Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Varesco, Giambattista.
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Mentzer, Susanne.
• Cincione, Theresa.
• Shaulis, Jane.
• Forest, Michael.
• Wilkinson, Howard.
• Vaness, Carol.
• Kazaras, Peter.
• Heppner, Ben.
• Murray, John Horton.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs (223 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 21, 1991]

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

• Durations: 0:49:37 (synopses and features) ; 2:54:00 (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

Performer (note)

• Dawn Upshaw (Ilia) ; Susanne Mentzer (Idamante) ; Theresa Cincione and Jane Shaulis (Women of Crete) ; Michael Forest and Howard Wilkinson (Trojan Soldiers) ; Carol Vaness (Elettra) ; Peter Kazaras (Arbace) ; Ben Heppner (Idomeneo) ; John Horton Murray (High Priest) ; James Courtney (Voice of Neptune) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 21, 1991.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 599 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

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 (M. Owen Lee discusses Idomeneo) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Albert Innaurato, Charles Osborne and M. Owen Lee) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 30394

OCLC

NYPG92-R1386

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Composer

Title

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

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 21, 1991]

Cast

Dawn Upshaw (Ilia) ; Susanne Mentzer (Idamante) ; Theresa Cincione and Jane Shaulis (Women of Crete) ; Michael Forest and Howard Wilkinson (Trojan Soldiers) ; Carol Vaness (Elettra) ; Peter Kazaras (Arbace) ; Ben Heppner (Idomeneo) ; John Horton Murray (High Priest) ; James Courtney (Voice of Neptune) ; 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 masteres (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. 7 (Dec. 21, 1991).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 21, 1991.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 599 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Varesco, Giambattista. Librettist

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Mentzer, Susanne. Performer

Cincione, Theresa. Performer

Shaulis, Jane. Performer

Forest, Michael. Performer

Wilkinson, Howard. Performer

Vaness, Carol. Performer

Kazaras, Peter. Performer

Heppner, Ben. Performer

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Osborne, Charles, 1927-2017. 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

*LDC 30394 Service copy.

*LTCM 599 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30394.