act I, part 1 -- CD 2. Act I, part 2 ; Act II, part 1 -- CD 3. Act II, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Philip Gainsley, Alfred Hubay and William Livingstone) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 544 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R68

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

Title

Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1989-02-04 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Beaumarchais.

Playing Time

003112 022512

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 4, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 4, 1989]

Performer

Frank Lopardo (Count Almaviva) ; Christopher Trakas (Fiorello) ; Thomas Hampson (Figaro) ; Renato Capecchi (Dr. Bartolo) ; Edward Ghazal (Ambrogio) ; Ann Murray (Rosina) ; Robert Lloyd (Don Basilio) ; Loretta Di Franco (Berta) ; Charles Anthony (An officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ralf Weikert, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 10 (Feb. 4, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 4, 1989.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 544 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831. Librettist

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Barbier de Séville.

Lopardo, Frank. Performer

Trakas, Chris Pedro. Performer

Hampson, Thomas. Performer

Capecchi, Renato. Performer

Ghazal, Edward. Performer

Murray, Ann, 1949- Performer

Lloyd, Robert, 1940- Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Weikert, Ralf. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Gainsley, Philip. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 544 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in: *LDC 31960.

*LDC 31960 Service copy.