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.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
• Morris, James, 1947-
• McLaughlin, Marie.
• Loup, François.
• Christin, Judith.
• Bunnell, Jane.
• Croft, Dwayne.
• Sénéchal, Michel.
• Fleming, Renée.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
• Uecker, Korliss.
• Rudel, Julius.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Paolucci, Bridget.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ellison, Cori.
• Crutchfield, Will.
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Fadamen, Clifton.
• Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

5 sound discs (237 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 12, 1994]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Met moments (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 0:51:45 (synopses and features) ; 3:05:45 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 737 (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. 12, 1994.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 737 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Synopsis of Act 4 -- CD 4. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. First intermission feature (Bridget Paolucci discusses the charcter of Figaro) ; Met Moments (Clifton Fadamen, host, with Van Cliburn) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Cori Ellison, Will Crutchfield and William Weaver) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33911

OCLC

NYPG95-R621

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

005145 030545

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 12, 1994]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 12, 1994]

Performer

James Morris (Figaro) ; Marie McLaughlin (Susanna) ; Fran̨cois Loup (Don Bartolo) ; Judith Christin (Marcellina) ; Jane Bunnell (Cherubino) ; Dwayne Croft (Count Almaviva) ; Michel Sʹenʹechal (Don Basilio) ; Renʹee Fleming (Countess (Almaviva) ; James Courtney (Antonio) ; Andrea Velis (Don Curzio) ; Korliss Uecker (Babarina) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Julius Rudel, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 58, no. 10 (Feb. 5, 1994).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 12, 1994.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1995, from borrowed masters (3 tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 737 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

McLaughlin, Marie. Performer

Loup, François. Performer

Christin, Judith. Performer

Bunnell, Jane. Performer

Croft, Dwayne. Performer

Sénéchal, Michel. Performer

Fleming, Renée. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer

Uecker, Korliss. Performer

Rudel, Julius. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Paolucci, Bridget. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ellison, Cori. Commentator

Crutchfield, Will. Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

Fadamen, Clifton. Commentator

Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33911 Service copy.

*LT-10-A 1590 Master tape. Request service copy in *LDC 33911

*LTCM 737 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 33911.