Research Catalog

Title

Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1993-12-25 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the story by Beaumarchais.

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831.
• Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
• Lopardo, Frank
• Schaldenbrand, Christopher
• Hampson, Thomas
• Dara, Enzo
• Brandes, Barry
• Swenson, Ruth Ann
• Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950-
• Shaulis, Jane
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• Rizzi, Carlo
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound discs (182 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 25, 1993]

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 0:31:59 (synopses and features) ; 2:29:31 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 730 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, Dec. 25, 1993.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 730 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1, part 1 -- CD 2. Act 1, part 2 ; Act 2, part 1 -- CD 3. Act 2, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; "A Met Christmas", with host Edward Downes ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33904

OCLC

NYPG95-R607

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

Title

Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1993-12-25 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the story by Beaumarchais.

Playing Time

003259 022931

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 25, 1993]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 25, 1993]

Performer

Frank Lopardo (Count Almaviva) ; Christopher Schaldenbrand (Fiorello) ; Thomas Hampson (Figaro) ; Enzo Dara (Dr. Bartolo) ; Barry Brandes (Ambrogio) ; Ruth Ann Swenson (Rosina) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Don Basilio) ; Jane Shaulis (Berta) ; Charles Anthony (An Officer) ; Metropolitan Opera and Chorus ; Carlo Rizzi, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 58, no. 7 (Dec. 25, 1993).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 25, 1993.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1995, from borrowed masters (2 sound discs : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 730 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

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

Schaldenbrand, Christopher. Performer

Hampson, Thomas. Performer

Dara, Enzo. Performer

Brandes, Barry. Performer

Swenson, Ruth Ann. Performer

Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950- Performer

Shaulis, Jane. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Rizzi, Carlo. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33904 Service copy.

*LT-10-A 1583 Master tape. Request service copy in *LDC 33904.

*LTCM 730 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 33904.