Research Catalog
Don Giovanni opera in two acts
- Title
- Don Giovanni [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
- Author
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
- Siepi, Cesare.
- Harshaw, Margaret.
- Amara, Lucine.
- Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.
- Vichegonov, Lubomir.
- Valletti, Cesare.
- Corena, Fernando.
- Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone)
- Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995.
- Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
- Lawrence, Robert, 1912-
- Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.
- Marek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987.
- Bagar, Robert C.
- Harrison, Jay.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
- Description
- 4 sound tape reels (203 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
- Series Statement
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 12, 1955]
- Uniform Title
- Don Giovanni
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Don Giovanni
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
- Durations: 0:33:45 (synopses and features) ; 2:49:45 (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)
- Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni) ; Margaret Harshaw (Donna Anna) ; Lucine Amara (Donna Elvira) ; Roberta Peters (Zerlina) ; Luben Vichey (Il Commendatore) ; Cesare Valletti (Don Ottavio) ; Fernando Corena (Leporello) ; Lawrence Davidson (Masetto) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Max Rudolf, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Event (note)
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 12, 1955.
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 418 (F)
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian.
- Contents
- side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Robert Lawrence, host, with Deems Taylor, George Marek, Robert Bagar and Jay Harrison) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. [blank] -- side 3. Overture ; Act 1 through "Ah! fuggi il traditor!" -- side 4. Act 1 concluded -- side 5. Act 2 through "Il mio tesoro intanto" -- side 6. Act 2 concluded ; Closing remarks (Cross).
- Call Number
- *LT-10 6084
- OCLC
- NYPG90-R713
- Author
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
- Title
- Don Giovanni [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
- Playing Time
- 003345 024945
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 12, 1955]Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 12, 1955]
- Cast
- Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni) ; Margaret Harshaw (Donna Anna) ; Lucine Amara (Donna Elvira) ; Roberta Peters (Zerlina) ; Luben Vichey (Il Commendatore) ; Cesare Valletti (Don Ottavio) ; Fernando Corena (Leporello) ; Lawrence Davidson (Masetto) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Max Rudolf, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.
- Indexed In:
- Opera news, v. 19, no. 14 (Feb. 7, 1955).
- Event
- Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 12, 1955.
- Original Version
- Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1990, from aluminum-based acetates (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
- Reproduction
- Service copy (3 sound cassettes : analog, mono., Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 418 (F)
- Language
- Sung in Italian.
- Added Author
- Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. LibrettistSiepi, Cesare. PerformerHarshaw, Margaret. PerformerAmara, Lucine. PerformerPeters, Roberta, 1930-2017. PerformerVichegonov, Lubomir. PerformerValletti, Cesare. PerformerCorena, Fernando. PerformerDavidson, Lawrence (Baritone) PerformerRudolf, Max, 1902-1995. ConductorCross, Milton, 1897-1975. CommentatorLawrence, Robert, 1912- CommentatorTaylor, Deems, 1885-1966. CommentatorMarek, George R. (George Richard), 1902-1987. CommentatorBagar, Robert C. CommentatorHarrison, Jay. CommentatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *LT-10 6084 Master tape. Request cassette service copy in *LTCM 418 (F)*LTCM 418 (F) Cassette service copy; production notes on file. Master tape in *LT-10 6084.