Research Catalog

Title

Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Publication

[New York, N.Y.] : Metropolitan Opera, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
• Vaness, Carol.
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Ziegler, Delores.
• Croft, Dwayne.
• Alaimo, Simone.
• Loup, François.
• Christin, Judith.
• Sénéchal, Michel.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Stevenson, Tony (Tenor)
• Gonzales, Yvonne.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Habachy, Nimet.
• Crutchfield, Will.
• Livingstone, William.
• Abbate, Carolyn.
• Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017.
• Woitach, Richard.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

5 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1995]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• 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.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 28, 1995.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Synopsis of act IV -- CD 4. Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. Opera news on the air (Nimet Habachy comments on the autobiographical aspects of Beaumarchais in Figaro; Will Crutchfield in a series of essays on the voice "Vocal registers") -- Synopsis of act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (William Livingstone, host, with Carolyn Abbate, Albert Innaurato and Richard Woitach) ; Synopsis of act III (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 32537

OCLC

NYPG04-R84

Author

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Composer

Title

Le nozze di Figaro [sound recording] / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.

Imprint

[New York, N.Y.] : Metropolitan Opera, c1995.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1995]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 28, 1995]

Performer

Carol Vaness (Countess Almaviva) ; Dawn Upshaw (Susanna) ; Delores Ziegler (Cherubino) ; Dwayne Croft (Count Almaviva) ; Simone Alaimo (Figaro) ; François Loup (Don Bartolo) ; Judith Cristin (Marcellina) ; Michel Sénéchal (Don Basilio) ; James Courtney (Antonio) ; Tony Stevenson (Don Curzio) ; Yvonne Gonzales (Barbarina) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 59 no. 9 (Jan.21, 1995).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 28, 1995.

Language

Sung in Italian.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist

Vaness, Carol. Performer

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Ziegler, Delores. Performer

Croft, Dwayne. Performer

Alaimo, Simone. Performer

Loup, François. Performer

Christin, Judith. Performer

Sénéchal, Michel. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- Performer

Stevenson, Tony (Tenor) Performer

Gonzales, Yvonne. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Habachy, Nimet. Commentator

Crutchfield, Will. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Abbate, Carolyn. Commentator

Innaurato, Albert, 1947-2017. Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32537