Research Catalog
Il barbiere di Siviglia : opera in three acts
- Title
- Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1950-12-16 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on Beaumarchais' play.
- Author
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
- Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921-2008
- Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969
- Pons, Lily, 1898-1976
- Valdengo, Giuseppe, 1914-2007
- Hines, Jerome, 1921-2003
- Glaz, Herta, 1908-2006
- Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986
- Franke, Paul, 1917-2011
- Burgstaller, Ludwig
- Erede, Alberto
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
- Thebom, Blanche
- Goldovsky, Boris
- Helburn, Theresa, 1887-1959
- Brownlee, John, 1901-1969
- Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966
- Eaton, Quaintance
- Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-1981
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection
- Description
- 4 sound tape reels (185 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 16, 1950]
- Uniform Title
- Barbiere di Siviglia
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Barbiere di Siviglia
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 0:41:53 (synopses and features) ; 2:23:56 (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
- Performer (note)
- Giuseppe Di Stefano (Count Almaviva) ; Salvatore Baccaloni (Dr. Bartolo) ; Lily Pons (Rosina) ; Giuseppe Valdengo (Figaro) ; Jerome Hines (Don Basilio) ; Herta Glaz (Berta) ; George Cehanovsky (Fiorello) ; Paul Franke (A sergeant) ; Ludwig Burgstaller (Ambrogio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 16, 1950.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 374 (F)
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air (Boris Goldovsky, host, with Theresa Helburn and John Brownlee) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Deems Taylor, host, with Quaintance Eaton, Sigmund Spaeth and Robert Lawrence) ; Synopsis of act 3 (Cross) -- side 2. Act 1 -- side 3. Act 2 through "Dunque io son" -- side 4. Act 2 concluded -- side 5. Act 3 through "Sempre gridi...Il vecchiotto cerca moglie" -- side 6. Act 3 concluded ; Closing remarks (Cross).
- Call Number
- *LTCM 374 (F)
- OCLC
- NYPG89-R523
- Author
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
- Title
- Il barbiere di Siviglia : radio broadcast, 1950-12-16 [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on Beaumarchais' play.
- Playing Time
- 004153 022356
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 16, 1950]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 16, 1950]
- Cast
- Giuseppe Di Stefano (Count Almaviva) ; Salvatore Baccaloni (Dr. Bartolo) ; Lily Pons (Rosina) ; Giuseppe Valdengo (Figaro) ; Jerome Hines (Don Basilio) ; Herta Glaz (Berta) ; George Cehanovsky (Fiorello) ; Paul Franke (A sergeant) ; Ludwig Burgstaller (Ambrogio) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Alberto Erede, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Original Version
- Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1989, from aluminum-based acetates (7 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 15, no. 8 (Dec. 11, 1950).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 16, 1950.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 374 (F)
- Language
- Sung in Italian.
- Added Author
- Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831. LibrettistBeaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Barbier de Séville.Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921-2008. PerformerBaccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969. PerformerPons, Lily, 1898-1976. PerformerValdengo, Giuseppe, 1914-2007, singer.Hines, Jerome, 1921-2003, singer.Glaz, Herta, 1908-2006, singer.Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986. PerformerFranke, Paul, 1917-2011. PerformerBurgstaller, Ludwig. PerformerErede, Alberto. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorThebom, Blanche. CommentatorGoldovsky, Boris. CommentatorHelburn, Theresa, 1887-1959. CommentatorBrownlee, John, 1901-1969. CommentatorTaylor, Deems, 1885-1966. CommentatorEaton, Quaintance. CommentatorSpaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912-1981, commentator.Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Opera news on the air (Radio program)Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *LTCM 374 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file.*LT-10 4923