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Le nozze di Figaro opera in four acts

Title
Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

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Additional Authors
  • Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
  • Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
  • Siepi, Cesare.
  • Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020.
  • Krause, Tom.
  • Della Casa, Lisa.
  • Stratas, Teresa.
  • Corena, Fernando.
  • Williams, Nancy, 1935-
  • Franke, Paul, 1917-2011.
  • Di Franco, Loretta.
  • Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-
  • Carelli, Gabor.
  • Fercana, Mary.
  • Shawn, Dorothy.
  • Rosenstock, Joseph, 1895-1985.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
  • Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Harrison, Jay.
  • Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
  • Slezak, Walter, 1902-
  • Robinson, Francis, 1910-
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
3 sound cassettes (234 min.) : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 9, 1967]
Uniform Title
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Biographies in music (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 1:04:00 (synopses and features) ; 2:50:00 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Performer (note)
  • Cesare Siepi (Figaro) ; Mirella Freni (Susanna) ; Tom Krause (Count Almaviva) ; Lisa Della Casa (Countess Almaviva) ; Teresa Stratas (Cherubino) ; Fernando Corena (Dr. Bartolo) ; Nancy Williams (Marcellina) ; Paul Franke (Don Basilio) ; Loretta Di Franco (Barbarina) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Antonio) ; Gabor Carelli (Don Curzio) ; Mary Fercana, Dorothy Shawn (Peasant girls) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Joseph Rosenstock, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 9, 1967.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian.
Contents
side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Rudolf Bing welcomes the radio audience) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Jay Harrison, Robert Lawrence and Walter Slezak) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Biographies in music (Francis Robinson discusses Richard Crooks) ; Synopsis of Act 4 -- side 3. Act 1 -- side 4. Act 2 -- side 5. Act 3 -- side 6. Act 4 ; Closing remarks (Cross).
Call Number
*LTCM 267 (F)
OCLC
NYPG87-R269
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Title
Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais' play.
Playing Time
010400 025000
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 9, 1967]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 9, 1967]
Cast
Cesare Siepi (Figaro) ; Mirella Freni (Susanna) ; Tom Krause (Count Almaviva) ; Lisa Della Casa (Countess Almaviva) ; Teresa Stratas (Cherubino) ; Fernando Corena (Dr. Bartolo) ; Nancy Williams (Marcellina) ; Paul Franke (Don Basilio) ; Loretta Di Franco (Barbarina) ; Lorenzo Alvary (Antonio) ; Gabor Carelli (Don Curzio) ; Mary Fercana, Dorothy Shawn (Peasant girls) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Joseph Rosenstock, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Jul. 1987, from masters borrowed from the Metropolitan Opera (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.).
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 32, no. 6 (Dec. 9, 1967).
Event
Originally broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 9, 1967.
Language
Sung in Italian.
Added Author
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mariage de Figaro.
Siepi, Cesare. Performer
Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020. Performer
Krause, Tom. Performer
Della Casa, Lisa. Performer
Stratas, Teresa. Performer
Corena, Fernando. Performer
Williams, Nancy, 1935- Performer
Franke, Paul, 1917-2011. Performer
Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909- Performer
Carelli, Gabor. Performer
Fercana, Mary. Performer
Shawn, Dorothy. Performer
Rosenstock, Joseph, 1895-1985. Conductor
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator
Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Harrison, Jay. Commentator
Lawrence, Robert, 1912- Commentator
Slezak, Walter, 1902- Commentator
Robinson, Francis, 1910- Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Biographies in music (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LTCM 267 (F) Production notes in listening room.
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