Research Catalog

Title

Idomeneo [sound recording] : drama for music in three acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Gianbattista Varesco.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Jerusalem, Siegfried.
• Varesco, Giambattista.
• Martin, Marvis.
• Quittmeyer, Susan.
• Di Franco, Loretta.
• Wray, Margaret Jane.
• Redmann, Kirk.
• Wilkinson, Howard.
• Griffel, Kay.
• Yuscarán, Guillermo.
• Jenkins, Timothy, (Tenor)
• Cook, Terry.
• Stivender, David.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Mohr, Richard.
• Cheek, John, 1948-
• Neblett, Carol.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017.
• Thomas, Paul.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (218 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 25, 1989]

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: 0:49:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:49:54 (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 547 (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. 25, 1989.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 547 (F)

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Synopsis of Act II (Peter Allen) ; Act II -- CD 3. Synopsis of Act III (Peter Allen) ; Act III ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with John Cheek and Carol Neblett) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, Charles Osborne and Paul Thomas).

Call Number

*LTCM 547 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R72

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Title

Idomeneo [sound recording] : drama for music in three acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Gianbattista Varesco.

Playing Time

004903 024954

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 25, 1989]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 25, 1989]

Performer

Marvis Martin (Ilia) ; Susan Quittmeyer (Idamante) ; Loretta Di Franco, Margaret Jane Wray (Women of Crete) ; Kirk Redmann, Howard Wilkinson (Trojan Soldiers) ; Kay Griffel (Elettra) ; William Lewis (Arbace) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Idomeneo) ; Timothy Jenkins (High Priest) ; Terry Cook (Voice of Neptune) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; David Stivender, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 53, no. 11 (Feb. 18, 1989).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 25, 1989.

Original Version

Tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Nov. 1991, from borrowed masters (3 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 547 (F)

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Jerusalem, Siegfried. Performer

Varesco, Giambattista. Librettist

Martin, Marvis. Performer

Quittmeyer, Susan. Performer

Di Franco, Loretta. Performer

Wray, Margaret Jane. Performer

Redmann, Kirk. Performer

Wilkinson, Howard. Performer

Griffel, Kay. Performer

Yuscarán, Guillermo. Performer

Jenkins, Timothy, (Tenor) Performer

Cook, Terry. Performer

Stivender, David. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Mohr, Richard. Commentator

Cheek, John, 1948- Commentator

Neblett, Carol. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Masiello, Alberta. Commentator

Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017. Commentator

Thomas, Paul. 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 547 (F) Cassette copy. Production notes on file. Use service copy in: *LDC 31942.

*LDC 31942 Service copy.