Research Catalog

Title

Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1992-02-29 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Beaumarchais.

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831.
• Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
• Olsen, Stanford
• Woodman, Thomas
• Hampson, Thomas
• Quilico, Louis
• Coffey, Frank (Singer)
• Von Stade, Frederica
• Ramey, Samuel
• Kelly, Sondra
• Fitch, Bernard
• Weikert, Ralf
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Woitach, Richard
• Wrong, Henry
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound discs (173 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 29, 1992
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 29, 1992.

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:27:43 (synopses and features) ; 2:25:48 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 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, Feb. 29, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 609 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Overture ; Act I, part 1 -- CD 2. Act I, part 2 ; Act II, part 1 -- CD 3. Act II, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with, George Jellinek, Richard Woitach and Henry Wrong) ; Synopsis of act I (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 30382

OCLC

NYPG92-R1408

Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.

Title

Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1992-02-29 [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Beaumarchais.

Playing Time

002743 022548

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 29, 1992

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 29, 1992.

Performer

Stanford Olsen (Count Almaviva) ; Thomas Woodman (Fiorello) ; Thomas Hampson (Figaro) ; Louis Quilico (Dr. Bartolo) ; Frank Coffey (Ambrogio) ; Frederica von Stade (Rosina) ; Samuel Ramey (Don Basilio) ; Sondra Kelly (Berta) ; Bernard Fitch (An officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ralf Weikert, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 12 (Feb. 29, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 29, 1992.

Original Version

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

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 609 (F)

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831. Librettist

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Barbier de Séville.

Olsen, Stanford. Performer

Woodman, Thomas. Performer

Hampson, Thomas. Performer

Quilico, Louis. Performer

Coffey, Frank (Singer) Performer

Von Stade, Frederica. Performer

Ramey, Samuel. Performer

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Weikert, Ralf. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Wrong, Henry. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 30382 Service copy.

*LTCM 609 (F) Preservation copy. (Program notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 30382.