Research Catalog

Title

L'Elisir d'amore [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Romani, Felice, 1788-1865
• Uecker, Korliss
• Olsen, Stanford
• Battle, Kathleen
• Oswald, Mark
• Dara, Enzo
• Müller, Edoardo
• Volpe, Joseph
• Kinnear, James W.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016
• Downes, Edward, 1911-2001
• Purdy, Christopher
• Woitach, Richard
• McNally, Terrence
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound discs (167 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 5, 1992]

Uniform Title

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

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program available in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:39:01 (synopses and features) ; 2:07:55 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 5, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 706 (F).

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Preludio ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Pre-curtain message (Joseph Volpe, James Kinnear) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Christopher Purdy, Richard Woitach and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of act II (Allen)

Call Number

*LT-10-A 1568

OCLC

NYPG94-R327

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Title

L'Elisir d'amore [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Felice Romani.

Playing Time

003901 020755

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 5, 1992]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 5, 1992]

Performer

Korliss Uecker (Giannetta) ; Stanford Olsen (Nemorino) ; Kathleen Battle (Adina) ; Mark Oswald (Sergeant Belcore) ; Enzo Dara (Doctor Dulcamara) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Edoardo Müller, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 57, no. 6 (Dec. 5, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 5, 1992.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1993, from borrowed masters (2 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 706 (F).

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Librettist

Uecker, Korliss. Performer

Olsen, Stanford. Performer

Battle, Kathleen. Performer

Oswald, Mark. Performer

Dara, Enzo. Performer

Müller, Edoardo. Conductor

Volpe, Joseph. Commentator

Kinnear, James W. Commentator

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016, commentator.

Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, commentator.

Purdy, Christopher. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

McNally, Terrence, 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

*LT-10-A 1568 Preservation tape. Use service copy in *LDC 31782.

*LTCM 706 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 31782.

*LDC 31782 Service copy.