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.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Romani, Felice, 1788-1865.
• Grant Murphy, Heidi.
• Pavarotti, Luciano.
• Battle, Kathleen.
• Pons, Juan.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Panni, Marcello.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Burroughs, Bruce.
• Hubay, Alfred.
• McNally, Terrence.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (169 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 25, 1992]

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 0:36:12 (synopses and features) ; 2:12:53 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (3 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)

• Heidi Grant Murphy (Giannetta) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino) ; Kathleen Battle (Adina) ; Juan Pons (Sergeant Belcore) ; Paul Plishka (Doctor Dulcamara) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Marcello Panni, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 25, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 604 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Prelude ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Bruce Burroughs, Alfred Hubay and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 30387

OCLC

NYPG92-R1399

Author

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Title

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

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 25, 1992]

Cast

Heidi Grant Murphy (Giannetta) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino) ; Kathleen Battle (Adina) ; Juan Pons (Sergeant Belcore) ; Paul Plishka (Doctor Dulcamara) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Marcello Panni, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

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

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 9 (Jan. 18, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 25, 1992.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 604 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Romani, Felice, 1788-1865. Librettist

Grant Murphy, Heidi. Performer

Pavarotti, Luciano. Performer

Battle, Kathleen. Performer

Pons, Juan. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Panni, Marcello. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Burroughs, Bruce. Commentator

Hubay, Alfred. 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

*LDC 30387 Service copy.

*LTCM 604 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30387.