Research Catalog

Title

Die Entführung aus dem Serail [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; original text by C.F. Bretzner, adapted by G. Stephanie the Younger.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Bretzner, Christoph Friedrich, 1748-1807.
• Stephanie, Gottlieb, 1741-1800.
• Olsen, Stanford.
• Salminen, Matti.
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Castel, Nico.
• Devia, Mariella.
• Kilduff, Barbara.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Eckert, Thor, Jr.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• McNally, Terrence.
• Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981.
• Harrison, Jay.
• Levy, Marvin David.
• Coveney, John.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 14, 1991]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• 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: 0:52:30 (synopses and features) ; 2:12:48 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.
• 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. 14, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 598 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Overture ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air (George Jellinek discusses Mozart's Turkish music) ; Met Moments [originally aired 12/3/1966] (Edward Downes, host, with Mary Ellis Peltz, John Coveney, Jay Harrison and Marvin David Levy) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Thor Eckert Jr., George Jellinek, and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 30393

OCLC

NYPG92-R1385

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Title

Die Entführung aus dem Serail [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; original text by C.F. Bretzner, adapted by G. Stephanie the Younger.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 14, 1991]

Performer

Stanford Olsen (Belmonte) ; Matti Salminen (Osmin) ; Anthony Laciura (Pedrillo) ; Nico Castel (Pasha Selim) ; Mariella Devia (Konstanze) ; Barbara Kilduff (Blondchen) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in June, 1992, from borrowed masters (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 6 (Dec. 7, 1991).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 14, 1991.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 598 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Bretzner, Christoph Friedrich, 1748-1807. Librettist

Stephanie, Gottlieb, 1741-1800. Librettist

Olsen, Stanford. Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Devia, Mariella. Performer

Kilduff, Barbara. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Eckert, Thor, Jr. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Peltz, Mary Ellis, 1896-1981. Commentator

Harrison, Jay. Commentator

Levy, Marvin David. Commentator

Coveney, John. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 30393 Service copy.

*LTCM 598 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30393.